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

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

Karen wrote: "He seemed to think that the buyers of four-hundred-dollar T-shirts would be a different order of consumer from the buyers of million-dollar paintings.

From a New Yorker article: Sterling Ruby’s Mi..."

Hmmm...

1 - Catching up on a few things on that NEVER-ENDING LIST

2 - The garden at night -- the lights, the chimes, the waterfall...

3 - It could always be worse

4 - Marlowe the Mutt's morning kisses. It's so sweet to me that he wakes up utterly delighted to see us. :-D

5 - There's still plenty of summer ahead, despite the fact that it's now September

Loretta wrote: "I just finished Gentleman Wolf. It was very good. I can't wait for the conclusion in second book."

THIS LOOKS SO GOOD.

Jordan wrote: "So frustrating! Someone I don’t know, who’s first name is Kiersten, has used my author pen name’s email address as their Apple ID. Apple says they can’t have done, because they wouldn’t have been a..."

Yikes!!!

Jordan wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Jordan wrote: "Today will be an interesting day... I’ll report back later how things go. I saw a new article yesterday that basically said if protesters keep the straight Pride parad..."

LOL. Well, I mean Log Cabin Republicans. Isn't that a contradiction in terms??

Mymymble wrote: "Antonella wrote: "Mymymble wrote: "You will not fuck with my children’s future. You will not destroy the freedoms my grandfather fought two world wars to defend. Fuck off you over-promoted rubber b..."

These are the days that reduce us all to limited vocab and rude hand gestures.

Alison wrote: "Saw this today. If you need a tiny glimmer of hope for the future...

Five Democratic Presidential Candidates Top Trump In Latest Quinnipiac Poll
https://hillreporter.com/five-democra......"

Yeah. Well.

The problem is because of the electoral college, it's all moot. As we've seen, you can win the popular vote by millions and still lose the presidency.

It all comes down to the battleground states--and the final weeks.

Antonella wrote: "I've just seen this article thanks to Sunita (Readerwriterville). Check also the comments to the article:

Too busy? Distracted by your phone? How to love reading again"

Oh, I'm so glad Sunita is still out there! I thought she was long gone.

Now that I have my new kindle all set up, I actually love these updates!! :-D

Loretta wrote: "Ije posted in the General News about TJ Klune and Charlie Cochet taking their books back from Dreamspinner. What a mess. Someone posted on TJ's FB that some of the authors leaving Dreamspinner are ..."

I mean, this stuff does happen, and you have to be willing to jump to safety when the ship starts to founder. But for the authors who were all in at DSP... I'm torn between horror and impatience because who the hell is so naive at this point they put all their eggs in one basket????

Jordan wrote: "Here's the deal with Angela James and Carina Press. This is part of her newsletter that went out the other day:

"It's still August, so I think we can technically say this is August's newsletter. I..."

Angie's a pro.

Whereas HC/HQ... Where is the vision? Where is the long-term strategy? Where is the fucking clue about how it actually works now days?

I was in the midst of planning a new trilogy for Carina, but that's scrapped now. If I do it, it will be an experiment with Kindle Unlimited--because frankly that would make more sense at this juncture.

Brenda wrote: "Josh wrote: "From my perspective, they are more equally balanced in power than maybe either one realizes--and the inability to see it, keeps them from being truly balanced in power.

If that makes ..."

That's probably true. Jason wouldn't think of Sam being that vulnerable--or of himself having that kind of power.

SamSpayedPI wrote: "Josh wrote: "Am I the only one who loves warm watermelon?"

Warm, or room temperature?

I have very sensitive teeth, especially to cold, so I eat all fruit at room temperature. It has more flavor t..."

Good point. Room temp.

Warm sounds a bit ghastly. :-D

Maybe for a next year goal I could see about moving the blog to my website. The website does have a blog feature, but I was happy until recently with Blogger, so I just ignored it.

There's definitely a lack of support for Blogger coupled with changes on Google.

Meanwhile the spammers-from-another-hemisphere check in regularly. So regularly that they actually get testy about my not letting any posts through. :-D

Mymymble wrote: "Josh wrote: "Anne wrote: "Not m/m but I take a chance and recommend a book I read in my vacation The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker. Some of you might have enjoyed..."

LOL

Jordan wrote: "Alison wrote: "Jordan wrote: "Anne wrote: "Jordan wrote: "Just trying to figure out how to catch up on so much missed sleep. The book I’m reading says I should take a vacation and sleep in. Um... t..."

Could you do the tai chi in the morning, or do you use it to unwind?

Karen wrote: "I’m in Santa Rosa, California at the end of our “Wine Country Encuentro” weekend, a gathering of tango dancers. It’s the first one we’ve been to since my retirement, one I would have been unable to..."

I love Santa Rosa!

Loretta wrote: "I went to El Paso again yesterday. It made me cry just to go in the City. My work had a summer event. We watch the semi-pro soccer game. It's the first time I've been to more than the airport in ye..."

:-(

Johanna wrote: "I've had a busy week! It was the first whole school week, which, itself, made it busy. I also hosted three different get-togethers in the evenings. On Tuesday evening my colleagues popped in for ou..."

That sounds delightfully busy and social. :-)