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

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

Loretta wrote: "I meant to comment yesterday, so this is the best thing about yesterday! I just finished listening to 12 Seconds by Meg Perry on the Footsteps in the Dark anthology. It mentions my home town of Las..."

:-) That's so great!

Johanna wrote: "Josh wrote: "1 - I'm almost done with my holiday shopping!

Wow. You rock. I'm only getting started."

Unfortunately, I discovered today four of my gifts were cancelled! ARGH. So now I scramble...

1 - Spenser the crazy puppy

2 - Spenser the crazy puppy sleeping through the night

3 - Spenser the crazy puppy scratching at the door to go outside

4 - Spenser the crazy puppy barking at Marlowe to play with him

5 - Marlowe forgiving me for Spenser the crazy puppy

Jordan wrote: "Ill be here shortly, but I’m currently reading another book for my work book group. Soooo can’t wait to get to this one though.

I thought it was interesting, my coworker chose the first book in th..."

Yes i would have to agree this would not be the book i'd rec to someone new to my work.

i think it is much more about what love is, how we fall in love vs what makes love lasts. there is a fantasy element of course but the real exploration of love between dissimilar personalities is grounded in reality i think.

that might not qualify as romance fiction for some, but the idea that a romance can only take place within a single novel is a unique notion ;-D

Antonella wrote: "Good news, that is all's well that ends well:

Hallmark Is "Truly Sorry" For Pulling A Wedding Ad Featuring Two Brides It Initially Said Was Too Controversial"

Definitely a learning curve.

Jordan wrote: "SamSpayedPI wrote: "Jordan wrote: "I also watched Mr. Holmes, which has Ian McKellen as an aging Sherlock Holmes trying to remember his last case."

Why didn't I know about this film? Anyway, it's ..."

The McKellen film is very good, very touching. I wasn't sure I was going to like it, but I did very much.

The Michael Caine film is so funny. I've seen it many times--and I'm thinking it's about time for another viewing. :-D

Jordan wrote: "I remember when I first got Adrien and we were going outside at all ungodly hours because she wasn't feeling well for the first two weeks. Yeah, sleep didn't happen much. But, I'd made the decision..."

Yeah, this was bad timing because of the holidays and having a book due OH YEAH, THAT. I had buyer's remorse the first night, big time, but five days in I love him dearly, little fiend that his is. So I'm trying hard to reassure Marlowe he is loved every bit as much as ever and this little maniac will eventually grow into a playmate.

Susan wrote: "The Oxford English Dictionary's 2019 Word(s) of the Year are: "Climate Emergency.""

ouch

Jordan wrote: "I just saw on Instagram that Josh got a new puppy!!!"

He's so cute. SO terrifyingly tiny. Eight pounds, three months, a rescue by the name of Spenser (as in Spenser for hire). His original name was Watson, which I thought was already perfect, but I let the SO make these decisions since *cough* according to him I just go ahead and do what I want anyway. ;-D

The difficult part is Marlowe is very, very unhappy. I wanted the puppy for him, because he's so playful and I thought maybe a little buddy to chase and chase him would be just the thing.

But as of right now Marlowe is not happy--which breaks my heart.

Antonella wrote: "The Mermaid Murders is going to be part of a contest to show which books the average reader and movie-goer would be most interested in seeing..."

Thank you, Antonella! I agree it's very simple to vote--there's also a comment section, and I think that might actually in the end mean more than even the votes themselves because it gives everyone an opportunity to say why they feel like having a commercial project featuring LGBTQ characters is important.

It doesn't even have to be about my book, it's that it would be nice to help potential filmmakers understand that there is an audience out there.

Karen wrote: "Finally taking a few minutes tonight to catch up on reading everyone's news and posts here. You are all wonderful!

I've been a bit disconnected since going to/from Tucson over Thanksgiving week, s..."

Karen, I'm so sorry for your loss. How wonderful to have someone so inspirational in your life.

Steve wrote: "Hi Everybody! In case you missed it, Josh posted this earlier:

I need your help! Can you vote for THE MERMAID MURDERS over at TaleFlick? The object is to show interest in which book would make a ..."

Thank you, Steve! I've been trying to get over to post most of the morning. But I now live in PuppyLand where life revolves around the needs (real and imaginary) of a three month old maniac with needles for teeth. My arms look like I'm self-harming and I haven't really slept since Friday night.

Antonella wrote: "I'd like to pay tribute to Elisa Rolle, because she invests so much time and energies in the Rainbow Awards, and in general does so much for the community.

This year for ex. she m..."

Elisa is amazing and this is such a wonderful, generous thing that she does.

Johanna wrote: "Last Friday, after an eventful anniversary week, I got to spend a nice Independence Day with hubby, his parents and my parents. Hubby's parents had invited us over for dinner and after that we took..."

I'm so excited about your recent election! Congratulations on living in a civilized and rational country! WOW.

Antonella wrote: "having finally sent the tax files, invoices and so on to my bookkeeper (for 2018 ;-)"

JUST IN TIME! lol

Antonella wrote: "Calathea wrote: "Absolutly lovely Christmas Coda for Tim and Luke from The Parting Glass today. Go and read: http://joshlanyon.blogspot.com/2019/1..."

Thank you for telling us..."

I saw and approved this one--I hope it made it all the way through to publishing.

I used to not moderate but I started getting hit with a ridiculous amount of spam--literally dozens of comments on every post. So I had to change to moderated status. I hate spammers so much.

Thank you guys so much for reading and commenting--or trying to comment, as the case may be! I've asked the SO about moving my blog to my wordpress website come the new year because there's just so many issues with Blogger now. :-(

Jordan wrote: "Brenda! Your coda is awesome!!!"

Yes!!

We've had codas from Haldis and Brenda already--and many more wonderful ones to come. <3

Johanna wrote: "Karen wrote: "I still can’t sign in to post to Josh’s blog. Has anyone else solved this mystery?"

Still having the same problem. :-("

I don't understand what's happening with Blogger. :-(

1 - I'm almost done with my holiday shopping!

2 - Experimenting with new holiday cocktail recipes

3 - Writing holiday codas

4 - Rainy weather. It's been raining off and on for a week. It's crazy!

5 - The eccentric upstairs heater deciding to work for a couple of days