Jeannie Lin's Blog, page 10
July 6, 2012
Sizzling Summer Reads Party
The Romance Reviews is hosting a Sizzling Summer Reads Party and I’m joining the fun. Click on over for an addictively fun match tile game (quite clever really) and also answer some trivia questions to be entered in the book giveaways. I’m giving away a copy of My Fair Concubine to one lucky participant. A [...]
July 3, 2012
International House of Jeannie
Or pancakes? Actually, now I want pancakes. Or rather, I’d like to have the luxury of breakfasting on pancakes rather than coffee and whatever leftovers are in the fridge from the night before. Yes, it’s crunch time on the current book and I held myself off from blogging until I hit “THE END” on the [...]
June 24, 2012
Update and Link Round-Up
Research Been a busy, busy bee and am deep in research as well as trying to finish up the first draft for the next book. This may be the book that required the most research out of all of them, though you might not think it from the premise: cat and mouse adventure chase through [...]
June 12, 2012
In all things, be the student
Here is a post where Jeannie will come off sounding Yoda-like, but Jeannie can’t help it. For instance, she’s already referring to herself in the third person. I came across this post by Aliette de Bodard with Presenting the Cultural Imperialism Bingo Card which displays an array of comments from discussions on the internet that [...]
June 10, 2012
What I’m Researching Now: Qing Gong & Freerunning
Warning: This post may be a time suck For my current work in progress, I was inspired by the fact that Jackie Chan and the other Seven Little Fortunes had trained in Peking Opera as well as the historical tidbit that sword dancing was a popular form of entertainment during the Tang Dynasty, the most [...]
June 4, 2012
June 5: Harlequin Historical Summer Giveaway
The Harlequin Historical authors are at it again, this time with a fun summer beach bag giveaway to help you pack for your upcoming vacation. And what better item to bring than a few great reads? You have many chances to enter using the Raffle Copter widget below. Log in with Facebook or e-mail if [...]
May 31, 2012
My Fair Concubine Digital Giveaway
My Fair Concubine is now available in print and digital formats! More and more readers prefer to read digitally nowadays so I’m giving away 10 copies of My Fair Concubine in the ebook format of your choice. You have all weekend to enter. I will announce the winners Tuesday morning here on the blog. This [...]
May 28, 2012
Jeannie Draws Swords
I found an interesting comment on my reflection on depictions of the Asian male and sexuality on Tumblr: This is an interesting, if not confusing, read. While I’m not familiar with Lin’s books, from the book covers she’s posted of her own work, I don’t think her plots differ very much from the typical romance [...]
May 26, 2012
The Book of My Heart
I was reading a lovely inspirational post about “The Book of My Heart” by Beth Revis and I was thinking how my “book of my heart” was thrust upon me circumstantially. Sometimes the book chooses the writer. No, it doesn’t. *snerk* That’s just the sort of fortune cookie crap that I put in my “book [...]
May 25, 2012
Weekly Link Roundup & a ZOMG cover
Some thoughtful reviews and mentions this week. Cheeky Reads: Review and Giveaway Cheeky Reads wrote a lovely review of My Fair Concubine: “Lin did an outstanding job of letting the feelings between the hero and heroine build internally before letting them show their feelings externally. In fact, the hero Fei Long stays so true to his sense [...]
