E.A. Aymar's Blog

Now that I've started a blog with the Washington Independent Review of Books, check out the "Publications" tab for current blog-type stuff.

...Talk About Drafts

Review THE EMPTY QUARTER, by David L. Robbins

Here's a review I wrote of David L. Robbins' military thriller, THE EMPTY QUARTER, for the Washington Independent Review of Books.

...Write About Monsters

I wrote a column for the Washington Independent Review of Books called Monsters' Ink (cute title, right?) about whether you can like an artist's work if the artist is morally reprehensible. You can read it here.

Videos from Noir at the Bar!

We had a fantastic Noir at the Bar this past Sunday! Thanks to the Wonderland Ballroom for hosting us and to B.E. Soreson for videotaping the event. Click on the name below to go a video of that writer reading:

Nik Korpon

Thomas Kaufman

 

E.A. Aymar

 

Tara Laskowski 

Alan Orloff

Art Taylor

 

Meredith Cole

 

Michael R. Underwood

 

Steve Weddle

Thanks to everyone who came and watched, and we'll definitely do it again. Hopefully, twice a year. In fact, I'm MC'ing a similar event for the Fall for the Book book festival. You can read more about it here.

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...Recap ThrillerFest 2014

Here's a piece I wrote for the Washington Independent Review of Books, recapping my first trip to ThrillerFest, the annual convention for the International Thriller Writers.

...Talk About Artistic Representation, Or Something

Here's a piece I wrote for the Washington Independent Review of Books about why men suck and, also, artistic representation.

Noir at the Bar - Washington, DC

What's Noir at the Bar?

It originally started in Philly as the legend (and my hasty Internet research) states, and quickly spread nationally. The popularity is easy to explain: writers who specialize in crime fiction come to a bar, drink, and take turns reading short noir stories to fans of the genre. The event has happened all across the states, but weirdly, never in Washington, D.C.

That changes on July 27. That night, in the upstairs room at Wonderland Ballroom, ten writers will launch Noir at the Bar in Washington, D.C. The ten writers who are going to do their damndest to kill your soul are:

Nik Korpon

Steve Weddle

Art Taylor

Alan Orloff

Meredith Cole

E.A. Aymar (hey, that's me)

Thomas Kaufman

Don Lafferty

Tara Laskowski

Michael R. Underwood

Click on the names above to learn more about each writer. And you can find interviews I conducted with Nik, Art and Steve on the right sidebar.

In addition to the readings, there will be door prizes given out throughout the evening, books for sale, people to meet...and FREE booze!*

So, folks in or around the D.C. region, we hope to see you on Sunday night, July 27th, at the Wonderland Ballroom.

Stories start at 8 PM.

* The booze is not free.

...Review "No-Accounts," by Tom Glenn

I don't write a lot of book reviews, but I reviewed No-Accounts for the Washington Independent Review of Books. It's a novel about the AIDS crisis in DC in the 1980s. You can read my review here.

...Write About Swearing and Sex

Here's an article I wrote for the Independent about swearing and sex. Warning: Contains no swearing or sex.