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Working for the Weekend

Blog tour: Today I'm featured at the Harlequin blog, discussing the Attractiveness of Ancient China as a Setting. Harlequin!! Guest blog at Romance Junkies yesterday about the brainstorming crew behind The Taming of Mei Lin.

Warrior Women month: Next Tuesday, I'll be featuring an interview from Linda Heenan, a swordswoman with experience in both Eastern and Western sword forms. I want to grow up to be her–if my coordination were any better.

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This weekend is going to be a fun-filled one. I...

Working for Weekend

Blog tour: Today I'm featured at the Harlequin blog, discussing the Attractiveness of Ancient China as a Setting. Harlequin!! Guest blog at Romance Junkies yesterday about the brainstorming crew behind The Taming of Mei Lin.

Warrior Women month: Next Tuesday, I'll be featuring an interview from Linda Heenan, a swordswoman with experience in both Eastern and Western sword forms. I want to grow up to be her–if my coordination were any better.

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This weekend is going to be a fun-filled one. I...

September 15 giveaway winners

The total newsletter subscribers, tweets, blogs, and bookmarkers added up to 244 entries. As a big 'ol thanks for your support, I'm happy to share these wonderful stories.

If you didn't win this time, your name stays in the pool for October 1 and October 15, the Grand Prize giveaway. Plus you can blog, FB, LJ, Tweet & spread the word to be added multiple times.

So here we go:

1) Silver Phoenix goes to….Ruth Long!

2) Poisoned Kisses goes to…Jennifer Gonzalez!

3) The Taming of Mei Lin goes to…Anna B...

Launch Celebration Giveaway Tonight

Blog Tour: It's "Love at First Sight: Chinese Style" over at Romconinc. Also "Ten Things You Didn't Know About Me" at LASR Reviews along with a giveaway.

Warrior Women Month: Check out the interview with Luci Romberg: stuntwoman, freerunner and American Ninja Warrior.

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Come back tonight for the giveaway drawing! Three individual names will be drawn to win one of three lovely prizes.

*Silver Phoenix is the hardcover edition with cover shown, Poisoned Kisses is mass market...

Warrior Women: Interview with Luci Romberg

I'm pleased to welcome Luci Romberg: gymnast, stuntwoman, martial artist, competitive free runner, and NINJA WARRIOR!

Jeannie: Where do I begin? I'm such a fan….Can you tell us a bit about the experience of getting selected for Ninja Warrior and what it was like to compete over in Japan? (And my husband and I wanted to know if you get to do practice runs on the course before the actual run.)
Luci: First of all, thank you for your kind words. As far as Ninja Warrior goes, my Tempest...

First Celebration Giveaway This Week!

Warrior Women Month: Come back Tuesday for an interview with Luci Romberg: stuntwoman, freerunner and American Ninja Warrior.

Blog Tour: My Book Addiction has an interview up where I talk about my thoughts regarding negative reviews. Also blogging at Novel Thoughts on Monday about the Not-So-Happy endings in Asian romance.

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The Taming of Mei Lin has been out for two weeks and has received some nice reader and reviewer responses. It makes me very happy to be giving away the first celebration ...

Weekly Round Up

Blog Tour: I discuss the role of family and secondary characters in The Taming of Mei Lin today at Thoughts in Progress, a book blog by Mason Canyon.

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Just a quick round-up of the week:

Dear Author reviewed The Taming of Mei Lin with a B-. I am quite pleased.

I also received some reviews for Butterfly Swords from author and blogger Kay Bigelow and Michelle Henriques-Wilson.

Next week, I'll be featuring stuntwoman and Ninja Warrior Luci Romberg on my blog in honor of Warrior Women month.

On...

Warrior Women: Interview with Mandy Sayah

I met Mandy while studying Wing Chun under Sifu Eric Oram and Sifu Joe Sayah in Los Angeles. Mandy was a senior student then, while I was a white-sashed noob. I was always impressed with Mandy's agility and precision during the training and sparring exercises, so I searched her out for Warrior Women month.

Sifu Mandy Sayah teaches wing chun kung fu in Mornington and Rosebud academies in Victoria, Australia, contact (03) 5975-9219, or www.wingchununiverse.com. Traditional Wing Chun Kung Fu...

What are Butterfly Swords?

Warrior Women Month:

I'm kicking off Warrior Women month with a quick tutorial on butterfly swords. Also tomorrow,  I have an interview with Mandy Sayah, Wing Chun instructor.

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The Taming of Mei Lin and Butterfly Swords both feature sword fights involving butterfly swords. I've received many curious inquiries about both the weapons and the fighting style, so I thought I'd showcase them today.

I chose butterfly swords for my heroine because:

1) I had some experience with them

2) They could be...

New Release Monday: The Taming of Mei Lin

Warrior Women month:

Check back in tomorrow for an introduction to Wing Chun and the butterfly sword form. On Wednesday, I'll be posting an interview with kung fu instructor Mandy Sayah. Hope to see you back here!

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New Release Monday is a spinoff of Excerpt Monday, started by Bria Quinlan and Alexia Reed. If you'd like to join up for next month, take a look at the main site: The Excerpt Monday blog.

Welcome to New Release Monday! This is a happy day for me since The Taming of Mei Lin was...