tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post2957575639342569353..comments2024-03-27T08:18:53.376-07:00Comments on JustJoshin Publishing, Inc.: Boy With the Painful Tattoo SNEAK PEEKJosh Lanyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-79977491520319568202017-06-26T18:11:45.972-07:002017-06-26T18:11:45.972-07:00When I initially commented I clicked the
"No...When I initially commented I clicked the <br />"Notify me when new comments are added" checkbox and now each time <br />a comment is added I get several emails with the same comment.<br />Is there any way you can remove me from that service?<br />Many thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-44680301017446987432014-08-30T13:30:37.298-07:002014-08-30T13:30:37.298-07:00There, now... :-)There, now... :-)Johanna Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559901333247490554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-42386133584458777952014-08-28T20:01:08.625-07:002014-08-28T20:01:08.625-07:00OMG that is one of my favorite songs. I am now hap...OMG that is one of my favorite songs. I am now happily singing to myself...about lonely people?Mr. Pinkertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06478532556298940501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-41161544043258515332014-08-27T11:00:14.531-07:002014-08-27T11:00:14.531-07:00Of course if y'all weren't talking about y...Of course if y'all weren't talking about y'all then I am sorry to rant at you. The y'all thing has become a pet peeve for me. :-DJosh Lanyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-38511001276600675862014-08-27T10:56:55.046-07:002014-08-27T10:56:55.046-07:00 J.X. IS a saint.
And what could be harder than ... J.X. IS a saint. <br /><br />And what could be harder than living with a saint? :-D Josh Lanyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-65980682523999252272014-08-27T10:54:55.336-07:002014-08-27T10:54:55.336-07:00All kidding aside, all my Texas info came from my ...All kidding aside, all my Texas info came from my Texas readers and Texas blogs. I'm going to assume your beef it's the same old question of "y'all."<br /><br />And here's the bottom line:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%27all<br /><br />Second-person singular usage[edit]<br /><br />There is long-standing disagreement about whether y’all can have primarily singular reference. While y’all is generally held in some of the Southern United States to be usable only as the plural form of "you", a scant but vocal minority (for example, Eric Hyman,[4]) argues that the term can be used in the singular as well.<br /><br /><br />http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/k/kinkyfried146074.html<br /><br /><br />http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2009<br /><br /><br />Jan Tillery and Guy Bailey, "Yall in Oklahoma", American Speech 73(3) 1998;<br /><br />In spite of the large body of writing on yall, we know very little about the form. For example, we know almost nothing about its social and spatial distribution (i.e., about precisely who uses the form and exactly where it is used) and very little about its origins or even its precise meaning. This paradox is largely a consequence of the peculiar research strategy that underlies a great deal of the literature on yall. Rather than basing their conclusions on surveys of usage or ethnographic studies or even attestations in literary dialect, most of those who have written on yall rely on what is best termed the personal testimony of true believers. Especially in response to skeptics who cite apparent singular uses of you-all or yall that they may have overheard by chance, true believers simply give their personal testimony that these forms never occur as singulars in the South. They often do so with zeal, as in Axley's assertion that, in a lifetime of observation, he had "never heard any person of any degree of education or station in life use the expression you all as a singular" (1927, 343). Even Atwood (1962), in an otherwise excellent dialect survey, relies on the strategy of personal testimony. Although he surveyed the use of yall as a plural in Texas and Oklahoma, Atwood did not investigate its possible occurrence as a singular; he merely asserted that the form could not be used as a singular, adding that "if anything is likely to lead to another Civil War, it is the Northerner's accusation that Southerners use you all to refer to only one person" (1962, 69). In fact, only one study (Richardson 1984) provides anything like systematic evidence on the possible use of yall as a singular (she argues that the form is used only as a plural and that apparent singular occurrences usually reflect Southerners' exaggeration of their dialect for social effect); few studies provide any data at all on the social and spatial distribution of the form, either singular or plural. A century of fervent scholarship on you-all and yall, then, has produced mostly fervor.<br /><br /><br />I know it is very hard for y'all to believe there could be a difference of opinion on this, but yet the difference of opinion exists nonetheless in academic circles. As you should be well aware.