Tag: Concubine Saga

• In Defense of Authors Perceived as Behaving Badly – Part 2/3

  “If the conversation is going on and you are not part of it, it is more than likely that you will be painted inaccurately.”

  Lloyd Lofthouse

  January 21, 2013

  about books, book promotions, book reviews, editing books, literacy, literature, Lloyd Lofthouse, The writing process

  Alexa, Alexa Internet, author, authors and book reviews, bad book reviews, Concubine Saga, fighting bad book reviews, good book reviews, Isaac Asimov, Lloyd Lofthouse, Midwest Book Review, So Little Time, where to get book reviews

• The Self-Annihilation of Credibility – Part 5/6

  Tilly, in claim six, ever the historian as she says in her Readers Cafe review of The Concubine Saga, points out that the Santai Dynasty mentioned in chapter four was not the oldest known dynasty when in fact the oldest was the Xia. She is correct but wrong at the same time.  The Xia (or…

  Lloyd Lofthouse

  July 12, 2012

  about books, book promotions, book reviews, Lloyd Lofthouse, The Concubine Saga

  British Book Awards, Concubine Saga, defamation, Empress Orchid, Google, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, LinYutang, My Splendid Concubine, The Readers Cafe, Tilly at the Readers Cafe

• The Self-Annihilation of Credibility – Part 2/6

  Tilly claimed that Robert Hart could not have been raised to respect women as equals in Victorian England.

  Lloyd Lofthouse

  July 9, 2012

  about books, book promotions, book reviews, Lloyd Lofthouse, The Concubine Saga

  China, Concubine Saga, defamation, England, Hong Kong, My Splendid Concubine, ROBERT HART, Shanghai, Sir Robert Hart 1st Baronet, Taiping Rebellion, Tilly at Readers Cafe

• Twisting History for Fun and Profit — maybe?

  Many people that go to movies worldwide read nothing about history let alone read books and they walk away from seeing movies believing this is how it really was.

  Lloyd Lofthouse

  June 28, 2012

  crime fraud scams, Hollywood and movies, literature

  American lies for patriotism and profit, Concubine Saga, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Historical fiction, Hollywood, Hollywood propaganda or profit, Last Samurai, lies for patriotism and profit, the Hollywood scam, World War II, Yahoo Movies, Young Victoria

• When a Girl becomes a Woman depends on the Law at the Time

  Depictions of ‘child-romance’ in ancient or modern Chinese literature are not difficult to find. Children are usually described as natural sexual beings…

  Lloyd Lofthouse

  June 15, 2012

  about books, book promotions, book reviews, literature, Lloyd Lofthouse, The Concubine Saga

  Age of consent, Ayaou, China, Concubine Saga, Hong Kong, natural sexual beings, Sir Robert Hart 1st Baronet, Sterling Seagrave, the age of consent, the history of the age of consent, United States

• The Value of Subjective Opinions

  “The Concubine Saga” earns an honorable mention in general fiction at the 2012 San Francisco Book Festival

  Lloyd Lofthouse

  May 7, 2012

  Lloyd Lofthouse, The Concubine Saga

  Concubine Saga, Harper Lee, Lloyd Lofthouse, My Splendid Concubine, subjective opinions, the value of subjective opinions