About Me

Joseph Lyon Layden- Writer, Journalist and Musician: As a professional musician, Joe has a large amount of experience in the entertainment industry. Joe has played everywhere from Savannah to Amsterdam with various blues, jazz, funk, hip-hop, and rock groups. He has played such giant festivals as The Jazz Below the Sea Festival in Almere, Holland (6,000 people) and the Atlanta Jazz Festival (15,000 people). He has played with such international artists as Rosa King, Saskia Laroo, and Dr. Dan Matrazzo as well as nationals Kristina Beaty , Jacey Falk, Chrisie Santoni, Eric Culberson and several others, and has shared the bill with such stars as Medeski, Martin, and Wood, DeeDee Bridgewater, Sheila E., Terence Blanchard, Russel Gunn, Sonny Rollins, Chucho Valdez, and many others. Joseph studied music, literature, and psychology at Armstrong Atlantic State University, loves to tell a story, loves to write, and is deeply curious about current, past and future events as well as metaphysical subject matter. Some of his albums and/or books can be found at these sites: The Other Side of Yore and CIAXA and Ayur Veda

Great Frog Stories For Kids

Frogs have been intertwined in children’s fantasy stories since the beginnings of story telling. Since children are often fascinated with frogs, this is no surprise. Fairy tales often give them secondary roles, such as the frog who is only turn...

Greatest Children's Books You Probably Haven't Read

These are all wonderfully illustrated children's books that may not be as well known as the ones you are used to.  The age range is roughly 6 to 12, and all of them were particularly enjoyable to me and my 9 year old chiefly because they are ima...

Children's Book: The Other Side of Yore - Adventures with a Frog!

   You are hereby invited to journey with Frawg Findig III on his tortoise shell boat through the wonderful world of Terramore, where toads talk and lizards sing, foxes fly and frogs have kings.  Join Frawg and his friends to save...

Prehistoric Fiction and Theory

What This Lens Is All About I've got a few new short stories in production and would like to tell you about them. I will be keeping you up to date over the next few months as to where and when they'll be available.Though these stories are works o...

Amphibian Decline

  From CBSG.org Addressing the amphibian extinction crisis represents the greatest species conservation challenge in the history of humanity. A third of the world's 6,000 amphibian species are threatened with extinction. The status of many more i...

Author J. Lyon Layden

J. Lyon Layden is an author, musician, and journalist from Savannah, GA. His musical career has taken him on tours on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean to play in some of the world's biggest jazz and blues festivals with such stars as Rosa King, Saskia...

Amazon Shorts!!

Amazon Shorts is an exciting new program where you can download today's best established and up and coming new literary stars for the low price of just 49 cents a pop! For almost free, you can download a short story online or have it sent to your emai...