Thien-Kim Lam (she/her)
@msthienkim.bsky.social
Sex educator and spicy romance author of HAPPY ENDINGS, FULL EXPOSURE, & SOMETHING CHEEKY (Avon). Book coach to BIPOC writers
www.thienkimlam.com/me
www.thienkimlam.com/me
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🙀 Mr. Bobbins wants you to know that SOMETHING CHEEKY is out today! I'm so excited to share my Asian AF friends to lovers, musical theatre spicy romance with you! 💕
Something Cheeky is available in print, ebook, & audio thienkimlam.com/books/
Something Cheeky is available in print, ebook, & audio thienkimlam.com/books/
Happy Endings ebook is on sale for $1.99! amzn.to/3G6Cy2c
June 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Happy Endings ebook is on sale for $1.99! amzn.to/3G6Cy2c
Something Cheeky, the most personal book I've written yet, made it on the spring romances on Entertainment Weekly! ew.com/spring-2025-...
May 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Something Cheeky, the most personal book I've written yet, made it on the spring romances on Entertainment Weekly! ew.com/spring-2025-...
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DC! I'll be doing a panel on Crafting Queer Happy Endings with @susiedoom.bsky.social & a great group of romance authors Saturday, May 31 at 2pm @ the MLK Memorial Library
This is part of the DC World Pride programming!
dclibrary.libnet.info/event/13581134
This is part of the DC World Pride programming!
dclibrary.libnet.info/event/13581134
Crafting a Queer Happy Ending
Five LGBTQ romance novelists discuss their work.
dclibrary.libnet.info
April 30, 2025 at 1:16 PM
DC! I'll be doing a panel on Crafting Queer Happy Endings with @susiedoom.bsky.social & a great group of romance authors Saturday, May 31 at 2pm @ the MLK Memorial Library
This is part of the DC World Pride programming!
dclibrary.libnet.info/event/13581134
This is part of the DC World Pride programming!
dclibrary.libnet.info/event/13581134
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$1.99 DEAL ALERT!
Happy Endings by @msthienkim.bsky.social
When working together reignites their passion, will these former flames sizzle or get burned all over again?
#Romancelandia #ContempRom
Nook: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/happy-endi...
Happy Endings by @msthienkim.bsky.social
When working together reignites their passion, will these former flames sizzle or get burned all over again?
#Romancelandia #ContempRom
Nook: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/happy-endi...
Happy Endings: A Novel|eBook
With her debut novel, Thien-Kim Lam serves up a sexy second-chance romance about exes with unfinished business. When working together reignites their passion, will these former flames sizzle or g...
www.barnesandnoble.com
April 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
$1.99 DEAL ALERT!
Happy Endings by @msthienkim.bsky.social
When working together reignites their passion, will these former flames sizzle or get burned all over again?
#Romancelandia #ContempRom
Nook: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/happy-endi...
Happy Endings by @msthienkim.bsky.social
When working together reignites their passion, will these former flames sizzle or get burned all over again?
#Romancelandia #ContempRom
Nook: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/happy-endi...
Reposted by Thien-Kim Lam (she/her)
$1.99 DEAL ALERT!
Happy Endings by @msthienkim.bsky.social
When working together reignites their passion, will these former flames sizzle or get burned all over again?
#Romancelandia
Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
Happy Endings by @msthienkim.bsky.social
When working together reignites their passion, will these former flames sizzle or get burned all over again?
#Romancelandia
Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
Happy Endings ebook by Thien-Kim Lam - Rakuten Kobo
Read "Happy Endings A Novel" by Thien-Kim Lam available from Rakuten Kobo. With her debut novel, Thien-Kim Lam serves up a sexy second-chance romance about exes with unfinished business. When wor...
www.kobo.com
April 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
$1.99 DEAL ALERT!
Happy Endings by @msthienkim.bsky.social
When working together reignites their passion, will these former flames sizzle or get burned all over again?
