tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post6498540352996063325..comments2024-03-27T08:18:53.376-07:00Comments on JustJoshin Publishing, Inc.: Tell me a story and then I’ll go to bedJosh Lanyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-73857771068798111362012-06-08T07:07:08.998-07:002012-06-08T07:07:08.998-07:00Aw. Thank you.
Hey, I have every confidence that ...Aw. Thank you.<br /><br />Hey, I have every confidence that if you seriously wanted to commit suicide, you would manage beautifully.<br /><br />Er...as compliments go...<br /><br />:-DJosh Lanyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-29571887930403800782012-06-04T15:27:26.022-07:002012-06-04T15:27:26.022-07:00Phew! Found it and it is a great story, cute but w...Phew! Found it and it is a great story, cute but with that underlying vein of seriousness that you do so well and I love the economy of it being a short story. There are what purport to be full length novels out there with less storyline than you have here. As for what I was trying to do? I just wanted to get on a train and go to work, I really wasn't trying to be one of London's unsuccessful suicides, honest! I have threatened to set the ambulance chasers on Southern Railways though! I am tired of having bruises, and my foot looking as though some one had taken a bicycle pump to it and inflated it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-45744223895899789662012-06-02T07:59:14.728-07:002012-06-02T07:59:14.728-07:00I think there are few things as mutually satisfyin...I think there are few things as mutually satisfying as reading aloud to a child. <br /><br />But then I guess the popularity of audio books means many of us continue to love to be read aloud to even as adults.<br /><br />Anyway, thanks for your answer, Karen!Josh Lanyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-4326334126449480702012-06-02T07:54:50.840-07:002012-06-02T07:54:50.840-07:00OH MY GOD. What are you doing to yourself?
Did y...OH MY GOD. What are you doing to yourself? <br /><br />Did you find the story? It's up on Amazon UK because I'm seeing sales. Let me know if you're still having issues.<br /><br />I mean issues with the story. It is painfully obvious you are having other issues. ;-P<br /><br /><br />Sheesh!Josh Lanyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-55152792214445117432012-06-01T11:55:32.506-07:002012-06-01T11:55:32.506-07:00I am weeping tears of blood, kindle it oou instruc...I am weeping tears of blood, kindle it oou instruct, so I did, only to be sent to Amazon.com and be told that I had to go to Amazon.co.uk. Persevering, I did so and it's not there! Sob! I thought this might brighten up my day or even my month! I fell over the edge of one of those horrible slabs of pink bobbly stuff they put on the edges of the platforms of British stations to help people with visual impairments to know where the edge is. I nearly fell under the train and have done my knee and ankle a frightful nasty. I face the prospect of spending the jubilee weekend with my foot up. That is bad enough, but to know that you have a new story out and I can't get my hands on it? If I could climb up I might just throw myself out of the window!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-28854096556641253312012-05-30T09:00:30.304-07:002012-05-30T09:00:30.304-07:00Thank you for the new story — an unexpected treat ...Thank you for the new story — an unexpected treat this week when I'm going slightly (!) mad trying to pack up my classroom, while having to postpone prepping and packing for a 3-week trip. <br /><br />Why do I read? For so many of the reasons beautifully stated by others: to connect, to learn, often to escape/procrastinate, to vicariously live in someone else's skin, to find out what happens next, to see how others try to make some sense of the world. And because the seed was planted by my parents, particularly by my father, a miner's son who read Greek myths and classic poetry (especially the ballads) to his very young daughters. <br /><br />I continued that tradition with my daughters, first reading to them, then reading aloud to each other, then reading separately and silently together while occasionally sharing interesting bits. We still do this when we're together. And I try to instill the same need/joy/hunger/thirst in my students.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05811351474495837208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-38673523260037198112012-05-29T10:38:56.862-07:002012-05-29T10:38:56.862-07:00Thanks, Ami. It's fixed now.
