Jeannie Lin's Blog, page 28
August 17, 2010
First Butterfly Swords giveaway!
I'm giving away my very first copy of Butterfly Swords this weekend! The entry link is only in the newsletter, so join up and enter with the correct passphrase for a chance to win.
Also, anyone who subscribes before September 1 will be given two free entries for the Launch Celebration giveaways. Come see the goodies and join the launch crew activities.
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I solemnly swear…
…that I did not in any way bribe, cajole, court, or exercise voodoo upon a certain someone at Dear Author.
I may, however, need to name my first child after her. Jane if it's a girl and Jayne if it's a boy.
I would then have to name my second child after the Harlequin art department. Jane and Harlequin Art Lin. I think they'll be very popular in school.
You must be wondering what I'm rambling about. Dear Author has set up a page to invite anyone to submit reviews of Butterfly Swords to the Dear ...
August 14, 2010
Butterfly Launch
Join the Celebration!
The official release date for Butterfly Swords is October 1, 2010! I've been touched by the enthusiasm people have shown for the book so I wanted to put some fun launch activities together in September and October.
The GoodiesJoin in the launch activities and help spread the word. In return, you get positive karma and you'll be entered in the prize drawing. Winners will be randomly drawn on September 15, October 1, and October 15.
Grand...
Random happy moment
I checked on Amazon to see what ranking Butterfly Swords was at. Yes, I do check to see if the number has gone down meaning someone pre-ordered. It's so silly. *hangs head*
This morning, I was amused that it was ranked #88 among Harlequin Historicals so I took a screen shot of it. Eights are very lucky in Chinese culture because the word for eight sounds a lot like the word for "wealth". I heard you have to pay extra to have an eight in your phone number as businesses would want to snatch up t...
August 12, 2010
Butterfly Swords is up on NetGalley
Which means people are reading it. *swoons*
Actually, it's pretty darn cool. I didn't know much about NetGalley before, but apparently it's the best thing since sliced bread for reviewers. It allows reviewers, librarians, journalists and other professional readers to request digital galleys directly from the publisher.
50 more days! Let it begin, let it begin….!
August 10, 2010
workshops
This page is for reference materials and handouts from workshops I've given. Fair warning, I tweak the handout and the presentation every time I give it to try to tighten it up a bit. It's the teacher in me.
Yes Woman
You know the movie where Jim Carrey has to say "Yes" to every request? Well, apparently that's what I must have done earlier this year because for August, I find myself scheduled to teach two online classes and coordinating the historical category of the Gateway contest. And judging for the Golden Pen. 
I'm not complaining. I'm actually smacking myself on the forehead. *smack* I must fire my personal assistant. (My personal assistant is myself — as I try to answer writing e-mails in between d...
August 8, 2010
The Zone of Proximal Development
I was having a Twitter discussion with a couple of writer buddies around contests and feedback. How it's so helpful when judges give comments versus just filling out the scoresheet. And how do you interpret polarized comments from different judges? And finally, when people judge, sometimes they feel like they ended up giving a six page critique or red-lined the whole darn thing and maybe that was overkill.
I've had that happen plenty of times. I send out pages asking for a look at motivation o...
The Zone of Proximal Development: Where you are, plus one
I was having a Twitter discussion with a couple of writer buddies around contests and feedback. How it's so helpful when judges give comments versus just filling out the scoresheet. And how do you interpret polarized comments from different judges? And finally, when people judge, sometimes they feel like they ended up giving a six page critique or red-lined the whole darn thing and maybe that was overkill.
I've had that happen plenty of times. I send out pages asking for a look at motivation o...
