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

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

https://www.indiewire.com/2021/04/thi...

I thought I knew a lot about the Gardner museum heist, but wow!

Jordan wrote: "My worry with FB doing that would be authors not leaving the platform, meaning, their readers would also have to be on FB. Not good for those readers who aren’t on a FB. But also, the newsletter is..."

These are my worries as well. We already--even authors who remain wide like myself--rely WAY too much on Amazon. Like it or not, eighty percent of my sales come from either Amazon or an Amazon-owned affiliate.

So on the one hand, I like the idea of a challenge to Amazon's supremacy. But on the other hand, I fear in this case, it's trading one super-spreader event for another. ;-D

Karen wrote: "Josh wrote: "Starting the next book, which will be Bell, Book and Scandal. Also working on Hide and Seek for Patreon.

WHICH IS WHY I'M HERE ON GOODREADS.

What the heck is it, that when I'm about..."

hahahahaahahaha. That's right. I did. LOL. Scandal at the Salty Dog. THERE ARE TOO MANY SCANDALS IN MY WORK SCHEDULE.

1 - Getting my first vaccination shot (Moderna, for them what likes to know)

2 - Spring weather that's warm enough to swim

3 - The doves have returned and resumed their crazy chimney sex lives :-D

4 - Those first tentative spring roses

5 - The promise of...promise

Alison wrote: "1. Leaves on trees! It's just happened in the past two days.

2. Sitting on the deck in the afternoon yesterday with bare feet and a gin and good book. So lovely looking at the snowy mountains. We..."

Bare feet, gin and a good book. The essence of life well-lived. :-D

Jordan wrote: "1. Warmer weather
2. Getting out of my winter coat
3. Getting new clothes that fit and are more comfortable
4. Adrien’s continued company
5. Getting take out pizza for the first time in a long ti..."

I love all of these!

Johanna wrote: "1. Seeing my dad laughing so hard at hubby’s (bad) jokes. The best kind of therapy.

2. Feeling like I’m exactly where I should be.

3. Enjoying spring sunshine at our summer cottage while doing so..."

This is so wonderful. :-) <3

Johanna wrote: "Antonella wrote: "Anne would like to let you know that she wish everybody Happy Easter. She misses us, and she wants to reconnect, but her and her family are having a hard time at the moment, so sh..."

I second that. I think Anne is a truly wise person.

Antonella wrote: "Message from Anne after receiving the compilation of all our messages:

Thanks and hugs back to all!"

Aww. I had just been thinking of Anne. She gave me the loveliest, softest moss-green scarf at the first Catalina Retreat, and I came across it the other day and wondered how she was.

Jordan wrote: "Ahoy mateys! There were pirates in Rhode Island! This is a super old cold case:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/..."

hahahahaha! And just in time for

Johanna wrote: "Josh wrote: "Youse guys have known me now for a long time, and you know that trying to come up with a reasonable, healthy work schedule has been an ongoing challenge.

One thing I finally figured o..."

I think of myself as reasonably practical and fairly intelligent, so I'm not sure why it took so long to figure out something that was probably obvious to everyone else. :-D

But so it is.

And better to get there late than never at all!

Jordan wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Jordan wrote: "First off, serious congrats on being able to survive some amount of time on your backlist. I think that’s huge!

And more congrats for figuring out the schedule! Some..."

LOL. <3 <3 <3 Thank you so much for persisting, Jordan.

Jordan wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Jordan wrote: "Ahoy mateys! There were pirates in Rhode Island! This is a super old cold case:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/......"

I once dropped my license in an airport, and THANK GOD a guy chased me down and handed it back to me. AND I once made a four thousand dollar deposit in an ATM and after I walked away, the ATM SPIT OUT THE ENVELOPE. And again, a good Samaritan hunted me down and gave me back my deposit.

Needless to say, I'm a lot more cautious these days.

Jordan wrote: "First off, serious congrats on being able to survive some amount of time on your backlist. I think that’s huge!

And more congrats for figuring out the schedule! Sometimes those things don’t occur ..."

Awww. <3 <3 <3

I felt for a long time there was a market for gay cozies--true cozies without on-page sex--and that has turned out to be especially true during the pandemic.

I've received so many emails and messages--in particular from male readers--who love this series. Love--this is the part that caught me by surprise--the LACK of erotic content.

I'm not trying to analyze it or second guess it. I simply view it as affirmation.

SamSpayedPI wrote: "Thanks! We had passed around those lists, but a lot of books on them aren't set entirely in those states, which they need to be for the contest criteria.

Someone from my team read [book:The Monum..."

THERE IS A REMOTE CONTROL THOUGH. :-D

SamSpayedPI wrote: "I joined the MMRG Scavenger Hunt (stupid), and I joined a competitive team (stupid x 2), and I agreed to 10 books per month (stupid x 3), and now I don't have time for anything but to search for hi..."

Well, there goes that idea! :-D

Starting the next book, which will be Bell, Book and Scandal. Also working on Hide and Seek for Patreon.

WHICH IS WHY I'M HERE ON GOODREADS.

What the heck is it, that when I'm about to start writing for real, I duck into Goodreads. :-D

Antonella wrote: "Alison wrote: "I got my first shot!"

Wonderful!

And I hope you don't get any side effects. A friend of mine had taken two days free from work and didn't have any, another one had, but nothing th..."

I was super tired the day of the shot and had a bit of a headache for two days, but nothing major and I feel great now.

Alison wrote: "Thanks! I had a lot of emotions and I totally cried afterwards! What a feeling. :)"

I had mine on Tuesday. I felt unexpectedly emotional too. In fact, the day before I even had it, I suddenly started crying in the car driving to my sisters because she was going to get hers as well.

It's kind of a big deal!

Jordan wrote: "Those all sound like so much fun! I love plotting, myself. Been in a crazy plotting frenzy for awhile now. Lol. Doesn’t get the current story written, but breaks from writing can be important too."

So much of the "work" of writing--at least for me--happens before I ever start writing. That's the beauty of plotting/outlining. You're going through all the initial scenarios, discarding, upping the ante, embellishing. When I give myself plenty of time AHEAD of the writing, the writing always goes faster and more smoothly.