Josh Lanyon: All the News That Fits...

Meanwhile, Mexican Heat has just been nominated for a Lambda Literary Award in the Gay Romance category. It's now available as a trade paperback from MLR Press and as an ebook through Samhain.

GOBSMACKED, THAT'S WHAT HE IS...
Suffice it to say that 2008 has been a very good year for a certain Mr. Lanyon. What started as a trickle has become a deluge, as the results for various readers awards for the last year have been announced over the last few weeks.

Josh has just learned that the REC (Romantic Erotic Connection) has awarded Josh Gay Author of the Year and Gay Best Seduction Scene (for Death of a Pirate King). Once he's recovered, I'm sure he'll be sending sincere thanks to REC and to all who voted.

Josh was also been honoured, much to his surprise, with the following awards at Love Romance Cafe, including Best Book All Around 2008 for "Death of a Pirate King" (MLR Press/Loose Id).

Not to be outdone, The Romance Studio has nominated Josh for the following CAPA (Cupis and Psyche) Awards:

A LIITLE SOMETHING TO GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT
Who ya gonna call? The Ghost Wore Yellow Socks, Josh's first stand-alone novel, is now available in print from MLR Press and as an ebook through Loose Id.

PUT 'ER THERE, PAL!
Josh has a new partner in crime. Jordan Price Castillo of PsyCop fame will be pairing with Josh for the Partners in Crime series. Look for new similarly themed novellas from Josh and Jordan every six months or so. The first offering will be in the December release The Art of Dying. Jordan's story is "Body Art," and Josh offers us "Murder in Plein Air."

THE HEAT GETS TURNED ON
It's HERE! Mexican Heat, the long-awaited collaboration betweeni Laura Baumbach and Josh is now available in paperback., and the first review is already in. It's a scorcher!

JOSH INKS CONTRACT FOR NEW SERIES
Josh has just signed a contract with Samhain Publishing for print and ebook rights to the first book in a new series, entitled Somebody Killed His Editor. The ebook is out in June 2009 , with the print edition to follow shortly after.

PIRATE KING SETS SAIL!
The wait is over! The long-anticipated fourth novel in the Adrien English series, Death of a Pirate King, is now out as an e-book from Loose Id, and the print edition from MLR Press (pictured) is due to drop any day now. Land Ho!

HE SAYS, HE SAYS
Interested in the latest on Adrien? Be sure to read Josh's interview with Adrien English. on Alex Beecroft's In Their Own Words web site.

Curious to see Josh in action? Head on over to Nikki Kimberling's Live Journal for a real life example of Josh's editing and evaluation. Nikki's an editor for Blind Eye Books and she'll be running this in four parts, providing examples of truly wretched prose for Josh to work wonders upon.

JOSH PASSES MUSTER
The omnibus edition of the first two Adrien Englsih mysteries, the appropriately titled The Adrien English Mysteries, gets put through its paces over at the popular Dear Author review blogsite -- and survives.

GET DANGEROUS!
Josh has a new novella out entitled "Dangerous Ground." It's available as a standalone e-book from the good folks at Loose id, and as part of the Hostage anthology from MLR Press. Hostage also includes stories from Josh's old pals Sarah Black and Laura Baumbach.

JOSH GETS GAYWIRED!
Josh has just been interviewed by mystery author Neil Plakcy for gaywired.com . Topics include Flash and Slash fiction, the distinction between “gay” fiction and “M/M” fiction and Josh's new writing book, Man, Oh Man!

HAVE WE GOT A DEAL FOR YOU!
Are you still hesitant to try ebooks? Aspen Mountain Press is offering a special discount of 15% on Snowball in Hell, good until the end of May. Enter coupon code number SIHRR0508 at checkout. Tell 'em Josh sent ya.

Josh and Laura Baumbach have joined forces to write a brand new romantic crime series. This will be something totally different in M/M fiction from two of the hottest Man Love Romance talents around. Read Josh's Live Journal essay on how this partnership came about.

Mexican Heat, the first book in the new "Crimes and Cocktails" series is due out in August 2008, and will introduce readers to tough, street-smart SFPD Detective Gabriel Sandalini. In his first outing, Gabriel is willing to do whatever it takes to bring down West Coast crime boss Ricco Botelli --including a dangerous, deep undercover gig as one of Botelli's hired guns. But Gabriel's best laid plans may come crashing down around him when he falls hard for the sexy, suave lieutenant of a rival Mexican drug lord.

