Emily Murdock Baker
@embeditorial.bsky.social
Founder of EMB Editorial. Native Mainer, former Los Angelino, current Brooklynite. Lover of British TV, baked goods, the Red Sox and the Patriots, and a strong cup of tea.
A seasonal reminder from your friendly neighborhood editor!
November 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A seasonal reminder from your friendly neighborhood editor!
Every September 11, I reread this wonderful @colsonwhitehead.com piece. It's my own personal memorial. It's about 9/11, but it's also about our city and how it changes.
www.nytimes.com/2001/11/11/m...
www.nytimes.com/2001/11/11/m...
September 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Every September 11, I reread this wonderful @colsonwhitehead.com piece. It's my own personal memorial. It's about 9/11, but it's also about our city and how it changes.
www.nytimes.com/2001/11/11/m...
www.nytimes.com/2001/11/11/m...
Books I bought on my vacation! Portland, Maine is such a bookstore town and I love it 📚
September 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Books I bought on my vacation! Portland, Maine is such a bookstore town and I love it 📚
Did you know it rained in New York??
July 31, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Did you know it rained in New York??
Finished an edit yesterday so I finally went to pick up my @maris.bsky.social preorder! V excited to dive in 🔥
July 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Finished an edit yesterday so I finally went to pick up my @maris.bsky.social preorder! V excited to dive in 🔥
Hello, future pickles!
July 15, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Hello, future pickles!
Finally not too hot to edit outside!
July 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Finally not too hot to edit outside!
That’s right. DON’T RANK THE CREEPO
June 23, 2025 at 2:59 AM
That’s right. DON’T RANK THE CREEPO
Writing snacks 😋 (I prefer Miller High Life, but the store was out) Daughter also left me a ninja turtle for good luck 💚
June 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Writing snacks 😋 (I prefer Miller High Life, but the store was out) Daughter also left me a ninja turtle for good luck 💚
Sat down at my laptop last night *so* excited to start #1000wordsofsummer and found that I had written “finish” on a blank page in Scrivener, with no notes about what was supposed to go there. Helpful!! Still managed 1039 words, just not in that scene
June 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Sat down at my laptop last night *so* excited to start #1000wordsofsummer and found that I had written “finish” on a blank page in Scrivener, with no notes about what was supposed to go there. Helpful!! Still managed 1039 words, just not in that scene
Regret to inform you Gmail still thinks it’s a better writer than I am 🙄
May 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Regret to inform you Gmail still thinks it’s a better writer than I am 🙄
Excuse me, Liz Moore did not outline God of the Woods?? That book is SO complex. HOW? My mind is blown! Via this NYT piece: pocket.co/share/0ba901...
April 29, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Excuse me, Liz Moore did not outline God of the Woods?? That book is SO complex. HOW? My mind is blown! Via this NYT piece: pocket.co/share/0ba901...
This is the pile of books I bought in Portland last weekend at independent bookstores. Am I going to let that stop me from participating in Independent Bookstore Day this Saturday? Come on, you know the answer to that 📚
April 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This is the pile of books I bought in Portland last weekend at independent bookstores. Am I going to let that stop me from participating in Independent Bookstore Day this Saturday? Come on, you know the answer to that 📚
Together for 16 years, married for 10, and this remains my best relationship advice. (Normally I use names, but, you know, privacy)
March 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Together for 16 years, married for 10, and this remains my best relationship advice. (Normally I use names, but, you know, privacy)
Exciting news for mystery readers and writers! @groveatlantic.bsky.social @publisherslunch.bsky.social
February 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Exciting news for mystery readers and writers! @groveatlantic.bsky.social @publisherslunch.bsky.social
Listen, everything feels like shit right now. You need to do something nice for yourself. My latest thing? Box of Andes mints in my desk. Highly recommended.
February 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Listen, everything feels like shit right now. You need to do something nice for yourself. My latest thing? Box of Andes mints in my desk. Highly recommended.
Happy pub day, Give Her Credit! If you’re a fan of recent history, especially women’s or financial history, this one is for you. Don’t just take my word for it - Kirkus called it “a fast-paced and riveting read…A fascinating history of a feminist triumph.”
January 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Happy pub day, Give Her Credit! If you’re a fan of recent history, especially women’s or financial history, this one is for you. Don’t just take my word for it - Kirkus called it “a fast-paced and riveting read…A fascinating history of a feminist triumph.”
Always makes me think of the fantastic opening to Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia:
Thomasina: Septimus, what is carnal embrace?
Septimus: carnal embrace is the practice of throwing one’s arms around a side of beef.
Thomasina: Septimus, what is carnal embrace?
Septimus: carnal embrace is the practice of throwing one’s arms around a side of beef.
December 29, 2024 at 12:40 AM
Always makes me think of the fantastic opening to Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia:
Thomasina: Septimus, what is carnal embrace?
Septimus: carnal embrace is the practice of throwing one’s arms around a side of beef.
Thomasina: Septimus, what is carnal embrace?
Septimus: carnal embrace is the practice of throwing one’s arms around a side of beef.
Ran into friend and author Paul French @chinarhyming.bsky.social at The Strand just now! Never gets old seeing books I edited in a bookstore.
December 17, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Ran into friend and author Paul French @chinarhyming.bsky.social at The Strand just now! Never gets old seeing books I edited in a bookstore.
Pro tip: if you make the mashed, you get to lick the beaters
November 28, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Pro tip: if you make the mashed, you get to lick the beaters
The rescue farm next door to my folks has KITTENS 🐈⬛ They are fluffy, they mischievous, they are doofy, they are perfect.
November 28, 2024 at 8:53 PM
The rescue farm next door to my folks has KITTENS 🐈⬛ They are fluffy, they mischievous, they are doofy, they are perfect.
Idk if these tariffs are going to happen or not, but I stocked up this weekend because I am *not* existing in These Times without the good tea. (Red box behind is also tea; it’s Barry’s Irish) 🫖
November 18, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Idk if these tariffs are going to happen or not, but I stocked up this weekend because I am *not* existing in These Times without the good tea. (Red box behind is also tea; it’s Barry’s Irish) 🫖