It was a pretty...Thanks, Ami. It's fixed now. <br /><br />It was a pretty haphazard launch -- I'm out of practice! ;-)Josh Lanyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-7455528943450539632012-05-28T21:18:28.592-07:002012-05-28T21:18:28.592-07:00Congrats on finishing this -- just want to let you...Congrats on finishing this -- just want to let you know, the link for "Perfect Day" on your website goes to "Icecapade" at Amazon.com. I know, because I just tried to click it few minutes ago.Amihttp://www.goodreads.com/user/show/134600-aminoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-60716199367037751752012-05-27T09:54:00.085-07:002012-05-27T09:54:00.085-07:00If I get the edits back soon, there's a chance...If I get the edits back soon, there's a chance I might get it up this week. Fingers crossed!Josh Lanyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-2262904225833298212012-05-26T10:58:01.192-07:002012-05-26T10:58:01.192-07:00I'd rather read than sleep, to quote the wonde...I'd rather read than sleep, to quote the wonderful Warren Zevon, 'I'll sleep when I'm dead!' I've read a lot even for me the last few months when the drugs have eaten my creativity and left me feeling sick all the time, so my kindle is getting quite full. A lot of it has been chewing gum for the mind, words on the page that entertained me but didn't attempt to engage me on a deep level as that was about all I could cope with. When I felt better I tended to read non fiction, all sorts of things and re read your whole oeuvre! A new story would be lovely, if you feel like letting us share this one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-92001441178308198512012-05-25T07:53:02.085-07:002012-05-25T07:53:02.085-07:00It's true. And it's only by exploring, won...It's true. And it's only by exploring, wondering, poking that mystery we can even come close to recognizing it, I reckon. ;-)Josh Lanyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-9799477789018522322012-05-25T07:42:39.873-07:002012-05-25T07:42:39.873-07:00If so, I think it must be one of the healthier add...If so, I think it must be one of the healthier addictions. That retreat into fiction does no harm to others and often results in reaffirming something within us. <br /><br />It's hard to explain the power of storytelling -- it's something I continue to puzzle over as a storyteller. What I do know is that the need for stories is bone deep and universal. <br /><br />I know of almost no one who enjoys no fiction of any kind -- even if it's simply going to the movies or watching something on TV. Maybe it's simply our need to be diverted from the tasks at hand, but why storytelling? What need does it fill that non-fiction or a long walk or an evening spent looking through a telescope cannot?Josh Lanyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-26840618164832134092012-05-25T07:37:05.730-07:002012-05-25T07:37:05.730-07:00I haven't read Ireland, Lin. But it sounds rig...I haven't read Ireland, Lin. But it sounds right up my alley. I'll check it out.Josh Lanyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-13165212729185899872012-05-25T07:36:25.773-07:002012-05-25T07:36:25.773-07:00Your reading experience is much like my own, Jason...Your reading experience is much like my own, Jason. I like a book that lingers.<br /><br />Sometimes I'm too tired for fiction -- doesn't that sound odd? That's when I turn to television or magazines or movies. But nothing feels me with anticipation the way opening a new book does. Especially if it's a book I've been waiting for.<br /><br />There's something about setting sail on that particular adventure that is like no other.Josh Lanyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-80223706349121450772012-05-25T07:33:11.765-07:002012-05-25T07:33:11.765-07:00Thanks, Sylvia. I've got a cover so that proba...Thanks, Sylvia. I've got a cover so that probably means I HAVE to publish. ;-) <br /><br />Seriously, it's just a little bit of a story, but people who enjoy little bits of stories ought to enjoy this.Josh Lanyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-31892794919234553292012-05-25T07:31:50.510-07:002012-05-25T07:31:50.510-07:00That's lovely. Thanks for sharing it.
