Q&A with Josh Lanyon discussion

What kind of moderators do you have anyway, Josh?! There wasn't a topic for a great story like this one! I remember falling in love with the unique rhythm of it from the very first pages when I read it for the first time.

The blurb:

Nothing cracks Army Ranger "Stone Man" Vic Black's granite front. A mission to retrieve an injured Navy SEAL from the treacherous mountains of Afghanistan is all in a day's work -- until he learns the missing SEAL is his former lover. This time it's personal.

Publisher's Note: This short story was previously published in the "Because of the Brave" anthology.

Vic and Sean Christmas Coda 2012:

http://joshlanyon.blogspot.fi/2012/12...

I really liked it. I just wanted it to be longer. :)

Was there any truth to Vic becoming engaged? Or about to?

Here is last year's Christmas coda for Vic and Sean at Josh's blog. I fell in love with them in Because of the Brave. It had me holding my breath till the very last page.

http://joshlanyon.blogspot.com/2012/1...

Josh,

In the twelve years of not seeing each other, had Vic tried to find out what was going on in Sean's life?

What is Vic going to do in the future now that he's retired?

Johanna wrote: "What kind of moderators do you have anyway, Josh?! There wasn't a topic for a great story like this one! I remember falling in love with the unique rhythm of it from the very first pages when I rea..."

EXACTLY!!! You would think that with what I pay ev--oh. Ahem.

:-D

Bandagealder wrote: "Josh,

In the twelve years of not seeing each other, had Vic tried to find out what was going on in Sean's life?

What is Vic going to do in the future now that he's retired?"

These are two guys I would really love to revisit. At least in a short story. Something about them really stuck with me.

Josh wrote: "Johanna wrote: "What kind of moderators do you have anyway, Josh?! There wasn't a topic for a great story like this one! I remember falling in love with the unique rhythm of it from the very first ..."

"EXACTLY!!! You would think that with what I pay ev--oh. Ahem.

:-D"

Har har... :-)

Johanna wrote: "Har har... :-) "

Josh wrote: "These are two guys I would really love to revisit. At least in a short story. Something about them really stuck with me. ..."

Is that a promise? Pleeease!

One thing I've had to do is reduce the number of new Christmas codas I had planned. I was originally going to try and add about 15 new codas in. But there just isn't time. So it'll be more like ten.

Josh wrote: "One thing I've had to do is reduce the number of new Christmas codas I had planned. I was originally going to try and add about 15 new codas in. But there just isn't time. So it'll be more like ten."

Wow. Ten sounds like A LOT. I thought it would be something like 3-4 maybe... You are really pampering us, aren't you... ;-)

(And don't get me wrong, I'm definitely not complaining.) :-)

What Johanna said, ten is a lot! Ten is wonderfully generous. :)

Yes...what Johanna said. I never imagined we would get so many. With Kick Start, the Irregular coda, the AE CYOA, and the upcoming series codas....Best. Lanyon. Holiday. Ever. <3 Thanks, Josh. I hope Santa is very good to you this year. :)

Andrea wrote: "What Johanna said, ten is a lot! Ten is wonderfully generous. :)"

Yes, it is. Thank you!

I love their story and sincerely hope we meet again. :-)

Well, they're not all terribly long either. Some are just a page, some are a few pages.

But it occurred to me that I didn't need to try and write a coda for every story -- I should leave some for future years! So that's the plan. Codas for years to come.

Josh wrote: "Well, they're not all terribly long either. Some are just a page, some are a few pages.

But it occurred to me that I didn't need to try and write a coda for every story -- I should leave some for..."

How wonderful! Thank you, Josh! This is turning out to be the best and longest Christmas/Holidays celebration ever! :-)

Josh wrote: "But it occurred to me that I didn't need to try and write a coda for every story -- I should leave some for future years! So that's the plan. Codas for years to come.
"

Yes, please, space them out a bit and cut yourself some slack! (not that I'm not grateful for every bit and scrap from your feather)

What Calathea said!

Josh wrote: "Well, they're not all terribly long either. Some are just a page, some are a few pages.

But it occurred to me that I didn't need to try and write a coda for every story -- I should leave some for..."

Absolutely. Leave us wanting more :-) Oh, wait...

And we'd love a coda collection ebook, maybe a series compiling future stories? If not soon, how about Christmas in July? : )

P.S. Johanna, thanks so much for adding the coda links to each story.

Karen wrote: "P.S. Johanna, thanks so much for adding the coda links to each story."

You are welcome! But you guys have to stop thanking me, because I didn't do anything, really. We have added some of these links on the Story Discussion threads before and the codas were on Josh's blog all this time. I'm sure I'm not the only one of us who has revisited them during this year. ;-)

This one was by far my favourite of Josh's shorts. :) My heart bled for Sean when he recalled what had happened on the mountain.

I would definitely read a whole book about these two!

Mel wrote: "This one was by far my favourite of Josh's shorts. :) My heart bled for Sean when he recalled what had happened on the mountain.

I would definitely read a whole book about these two!"

These two are typical of characters I used to find myself agreeing to write sequels for--because I loved them and because I could imagine interesting adventures for them.

I think I have now learned my lesson. No sequels or new series until I've caught up all these others. :-D

That sounds like a good plan! Or, agree to write sequels, but secretly, so only you know about it, until you know you have the time to write them. Then they can be nice reader surprises. :-D

Josh wrote: "Mel wrote: "This one was by far my favourite of Josh's shorts. :) My heart bled for Sean when he recalled what had happened on the mountain.

I would definitely read a whole book about these two!"
..."

I definitely know where you're coming from, but I do hope you do as Jordan suggests and put Vic and Sean on the secret sequel list. :)

Mel wrote: "Josh wrote: "Mel wrote: "This one was by far my favourite of Josh's shorts. :) My heart bled for Sean when he recalled what had happened on the mountain.

I would definitely read a whole book about..."

;-)