Josh’s Comments (group member since Jun 17, 2010)

Josh’s comments from the Q&A with Josh Lanyon group.

Jordan wrote: "PUBLIC LIBRARIES AREN’T ESSENTIAL SERVICES

https://bookriot.com/public-libraries...

Spot on."

Ouch. Yes. Painfully true. You can't have it both ways. Slash funding but expect libraries to pick up the slack for...everyone else.

Antonella wrote: "I've heard of BookTok for the first time today. One of the books which benefited from this trend is They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

The rise of BookTok: m..."

Fascinating.

https://selfpublishingadvice.org/self...

LOL. Gasp! You mean Amazon is NOT an author's best ally in publishing!?

Averin wrote: "In a Josh story, this guy would be dead: https://apple.news/AGMxDsMQcSq6Mm0vKH..."

HA. I remember reading about this before they figured out who the culprit was. It truly was baffling.

And yes, he would definitely be dead in my book. ;-)

In honor of our group's reread of I'm doing a little giveaway on Prolific Works. There are 50 copies available for free. It's a first come, first serve basis.

https://claims.prolificworks.com/free...

password: babyitscold

Loretta wrote: "Oh my gosh. I read this last week, and I forgot how it ended! Oh! Now I remember. Very climatic. The story flowed along, but all the typos kept drawing me out of the story. I've been listening to a..."

There's nothing like a dip into the commercial entertainments of the past, to reassure you that progress does happen, even if it's not as fast as we'd like. :-D

Loretta wrote: "So I know I expressed my dissatisfaction with my job lately. Tax Season that last two years have been really hard, and here it is November and we are still waiting for Congress to pass all these ne..."

I missed this. Congratulations! It seems like one of the good things that came out of the pandemic was people deciding to make the necessary changes to be happy in their work.

The first official day of my new and improved work schedule. ;-)

1 - A brand new year with brand new possibilities

2 - Getting in touch with faraway friends over the holidays

3 - My little potted maple trees are so far surviving the startlingly cold weather (it's been below freezing all week)

4 - Booster shots

5 - Cozy flannel sheets, a crackling fireplace, hot cocoa...seasonal delights. ;-)

Marge wrote: "Josh wrote: "Has anyone here played something called Wingspan?

I'm thinking of buying it for one of my sisters. :-).."

Speaking of a poor, neglected little thread, this is the first I've been her..."

I did not! But I'm still tempted. Maybe for her birthday. I was afraid it would require more focus than she has right now.

They all played games on New Year's Eve though, so that started me thinking about it again.

Antonella wrote: "Especially in winter I often think about my privileges: having a roof, a warm house and enough food. I'm also sorry for people feeling more lonely than usual in the festive season.

But personally ..."

Definitely not a great time to be traveling.

Your Christmas plans sound both sensible and relaxing.

The SO bought two squeaky toy pigs for Marlowe and Spenser, but they're afraid of them! :-D They do sound surprisingly realistic.

Ije the Devourer of Books wrote: "Here it is.

https://revdije.blogspot.com/

It is supposed to be for my book reviews, reflections and cooking but it is mostly about cooking and my experiments with bread baking 😄"

THE IMPORTANT STUFF

Johanna wrote: "How are you spending the Holidays? It would be nice to hear!

We just got more snow for Christmas so I started my Holidays by shoveling snow. :-) Today we had my and hubby's parents join us for Chr..."

Well, I regret to say I ended up falling sick on Christmas Eve, so...

Then the following week, there was a COVID scare at the SO's work, so we abandoned our plan to wait until after the holiday for our boosters, which meant I was then sick for New Year's.

:-D :-D :-D

Which is just so in keeping with 2021.

But now we have the fresh clean slate of 2022.

What are your big plans for the New Year?

Jordan wrote: "book-publishers-fight-libraries-demanding-a-new-deal-on-ebooks

https://slashdot.org/story/22/01/03/0..."

Hmm. Well, it sounds like libraries are doing a brisk business, which is good. And I'm all for libraries receiving a generous discount. In theory, libraries are providing access to readers who can't afford to purchase books. This is not only admirable, it's vital.

But I also understand why not everyone is thrilled by the potential for thousands of downloads, let alone thousands of simultaneous downloads.

The beauty of this age of publishing technology is that more writers earn money writing than ever before. The ugly side is that most writers earn less--often significantly less--than they used to.

(I'm not one of them, so this is not me complaining. The Brave New World of entrepreneurial publishing has been good to me. This is me simply stating the facts. )

Luckily, most writers are not their family's sole support, so you have plenty of people who are thrilled to be earning anything.

Susan wrote: "Josh wrote: "I'm trying to think how to work in what I think would be a very funny development ..."

Yes! When I first saw Kit mentioned I said, "More please!""

:-D :-D :-D

SamSpayedPI wrote: "Jordan wrote: "I only have bad news to share this holiday season. I hadn’t realized Adrien, my beautiful, sweet greyhound likely had some form of cancer. She began bleeding internally a week ago an..."

That broke my heart on our Zoom call. It's so tough. We love them so much, and they live such a short time. :-(

Jordan wrote: "Squeeeeeeeee!!! There’s going to be a famous author signing in December! I hope we get to see that in a later book!"

I'm trying to think how to work in what I think would be a very funny development. ;-D

Loretta wrote: "Jordan wrote: "I only have bad news to share this holiday season. I hadn’t realized Adrien, my beautiful, sweet greyhound likely had some form of cancer. She began bleeding internally a week ago an..."

Same. Adrien was so lucky to have found you. I'm sitting here crying over your losing her.

Jordan wrote: "I only have bad news to share this holiday season. I hadn’t realized Adrien, my beautiful, sweet greyhound likely had some form of cancer. She began bleeding internally a week ago and I lost her ea..."

Oh no. I'm so, so sorry Jordan.

Jordan wrote: "HUGS. That’s how life goes and we’ll be okay."

Live AND Learn, as they say. ;-)