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November 17, 2011
Library Journal Best Romances of 2011
I just saw this today and I'm bouncing up and down (figuratively speaking only — it's hard to bounce while on bedrest). Library Journal listed The Dragon and the Pearl as one of the Best Romances of 2010. Among the titles is the book that I think is truly the Best Romance of 2010 – [...]
November 14, 2011
The Black Hawk Giveaway
Congratulations to Christine (comment #1) and Kim (comment *8). I'll be contacting you via e-mail for your mailing addresses shortly. Thanks to everyone for coming by and kibitzing! I highly recommend you pick up The Black Hawk or any of Joanna Bourne's books if you're looking for a good historical romance read.
November 8, 2011
Gushing about The Black Hawk & a Giveaway
Joanna Bourne was one of the first authors I ever wrote fan mail to and one of the first authors I dared to approach at my first RWA. (I was so shy and thought authors didn't want to be bothered. Silly me!) After reading The Spymaster's Lady, I was completely blown away by her portrayal [...]
October 27, 2011
Winners–Dragon and Pearl Launch
Thank you everyone for all the fabulous support! I know this is late in posting, but I haven't forgotten you. And the Grand Prizes go to… For the winner of Stephanie Dray's LILY OF THE NILE and SONG OF THE NILE, the first two books in an epic historical fantasy about Cleopatra Selene: Meg – [...]
October 17, 2011
What I learned from the New Voices contest
I'm a mentor for the Harlequin Mills & Boon New Voices contest and my assigned finalist and I just spent a fast and furious weekend working on Chapter 2. Now, as a mentor, I'm supposed to answer questions and help guide the finalist through the revision and submission process for the contest, but I found [...]
October 7, 2011
Genre-specific tropes, authorial intent, review reflections
When I was young and already a booklover, I remember being confounded by how much my teachers seemed to read into the "deeper" meanings of books, finding things that seemed hidden and at times far-fetched (at least to my young and naive reading abilities). I asked my mother, "Did the writers really mean for their [...]
October 3, 2011
Double feature on Ruby Slipper Blog
I'm thrilled to be celebrating the release of The Dragon and the Pearl alongside fellow Ruby Sister Liz Talley whose fifth Super Romance, A Touch of Scarlet, releases today. We've posted dueling interviews and will be giving away a two book set to one lucky commenter: Ruby Releases: Jeannie Lin & Liz Talley
September 30, 2011
Winners!!
First, I must apologize for being so late posting the winners. I didn't realize my ability to multi-task would be seriously impacted this year and between my online workshop, my workshop in San Diego, and my BFF's wedding, I fell behind on blog duties. Round 1 Launch Celebration Winners Thank you for spreading the word [...]
September 23, 2011
RT Magazine blogs The Dragon and the Pearl
I thought this blog was so adorable, I had to post it here. Morgan from RT Magazine blogged about her favorite Far East items inspired by quotes from The Dragon and the Pearl. Get the Look: Jeannie Lin's The Dragon and the Pearl I thought it looked like a spot in Cosmo. Supercool!
September 21, 2011
All your wildest dreams…
There are a lot of scary posts in publishing now about the markets shrinking and people behaving badly and what will the future bring. But does anyone say, go for it because your wildest dreams will come true? My wild dream was to have a published book on the shelf. Now I have two! Frosting. [...]
