Q&A with Josh Lanyon discussion
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Anne wrote: "Are we allowed to bitch about a book here?...The idea about romance is that we shall fall a little bit in love with the protags, yes? But who can fall in love with an unprincipled cop who can't keep his dick to himself for one minute, who leaves his witness and colleagues in danger because he is in love ( or is it lust?) after a few hours from meeting the one he shall protect..."This reminds me of that facetious article at Cole's blog I saw some of your comments so some of you have seen it and laughed already.
“How to Write Like a Man”, comic relief by Roger Armstrong
Tharayn wrote: "Anyway, I stillt don't know which book of Josh is next (no Johanna, not Holmes!).I'm swinging between Fair Game and Dangerous Ground. "
Fair Game then. It's a stand alone. After that you can start with Dangerous Grounds series. :)
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Maybe that is one of the things that will change and become more common. Just as it's easier to buy books, so it becomes easier to return. At least through Amazon.
I don't return books unless it's a book I already own or it was something I purchased by mistake, so that's not a mindset I can really relate to.
Anne wrote: "That's funny, I never read fan fiction, but "stumbled" upon The Student Prince which is also about Merlin and Arthur, and both funny and well written, it was good comfort after my " bad cop experience" :) "You remember that I've been to Scotland (including one day of St. Andrews) last fall? And after I've read The Student Prince? I'm quite sure my co-travellers didn't see the things I saw there. :D
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I'm really thinking in terms of the concept of ownership here. That I think does break down pretty cleanly. But I agree about the other issues with digital. The complication of viral sharing -- but is the response not to support libraries?! All these things are still being worked out, and the fact that they aren't easily worked out is telling.
Josh wrote: "Johanna wrote: "I've been eating healthier food after Christmas. And I've been pretty successful in it if I may say so myself. :) But, you see, it's been a few weeks now and I really, really long f..."Yeah, I need to get back to juicing my veg. I feel so much better when I do. I get sooo harassed for drinking my bright green, purple, orange... drinks. But the difference in how I feel and the end of a long high energy day, is worth it. I tell people-I'm a vintage model and need high octane fuel. ;p
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Got that sussed. I have the literary equivalent of champaign and bon-bons already underway. :)"
:-D
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It's good. Probably more useful for the beginning writer.
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Got that sussed. I have the literary equivalent of champaign and bon-bons already underway. :)"
Do tell!..."
This is...wow! When did fan fiction start being listed at Goodreads?
Josh wrote: "Anne wrote: "Calathea wrote: "John wrote: "Calathea wrote: "Wish you better luck with your next read!"Got that sussed. I have the literary equivalent of champaign and bon-bons already underway. ..."
I did wonder about that, actually.
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Hey, thanks to you, all my breakfasts have been juices after Christmas. And some of the snacks or lunches too. :)
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Oh Josh that's not a diet, that's a torture !"
Whaaa? Are you dissing the juice!! It's good. It's really, really good!
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Each time I've gotten sick over the past two months, it's when I wasn't juicing.
I'm kind of becoming a fanatic on the subject.
Tharayn wrote: "Josh wrote: "Maybe that is one of the things that will change and become more common. Just as it's easier to buy books, so it becomes easier to return. At least through Amazon. I don't return boo..."
I've returned two books in my life, both were gifts. One I already owned, the other was targeted for a younger audience so I didn't even open it. I don't think I've even wanted to return a book before I started reading a lot of m/m published fiction, but man, have I downloaded some doozies!
Tharayn wrote: "Ah, I just thought that maybe someone would recommand something special(-special). Besides Holmes I mean ;) Because I couldn't decide. So okay, Fair Game it is then."
Well, there's still the one "about a private eye in an alternate universe very similar to the Regency Period but magical. (...) But with that sexy chick-lit sensibility..."
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That's probably going to be an increasing factor. With so much disposable fiction out there, it's bound result in less respect for the work. Even the good work, probably.
Josh wrote: "This is...wow! When did fan fiction start being listed at Goodreads? "I'm quite sure their terms have to say something about it. Right now, it's only the good pieces that make it on GR because somebody loved it enough to add it in order to keep track of her reading.
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And it paid off, didn't it? :-)
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"You remember that I've been to Scotland (including one day of St. Andrews) last fall? And after I've read The Student Prince? I'm quite sure my co-travellers didn't see the things I saw there. :D"
Ah. So this is something I really should read before July?!
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I'm learning all this stuff I never knew. For example, I never knew that with pomegranate, you only eat the seeds. That was a surprise. :-D
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"And it paid off, didn't it? :-)"
Yes, sir, it did. :-)
Josh wrote: "Reggie wrote: "Josh wrote: "Johanna wrote: "I've been eating healthier food after Christmas. And I've been pretty successful in it if I may say so myself. :) But, you see, it's been a few weeks now..."Oh Wow, I only know one other person who shares the wonders of juicing. Now there's two more. YAY! Juicing my veggies definitely helps me to function at a higher level than I can maintain otherwise. We may have to share recipes! ;p
That would send everyone running, though. Can't have that! lol
Johanna wrote: "Ah. So this is something I really should read before July?! "Definitely! :) And if you haven't done so already, watch a couple of episodes of the TV-show, so you have the mental image of the characters ready.
ETA: OMG, you shouldn't have said this. I want to go back this isntant. *sigh*
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LOL. We'll convert everyone and add a juicing forum!
