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Strange Bedfellows: The Evolving Relationship between Authors and Readers … by Josh Lanyon

Strange Bedfellows: The Evolving Relationship between Authors and Readers … by Josh Lanyon

When Fatal Shadows was published in 2000, the total extent of contact I had with readers — fans — was membership on a mystery listserv (remember listservs?) and the occasional letter forwarded by my publisher. Reviews came from paid professionals.…
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Please Don’t Feed the Monsters …by Josh Lanyon

Please Don’t Feed the Monsters …by Josh Lanyon

If you’ve done any financial investing – and if you’re planning to write for a living, I sincerely hope you have – you know one of the secrets to success is diversity. It’s common sense. One of the earliest bits…
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The Mainstreaming of M/M …. by Josh Lanyon

The Mainstreaming of M/M …. by Josh Lanyon

About a year ago I was invited to be a guest author at JR Ward’s Goodreads group. If you’re not familiar with Ward – and I confess I was not then familiar with her work – she writes the enormously…
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The Size of it: Auld Lang Syne Off

The Size of it: Auld Lang Syne Off

It seems as though I’ve been saying goodbye for the last month, but now the time has indeed come to sign off. However, before I fling myself on my horse and ride madly off in all directions, I want to…
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The Size of It – For Love or Money by Josh Lanyon

The Size of It – For Love or Money by Josh Lanyon

  If you really like it you can have the rights, It could make a million for you overnight. If you must return it, you can send it here But I need a break and I want to be a…
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State of the Union by Josh Lanyon

State of the Union by Josh Lanyon

First the bad news. The market for M/M fiction is glutted. I know. This is not really much of a news flash. We’ve been talking for months about the fact that more m/m books are being written and published than…
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Paper Boats: Bail water or bail out? Knowing When to Abandon Your Wip by Josh Lanyon

Paper Boats: Bail water or bail out? Knowing When to Abandon Your Wip by Josh Lanyon

A book itself threatens to kill its author repeatedly during its composition. Michael Chabon, Fountain City (an unfinished novel) I’ve been trying to catch up on some of my reading lately, and a few nights ago I came across an…
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Keeping Up With The Joneses

I frequently hear that I am a very productive — even prolific — author. By mainstream standards, that’s true. In mainstream, two novels a year — four if you’re ultra ambitious — is pretty much the norm. At the end…
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What Would Jesus Do? Spirituality in M/M Fiction by Josh Lanyon

What Would Jesus Do? Spirituality in M/M Fiction by Josh Lanyon

A few weeks ago a friend phoned to tell me that after much painful inner debate she had concluded that she had to accept the Bible as the literal word of God, and that while God does not hate homosexuals,…
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