Familie...That's lovely. Thanks for sharing it.<br /><br />Families do often have their own oral traditions, don't they? Or maybe it's a Celtic descent thing? Probably not. My French grandmother was the same. <br /><br />I loved to hear these family stories when I was a kid. When I was in my teens I became impatient with them. But now I'm back to enjoying them -- not for the stories themselves (they many of them are great) but for the, as you say, performance. For the continuity -- I've heard some of these stories so often they feel like my own. And in a sense they have become my own.Josh Lanyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-40541322770448933772012-05-23T22:24:24.692-07:002012-05-23T22:24:24.692-07:00Do you think you can really get addicted to readin...Do you think you can really get addicted to reading? I often find myself reading obsessively when I'm stressed, nervous, procrastinating etc. It completely takes over my life when I'm depressed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-71476255608410817952012-05-22T19:56:02.527-07:002012-05-22T19:56:02.527-07:00Of course there is meaning. It's in the wonder...Of course there is meaning. It's in the wonder and beauty of the search. Every time we learn something new by connecting some more dots, whether it's in quantum physics, cosmology, neurobiology, psychology, or some realization about ourselves, we discover that there's always something more. But meanwhile, we've gained a new awareness, and, as Einstein says (paraphrasing inexactly), we remain in awe of the mystery.Tonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-36785752081381839862012-05-22T16:27:42.451-07:002012-05-22T16:27:42.451-07:00Reading:
Cheaper than travel,
M...Reading:<br /> Cheaper than travel, <br /> More fun than cleaning, <br /> More entertaining than <br /> watching paint dry, <br /> or grass grow. <br /> Expands the Brain, Feeds the Soul, <br /> Tickles the senses, and can be done <br /> almost any where at anytime. Silently. <br /><br /><br /><br /> Have you ever read "Ireland" by Frank Delaney? <br />It is about a traveling storyteller in the 1950's. Think you might enjoy it.Lin Springernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-3172887496813813962012-05-22T15:25:16.371-07:002012-05-22T15:25:16.371-07:00I pick up a fiction book normally to relax, but ot...I pick up a fiction book normally to relax, but other times to quiet my mind enough to express something in my real life I've had trouble putting into words. I love books where I can't stop thinking about the characters when the book is over; books that make me eagerly start the series over after reading the newest installment to soak up what I missed the prior times through; books with well-turned phrases (like AE "opening a can of dinner") that stick with me for months later, giving me a random laugh in the middle of the day. Usually I gravitate toward books that leave me with a warm glow afterwards; occasionally I find myself finishing a book that rattles me for days over a character's jarring final action. Very rarely, no matter how annoyed I am with the characters, will I stop reading a book before its end. If I do stop midway, it's usually exasperation with writing quality, not character action. (For the record, I have always finished a Lanyon work. The only indignant shrieks at the finish are when I have to remind myself that novellas are supposed to be short and that it's possible I won't see those characters again.)Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-51958040907341831782012-05-22T13:52:10.943-07:002012-05-22T13:52:10.943-07:00Congratulations on finishing Perfect Day :) I love...Congratulations on finishing Perfect Day :) I love (inner) dialogue so please publish this one. <br /><br />For me reading is an escape from everyday life and responsibilities. I can crawl into a characters skin and have all kind of new experiences and adventures.Sylviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03171615925348508034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-39147267551823661952012-05-22T13:34:13.034-07:002012-05-22T13:34:13.034-07:00I don't know if this qualifies as an 'oral...I don't know if this qualifies as an 'oral tradition or not' but my dad has a 'set' of stories he routinely relates, needing little encouragement, about his time in air force. He's been telling them since I was old enough to understand. He tells them exactly the same way, the same wording, the same gestures, the same inflection. Not so much telling a story as performance art.<br /><br />I have heard these stories literally thousands of times. I could almost do them off by heart myself. But I love to hear him tell them. I love the 'performance'. Every year when I go Ontario I get him to give me his repertoire. And I sit silent and listen raptly like this is the first time I've every heard them. I realize I might not get many more opportunities to hear them. However many more times he tells them to me, it will never be enough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-84013080379792129112012-05-22T13:07:23.245-07:002012-05-22T13:07:23.245-07:00I figured. ;-)I figured. ;-)Josh Lanyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-39185608084297740012012-05-22T13:06:48.735-07:002012-05-22T13:06:48.735-07:00The solution to the detective puzzle or resolution...<i>The solution to the detective puzzle or resolution of any other kind of story satisfies that ancient need for a pattern, the sense of "oh, ok, THAT"s what it is."<br /></i><br /><br />Yes. I think we are always trying to reach that understanding that lies beyond us. Beyond our unit of one -- as I get older I find myself wondering more and more what the point is? I'm willing to accept that I can't know it, but I think we're not unique in wanting to believe there is a point, that there is meaning.<br /><br />That the dots do connect. ;-)Josh Lanyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411894864312049426.post-14439834044824977552012-05-22T13:02:59.748-07:002012-05-22T13:02:59.748-07:00Connection. Yes. We connect to characters. But in ...Connection. Yes. We connect to characters. But in that connection we're connecting to humankind in general. <br /><br />Which really is astounding given that we are connecting to fictional constructs. But these symbols to represent something greater.Josh Lanyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944091956589831656noreply@blogger.com