<br /><br />But more to the point, I worked for several years with an adorable Texas cheerleader from Llano and she used y'all in the singular. I know. Hard to believe. And yet the truth. <br /><br />I do my best to get my facts right. I'm not so arrogant as to think I never make mistakes. Or that my opinions are the only ones that matter.Josh Lanyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-36653069216441075502014-08-27T10:14:24.999-07:002014-08-27T10:14:24.999-07:00I am a multitasker-- I can be just as aggrieved ov...I am a multitasker-- I can be just as aggrieved over inaccuracies in my fiction (I am a M/M fiction editor AND a former reference librarian) as I am about the idiots that drive Texas politics (and believe me, there are many of us in Texas who feel as you do about the rising 'red' tide). :-)Emme Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13359249693926718949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-89318351313195848042014-08-27T09:42:15.441-07:002014-08-27T09:42:15.441-07:00Kit, Kit, Kit...he is SO his own worst enemy. I a...Kit, Kit, Kit...he is SO his own worst enemy. I adore him though, and part of the fun is seeing the trouble he makes for himself, and how he applies himself to get out of it. JX has the patience of a Saint!<br />Love your comment about readers who obsess about the most trivial of details....I really take pity on authors sometimes...<br />Just reread my PB of ASW (I even forgot about Anna's fate!) and am geeked for more Kit & JX!!! <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-66966365738296121162014-08-27T08:16:57.850-07:002014-08-27T08:16:57.850-07:00Thank you so much for reading, Alison. :-) Thank you so much for reading, Alison. :-) Josh Lanyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-53058123479980013782014-08-27T08:16:35.681-07:002014-08-27T08:16:35.681-07:00There, there. I know it's much easier to worry...There, there. I know it's much easier to worry about the left turns in a little romance novel than the hard right turns your beloved state is making politically. ;-) Josh Lanyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-6601478643494493092014-08-27T08:15:17.738-07:002014-08-27T08:15:17.738-07:00I'm hoping to have it up about mid-month on Am...I'm hoping to have it up about mid-month on Amazon. I want to make sure Amazon readers have a chance at the preorder price.Josh Lanyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-46525611687690280352014-08-27T08:14:13.004-07:002014-08-27T08:14:13.004-07:00STOP READING MY MIND!!! ;-)STOP READING MY MIND!!! ;-)Josh Lanyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-89200864363532194192014-08-27T08:13:57.963-07:002014-08-27T08:13:57.963-07:00Thanks so much, Jana.Thanks so much, Jana.Josh Lanyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-1301099984462594152014-08-27T08:13:40.161-07:002014-08-27T08:13:40.161-07:00It's so funny how short six weeks feels on thi...It's so funny how short six weeks feels on this side of the fence. :-)Josh Lanyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-83716881307374348702014-08-27T08:12:56.716-07:002014-08-27T08:12:56.716-07:00Thank you for saying so!Thank you for saying so!Josh Lanyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-34863062819642249212014-08-27T08:12:46.410-07:002014-08-27T08:12:46.410-07:00Thank you. I'm having a lot of fun writing it....Thank you. I'm having a lot of fun writing it. Of course it is a totally insane story. But that's part of the fun.Josh Lanyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-37227305941590862242014-08-27T08:12:06.809-07:002014-08-27T08:12:06.809-07:00Uh oh! Who else dares to have an October release??...Uh oh! Who else dares to have an October release??!! <br /><br />Kidding. Yes, the fall should be brilliant for readers -- myself included! Josh Lanyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-20133902253784156992014-08-27T08:11:07.441-07:002014-08-27T08:11:07.441-07:00Absolutely. I try to give readers lots of options....Absolutely. I try to give readers lots of options. You should buy where it makes best sense for you.Josh Lanyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-42046297514107728622014-08-27T08:10:21.703-07:002014-08-27T08:10:21.703-07:00I cannot help but here "Eleanor Rigby" w...I cannot help but here "Eleanor Rigby" when I read those comments. :-) Josh Lanyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-87622772608789816082014-08-27T08:09:50.540-07:002014-08-27T08:09:50.540-07:00Thanks for reading!Thanks for reading!Josh Lanyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-84757316950972911612014-08-27T08:09:31.114-07:002014-08-27T08:09:31.114-07:00It's his job. He drives everyone crazy. Includ...It's his job. He drives everyone crazy. Including his creator.Josh Lanyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-21924048029799649792014-08-27T08:09:10.499-07:002014-08-27T08:09:10.499-07:00LOL
I'm not sure I've ever started a book...LOL<br /><br />I'm not sure I've ever started a book with sex before.<br /><br />LOLJosh Lanyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-45575748090403144522014-08-27T08:08:35.757-07:002014-08-27T08:08:35.757-07:00LOL
I'm going to pretend you didn't say t...LOL<br /><br />I'm going to pretend you didn't say that.Josh Lanyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-41235694152589449612014-08-27T08:08:16.523-07:002014-08-27T08:08:16.523-07:00I'm having so much fun with these two. In betw...I'm having so much fun with these two. In between the bouts of terror.Josh Lanyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-44103398545524117132014-08-27T08:07:51.317-07:002014-08-27T08:07:51.317-07:00I confess I swallowed the wrong way when I read th...I confess I swallowed the wrong way when I read the "43 days" comment. :-D <br /><br />YIKES!Josh Lanyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.com