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Should you post your first chapters online?
Replied Apr. 21, 2007
Should you post your first chapters online?
Replied Apr. 21, 2007
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- Hometown:
- Los Angeles, California
- About Me:
- Josh Lanyon is the author of numerous novellas and short stories as well as the Adrien English mystery novels, including The Hell You Say, winner of the 2006 USABookNews awards for GLBT fiction -- and a Lambda Literary Award finalist.
Josh's work is available in print and ebook format.
- I Am A:
- Writer
- Website:
- http://www.joshlanyon.com
- Books And Authors I Like:
- Raymond Chandler, Joseph Hansen, Richard Stevenson. I'm a fan of the old crime pulps of the 40s and 50s -- and, in fact, I liken the current ebook "revolution" to the way the old pulps changed the publishing world.
- Movies And TV Shows I Like:
- I'm a fan of classic film noir.
The last TV show I watched regularly was THE PROFESSIONALS, a 1980s British crime show -- uh, I didn't watch it when it originally aired, no.
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Posted on October 21, 2008 at 2:27am —
Suddenly, a Pirate Ship Appeared on the Horizon!
It was through the back-from-a-watery-grave publication of The Hell You Say two years ago, that I met many of you -- and discovered M/M writing. I don't know about M/M writing, but I have never been the same.
Assuming all goes well, Death of a Pirate King is now live at Loose Id .
I'm happy with the way the book turned out (okay, as happy as I am with anything I do) but my ma… Continue
Posted on September 19, 2008 at 4:31am — 2 Comments
A Hell of a Way to Make a Living
This was a week long gig beginning here.
Posted on March 8, 2008 at 3:29am —
Fan Fiction dot Nut
I don't even know how I came across it, but I happened to stumble over Lee Goldberg's very old (2004ish?) blog on fan fiction. I gather it was part of an on-going rant on the subject, but that one post alone and all the comments it inspired wore me out.
I recently discovered fan fiction myself -- in this case, fan fiction for a 1970s British cop show called
… ContinuePosted on February 2, 2008 at 12:12pm —
When Hell Freezes Over
Got a very nice review at Night Owl Romance for Snowball in Hell, the story that appears in the second PARTNERS IN CRIME anthology. Interesting point the reviewer makes about writing historical fiction in the style of the era.
I did a very modified pulp "voice" on this one. It didn't work for this reviewer -- or at least it took time for her to adjust to it, but I think it was the right decision, and I will continue any stories with these characters in that particular style
… ContinuePosted on December 23, 2007 at 7:36am —
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Crimespace is very busy and very chatty. What did I expect from a bunch of writers? I posted on one discussion and now I've got over ten emails tracking the continuance of that discussion.
Your blog led me here and I have to say, its a great site. Very intimidating, of course.
I've always dreaded becoming one of those writers who doesn't know when to stop. On the other hand, there are writers who've tried other stories and series, and readers just don't take to them the same way, which would be disconcerting to say the least.
In my opinion, there shouldn't be a set number of books for any series. It's totally at the author's discretion. How do you feel about your character? Are you still in love with him/her at the end of 3 or 4 books? Do the stories involving your character keep piling up in your head? I'm thinking Brenda Strange might be at the place I pictured her at in 6 to 7 books. It might be less, it might be more. Don't put a magical number on yourself because that just stifles creativity. Just keep writing and listen to what your series character is telling you.
I have to tell you, that I read THE HELL YOU SAY, and I hadn't enjoyed a mystery like that in a long time. I couldn't stop reading it. I'd like to give you the typical "I couldn't stop reading and stayed awake all night" routine, but let me take it one step further.....I took longer breaks at work and nearly got in trouble! LOL. Awesome read and I can't wait to read more of the Adrien English mysteries. I would love to get my hands on the original, non-erotically enhanced versions, as I like my mysteries without all the graphic sex.
And, of course, you read my books so what's not to like.
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