To
get us started can you tell us a little about what you are working on or have
coming out?
I’m currently
working on revising the writing guide MAN OH MAN : WRITING QUALITY M/M FICTION. It’s a huge
endeavor to update that monster! But I’m reaching the point where I’m starting
to get excited (or else I’m just giddy at the thought of finishing!) But either
way, it’s going to be even more useful to writers this time around.
How
would you describe yourself using only five words?
Fast, efficient,
funny, driven, affectionate
Name
one thing readers would be surprised to know about you.
I cry easily.
If
you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?
Coffee,
tea or other drink to get you moving in the morning?
Irish Coffee. Every
morning. Oh! I guess I could have used that for my guilty pleasure question
too. J
If you had a reporter follow you
around for the day, what would the readers get to see in your daily schedule?
Oh, that would be the most boring news story ever! Unless readers
are desperate to see someone spending a lot of time frowning and staring into
space and then typing like maniac. With occasional thrilling breaks for doing
laundry or dishes or pawing through the freezer trying to figure out if there’s
anything there I could cook in ten minutes. Writing seems so much more
glamorous in the movies!
Is music a factor for you while you are writing? Do certain
songs put you in the right frame of mind to write certain stories?
Yes. I like to listen to one of my favorite Pandora channels,
depending on what I’m writing. Usually it’s my Lifehouse channel. Somehow those
guys write so many songs that speak to me. And then of course that spurs me to
speak to YOU.
Blood Red Butterfly by Josh Lanyon
M/M Contemporary - Yaoi
Despite falling for
aloof manga artist Kai Tashiro, Homicide Detective Ryo Miller is determined to
break the alibi Kai is supplying his murderous boyfriend--even if it means
breaking Kai with it.
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EXCERPT:
In an effort to drum up business on
what was typically the slowest night of the week, Fubar was advertising Dirty
30 with Sigma Alpha Spank! Ryo felt old just reading the lineup of festivities.
Beer pong! Flip Cup! Dart board! Spank! Shots!
Did they do
anything in this place that didn’t involve exclamation points?
But then he saw
Kai sitting in his usual corner and everything was good again.
Unaware of his
approach, Kai sipped his crimson cocktail and, with a small flourish, added an
embellishment to the napkin he was drawing on.
Ryo reached the
table and rested his hand on the back of the chair across from Kai.
“Can I join you?”
Kai glanced up. He
didn’t look surprised to see Ryo. He didn’t look pleased either. “Oh. It’s
you.”
Ryo jiggled the
chair. “May I?”
“Why so polite?
You know you’ll sit down whatever I say.”
Ryo pulled out the
chair and sat down. He leaned forward so he could be heard over the music. “Why
wouldn’t you take my calls? I tried calling you four times today.” It had been
closer to seven, but the last few times he’d hung up when he heard Kai’s
message come on.
“I didn’t have
anything to say to you.” Kai’s gaze was cool and direct.
“Maybe I had
something to say to you.”
“Maybe I didn’t
want to hear it.”
Ryo drew the
napkin Kai had been doodling on toward himself. The sketch was of a pig in a
police uniform. His face warmed, although maybe that was the alcohol. He’d had
a couple of drinks at the bar before he’d noticed Kai. No. Before he’d had the nerve to even let
himself look for Kai.
“Nice,” he said
thickly.
Kai’s mouth curved
into that three-point smile. He laughed silently at Ryo. Ryo’s temper flared,
but then he got his first clear look at Kai. Kai had a black eye.
Ryo’s jaw dropped.
“What happened to you?”
Kai’s face grew
solemn. “Somebody punched me.”
“Who?” Ryo was
angry and ready to return the favor. Then comprehension took shape. “Torres?”
A malicious spark
lit Kai’s eyes. The good one, anyway. “Maybe you did, Detective Miller. Maybe you tried to beat me into saying
Mickey’s alibi was false.”
Ryo drew back in
his chair. He stuttered, “I-I never touched you!”
“How soon they
forget!”
“You know what I
mean. I never—I wouldn’t ever—”
“Yes?”
Ryo swallowed and
half-whispered, “Hurt you.”
“All you’ve done
is hurt me.”
Ryo didn’t know
what to say.
Kai said, “Who
would believe you? Your finger prints are all over my place. It would be your
word against mine.”
Ryo couldn’t seem
to tear his stricken gaze from Kai’s glinting one.
“Maybe I should
report you for police brutality? What do you think?”
Ryo’s lips parted
but no words came to him.
Kai seemed to find
that funny. He leaned back in his chair, laughing.
He was crazy. Ryo
could see that now. Kai was out of his head. He had probably planned this trap
with Torres.
The whole thing
played out in his mind’s eye like the last reel in a film noir with himself in
the role of patsy.
A distinct voice in gay fiction, multi-award-winning author JOSH LANYON has been writing gay mystery, adventure and romance for over a decade. In addition to numerous short stories, novellas, and novels, Josh is the author of the critically acclaimed Adrien English series, including The Hell You Say, winner of the 2006 USABookNews awards for GLBT Fiction. Josh is an Eppie Award winner and a three-time Lambda Literary Award finalist.
2 comments:
Great interview, Josh. Dawn has good questions.
Thanks for that little glimpse into the likes and life of the writer that gives me so much pleasure with his amazing writing skills.
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