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I'm quite sure their terms have to say something about it. Right now, it's only the good pieces that make it on ..."
Oops. Mum's the word in that case. ;-)
John wrote: "It's as if an author wrote a perfectly well written book full of gay characters with the stated premise that the gay characters are all drooling psychotic pedophiles for an audience which shared that assumption.Probably I'm being unfairly prickly. Like I said, sometimes I mislay my muzzle when I need it.
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You can take your muzzle off here John. I want to know what the book is now in case I end up reading it but you'd probably prefer to tell us about the bon-bons one.
I must be reading too many mysteries. You say "juicing" and my mind goes to heroin, not, well... juice.Hah! Whoops.
Reggie wrote: "Oh Wow, I only know one other person who shares the wonders of juicing."And I'm still scratching my head and wondering what the h you guys are talking about...
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Sure, I love to put pomegranate seeds in the salads. But getting them out of the fruit is messy! My kitchen's white tiles usually look like someone was butchered there after I've got the seeds out of couple of pomegranates. Luckily some stores sell only the seeds... ;)
Johanna wrote: "Calathea wrote: "Anne wrote: "That's funny, I never read fan fiction, but "stumbled" upon The Student Prince which is also about Merlin and Arthur, and both funny and well written, it was good comf..."You should absolutely read it, and you might see Scotland in a slighly different light afterwards. I didn't know there was so much magic there ;)But truth be told, when I have visited my daughter in Edinburgh and walked on the castle grounds and in the closes (narrow medieval streets) and graveyards - we love graveyards by the way - it feels like there is magic in the air, or as she once said, is it any wonder I love it here, it is like living inside a book :)
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Apparently the secret is to quarter the fruit and dip it in a big bowl. It was pretty efficient and neat, I have to say.
(You cut the top off first, by the way.)
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"Yes" to sharing the recipes and "yes" to adding a juicing forum!
By the way, I usually make my breakfast juices form berries: strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and sea-buckthorn (the latter has a HUGE amount of vitamin C in it).
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Oh yes. God. You're so right. I used to manage a salad every couple of days or maybe an apple. Now my fridge is bursting with kale and peppers and fruit and spinach and things I don't even recognize but they look interesting.
Calathea wrote: "Reggie wrote: "Oh Wow, I only know one other person who shares the wonders of juicing."And I'm still scratching my head and wondering what the h you guys are talking about..."
Juice: The Complete Guide to Juicing for Weight Loss, Health and Life - Includes The Juicing Equipment Guide and 97 Delicious Recipes
I just pulled a book at random so you could see what we are discussing.
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Never heard of it!
Josh wrote: "Anne wrote: "Tharayn wrote: "Anne wrote: "Are we allowed to bitch about a book here? I was in the mood for something easy and sweet on Friday so downloaded a book that had gotten good reviews, abou..."Love at First Sight
Archer and Rake
Adrien and Jake
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Ah. Thank you for the pomegranate butchering tip. :)
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Never heard of it!"
We have three sea-buckthorn bushes in our garden (one boy and two girls). Only the girls grow the berries, obviously. :) Collecting the berries is literally painful, because the bushes have quite long thorns in them. You only need to eat five sea-buckthorn berries to fill your daily intake of vitamin C.
Here is the Wikipedia link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea-buck...
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:-) Not planning to put Kit through it though, are you... ;-)
ETA: Oh, wait, actually that would be highly entertaining!!!
Johanna wrote: "Josh wrote: "I'm going to have to work juicing into a story pretty soon.":-) Not planning to put Kit through it though, are you... ;-)"
Juicing Kit? That sounds very nasty ;)
Josh wrote: "I'm juicing regularly now, which I really like..."That was a very attention-grabbing way to begin a comment. Would make a hell of an opener for a story, too. :-D
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But how about virtual indulgence? Start to worry when the cookbooks move into the kitchen and the cupboards are opened... ;-)
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Oh, it's one of the (if not the) best of Merlin-fanfic. Loved it! :)
I completely agree.
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Oh LOL, Karen! :) Better keep my cupboards empty of certain yummy items then... It'll be challenging to bake a cake out of spinach and cucumber... ;)
Calathea wrote: "I'm always looking for something excellent to read... (I had lots of luck today with a piece of Merlin-fanfic...)"This was really very good (and - for the general information - relatively short)! Thank you for the rec!
Calathea wrote: "Do tell! I'm always looking for something excellent to read....."At the risk of sounding like a sycophant, I had to pull out the big guns and re-read CUTYS to rinse out my brain. I always keep a bit of Josh handy. Purely for medicinal purposes, you understand.
Well if you can make cake with carrot and or beetroot I'm sure it can be done with spinach and cucumber Johanna - just add eggs, flour, sugar? I've just been updating my current reads honestly with what I am actually currently reading. Hmmm rather an embarrassement of poetry books I can't help feeling my husband may have a point - 'How can you read so many books at the same time?'
Favourite read of this evening is Poems by Lynette Roberts but possibly because I am reading the 1944 edition. Adrien English would have approved don't you think. I'm rationing myself to one Adrien mystery a week... it was supposed to be one per month but...
John wrote: "Calathea wrote: "Do tell! I'm always looking for something excellent to read....."At the risk of sounding like a sycophant, I had to pull out the big guns and re-read CUTYS to rinse out my brain...."
John, I love you comments!
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Oh, it's one of the (if not the) best of Merlin-fanfic. Loved it! :)