James A Lyons

My new novel is now available to preorder. East End Boys and West End Girls is an adult LGBTQ+ road trip comedy. Read chapter one in full and preorder here: bit.ly/EEBChapter1

Tonight, @kinkyboots_uk opened in London and I went to see Priscilla, Queen of the Desert in Southampton. If you love drag queens, road trips, and found family, link is in my bio 🪩

@melodywanders I'd wait until the MS is 100% ready, and when it is 100% ready, read through one more time just in case.

An agent whose wishlist matches my new manuscript perfectly, closes tonight. Do I take a leap of faith and send my almost ready manuscript or wait??? #amquerying

I've read part of this manuscript and I've never wanted a book to succeed more. Lena and Alistair are great characters, and the writing is wonderful. Agents better climb over each other for this one when the time comes.

I am so happy to announce that THE LOVE IN YOUR WORDS has been longlisted for the 2026 Undiscovered Voices competition! @SCBWI_BI @UVcompetition

@DavidMooney I might be able to

NEW GUIDE FOR WRITERS: If I am having issues with a page containing dialogue, I colour code to help fix it. The page could feel sluggish, too fast paced, or just not working. Here it is, using a real life example from my novel - jamesalyons.substack.com/p/reviewing-di… #amwriting

@BWheelerBooks Nailed it

First World Book Day as a published author! Obviously I had to go fairy tale…

East End Boys and West End Girls is now available to add to your shelf on Goodreads! Click here: bit.ly/EEBgoodreads

@TruckFestival Long wait!

Wonder if Richard Osman is stepping down from House of Games because there's a TV personality shaped gap in the children's book market that someone needs to fill quickly?

@conradhc Amazing, thank you so much!

@JALwrites Preordered

My new novel is now available to preorder. East End Boys and West End Girls is an adult LGBTQ+ road trip comedy. Read chapter one in full and preorder here: bit.ly/EEBChapter1

We love chapter titles, right? Well my new book has them.

🪩 EAST END BOYS AND WEST END GIRLS 🪩 My adult LGBTQ+ road trip comedy is out on 25/04/26. You can preorder and read the complete first chapter now via the below! jamesalyons.substack.com/p/east-end-boy…

This is what the speed skating relays look like to me, a Brit. #MilanoCortina2026

Britain would be much less educated without David Attenborough. Quite fitting that after travelling the whole world his new show will be set around our own back gardens. Might have to watch all his past shows again over the next two months.