B- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ ReviewsChina / Harlequin Undone / Historical-China / Jeannie Lin / POC / POC author / Tang Dynasty6 Comments
“Tang Dynasty China, 759 A.D. Yao Ru Jiang, known as River, has woven many romantic dreams of honorable swordsman Wei Chen from her brother’s stories. Their meeting should have been a happy event; instead, Chen arrives to tell River he is duty bound to kill her brother for rebelling against ... more >
Letters of OpinionAuthor Reader Relationship / Caitlin Crews / Jeannie Lin / Nalini-Singh144 Comments
For many years, we’ve preached that review are for readers and they are. Oftentimes, when authors react to reviews, it results in an unfortunate dustup with authors saying things they wished they hadn’t and readers throwing out threats of a ban list. The comment threads to a review can ... more >
Book Reviews / C+ ReviewsChina / courtesan / Harlequin Historical / Historical Romances / Jeannie Lin / POC / POC author / Romance / Tang Dynasty15 Comments
Dear Ms. Lin: I’m thrilled that you are writing this series and thrilled that Harlequin is publishing it and giving us such in-your-face Asian covers instead headless bodies that hint at its Eastern origins. I am not super familiar with this area of history and I read this story more ... more >
Reading ListsCaroline-Linden / Emma-Darcy / Jeannie Lin / Laura Griffin / Michelle-Reid / Reading lists15 Comments
Like my previous post, this is actually a retrospective list of what I had read the past couple of weeks: Mistress Bride by Michelle Reid – A discussion of Reid’s books prompted me to pull out this favorite of mine. I really like how Reid uses societal constraints to keep ... more >
Publishing Newsbook business / conferences / digital lending / Jeannie Lin / Libraries / Overdrive / Royalties19 Comments
RWA is coming up and even though I have been degowned (as opposed to defrocked) I am going to meet up with editors, authors, publicists, and other bloggers and readers. As part of the TBR newsletter, I’ve offered some tips on packing. I’m a big believer in carry on only ... more >
Book ClubBook chat / giveaway / Jeannie Lin / Tang Dynasty3 Comments
Butterfly Swords Chat Don’t forget that on Today from 6 pm to 8 pm CST, Dear Author will be hosting a bookchat for Butterfly Swords. Kobo Books will give away one Kobo Reader to a random customer who buys Butterfly Swords during the month of October. So from October 1 ... more >