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May 6, 2012

REVIEW: The Lady’s Scandalous Night by Jeannie Lin

JayneB- 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 >

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December 20, 2011

Is there room on the internet for authorial interaction?

JaneLetters 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 >

The Dragon and the Pearl by Jeannie Lin
October 5, 2011

REVIEW: The Dragon and The Pearl by Jeannie Lin

JaneBook 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 >

Jane
August 31, 2011

What Jane Has Been Reading, Week of August 29

JaneReading 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 >

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June 21, 2011

Tuesday Midday Links: RWA Tips Hints and other stuff

JanePublishing 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 >

October 9, 2010

CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE CHAT Butterfly Swords Book Chat with Jeannie Lin

JaneBook 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 >

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