Laura and Josh plan on a new book in this exciting new series about every six months.

At last! The e-book edition of Man, Oh Man!: Writing M/M Fiction for Kinks & Cash, Josh's long-awaited guide to writing M/M fiction is now available through the good folks at Fictionwise, Amazon, Barnes & Noble and everywhere else really cool books are sold. It's Josh's first non-fiction book, and it's already causing quite a buzz in the community. In it, Josh takes you step-by-step through the writing process: from how to find fresh ideas and strong hooks, to how to submit your carefully edited manuscript. With help from some of the genre's top publishers, editors, reviewers, and writers -- experts in the field of M/M and gay romantic fiction -- Josh offers insight and experience in everything from creating believable masculine characters to writing erotic and emotionally gratifying M/M sex scenes.

In conjunction with the release of Man, Oh Man!: Josh recently conducted an M/M workshop for Cobblestone Press. Although the workshop has ended, you're welcome to go in and read the threads. Some very interesting discussion on conflict and characterization.

Josh will be a contributor to the military themed romance anthology Esprit de Corps edited by Judith David. This will be a print (and possibly e-book) release through MLR Press. Look for stories by Samantha Kane, Victor J. Banis and JL Langley/Dick D. Josh is planning a story about World War I Fly Boys. No release date as yet.

Recently, Josh was the featured interviewee on Man Love Monday over at Nose in a Book

The Fallen Angels Interview with Josh and his Partner in Crime Sarah Black is now online. Tune in, and hear what the Dastardly duo have been up to.

Can't wait for the fourth novel in the Adrien English series, Death of a Pirate King,'to finally hit the shelves? Bide your time with this fascinating meeting between Josh and Adrien's once-and-possibly-future significant other, Jake Riordan.

2008's looking to be a very busy year for Josh. Besides Death of a Pirate King, due in September and his first standalone novel, The Ghost Wore Yellow Socks, slotted for the end of the year, there's a rash of short stories and novellas coming your way.

These include "I Spy Something Bloody" -- now available, "Don't Look Back" in October and "Murder in Plein Air" in December.

For more of what's coming, publisher info, release dates and ordering info, keep an eye on The Works page on this site.

Snowball in Hell, Josh's latest novella, has just received an Honorable Mention from Love Romance Cafe for "Best Historical Novel of 2007."

The short novel is available in both print and as an e-book. It appears, coupled with another story by Sarah Black, in the second volume of their popular Partners in Crime series, I'll Be Dead for Christmas, from mlrpress, and as a standalone e-book from Aspen Mountain Press.

As well, The Adrien English Mysteries, the recent re-issue of the first two Adrien English novels, has came in third in the "Best Print/Electronic Mystery" at Preditors and Editors.

The Hell You Say, the revised (ie: "steamier") edition of the third Adrien English novel is now available in print, and the release of the e-book edition is imminent.

The trade paperback by MLR Press Press sports a festive new cover illustration and the e-book edition by Loose id opts for a more sedate black-and-white layout by Croco Designs that ties in with their reissues of the previous novels in the series, Fatal Shadows and A Dangerous Thing.

At last! A writing book geared to the kind of stories you love to read! Let Lambda Award finalist Josh Lanyon show you how.

Now out from MLR Press is Man, Oh Man!: Writing M/M Fiction for Kinks & Cash, his first-ever non-fiction book, Josh takes you step-by-step through the writing process: from how to find fresh ideas and strong hooks, to how to submit your carefully edited manuscript. With a little help from some of the genre's top publishers, editors, reviewers, and writers -- all experts in the field of M/M and gay romantic fiction -- Josh offers insight and experience in everything from creating believable masculine characters to writing erotic and emotionally gratifying M/M sex scenes.

CAUGHT LIKE A WILDFIRE...
Be sure to catch the All-Romance eBooks Interview with Josh and Sarah Black, who discuss their upcoming erotic suspense series, Partner's in Crime (see below) and get a glimpse into how two occasionally very different writers make their own partnership work.

Be sure to check out the following excerpts from these new and upcoming novellas and short stories.

"Cards on the Table" is currently available in Boy Meets Body, the first of a proposed series of Partners in Crime pairings with Sarah Black, available both in print from mlrpress and as an e-book from Loose id.

And be sure to read the excerpt from "In a Dark Wood" whichis included in Arresting Developments, an anthology of police-themed short stories from Aspen Mountain Press.