#Romancelandia
Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
Happy Endings by @msthienkim.bsky.social
When working together reignites their passion, will these former flames sizzle or get burned all over again?
#Romancelandia
Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
My spicy Mardi Gras romance Full Exposure is currently on sale for $1.99 (ebook only & US only?). I have no idea how long it'll last so grab it now! www.thienkimlam.com/books
April 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
My spicy Mardi Gras romance Full Exposure is currently on sale for $1.99 (ebook only & US only?). I have no idea how long it'll last so grab it now! www.thienkimlam.com/books
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"Romance writers and readers are mighty, and with the increased censorship of romance books at every level, it’s up to us to use that might to fight back," says @adibkhorram.bsky.social in our new Shelf Love interview in collaboration with @authorsabb.bsky.social. Read more: pen.org/adib-khorram...
Adib Khorram Wants to Use the Might of Romance to Fight Censorship | Shelf Love - PEN America
In this Shelf Love, we talk to Adib Khorram, an Authors Against Book Bans national leader and the author of Darius The Great Deserves Better.
pen.org
March 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"Romance writers and readers are mighty, and with the increased censorship of romance books at every level, it’s up to us to use that might to fight back," says @adibkhorram.bsky.social in our new Shelf Love interview in collaboration with @authorsabb.bsky.social. Read more: pen.org/adib-khorram...
Behind the scenes of book release week: all of the forks in my home are dirty.
Follow me for riveting, glamorous updates.
Follow me for riveting, glamorous updates.
March 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Behind the scenes of book release week: all of the forks in my home are dirty.
Follow me for riveting, glamorous updates.
Follow me for riveting, glamorous updates.
I surprised even myself with responses for my interview at Writer's Digest www.writersdigest.com/write-better...
Thien-Kim Lam: On Better Vietnamese Representation
In this interview, author Thien-Kim Lam discusses how not being able to let go of certain characters led to her new contemporary romance novel, Something Cheeky.
www.writersdigest.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I surprised even myself with responses for my interview at Writer's Digest www.writersdigest.com/write-better...
🙀 Mr. Bobbins wants you to know that SOMETHING CHEEKY is out today! I'm so excited to share my Asian AF friends to lovers, musical theatre spicy romance with you! 💕
Something Cheeky is available in print, ebook, & audio thienkimlam.com/books/
Something Cheeky is available in print, ebook, & audio thienkimlam.com/books/
March 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
🙀 Mr. Bobbins wants you to know that SOMETHING CHEEKY is out today! I'm so excited to share my Asian AF friends to lovers, musical theatre spicy romance with you! 💕
Something Cheeky is available in print, ebook, & audio thienkimlam.com/books/
Something Cheeky is available in print, ebook, & audio thienkimlam.com/books/
Cat's out of the bag! SOMETHING CHEEKY is the March book for Love, Parnassus! I had a chat with Katie of @parnassusbooks.bsky.social about romance writing, sex education, and Vietnamese MCs parnassusmusing.net/2025/02/26/t...
Getting Cheeky: An Interview with Thien-Kim Lam
Thien-Kim Lam is a power-house romance author and sex educator whose Boss Babes series features Vietnamese MCs that smash stereotypes, blaze new paths and still find their happily ever after. Her m…
parnassusmusing.net
February 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Cat's out of the bag! SOMETHING CHEEKY is the March book for Love, Parnassus! I had a chat with Katie of @parnassusbooks.bsky.social about romance writing, sex education, and Vietnamese MCs parnassusmusing.net/2025/02/26/t...
Writers and creators with privilege, want to use it to support the marginalized/oppressed creatives in your communities?
Sign up for the @writingtheother.com "Are You My Ally?" Webinar! Deadline to register is March 2nd!
writingtheother.com/are-you-my-a...
Sign up for the @writingtheother.com "Are You My Ally?" Webinar! Deadline to register is March 2nd!
writingtheother.com/are-you-my-a...
Are You My Ally? A Webinar for Writers and Creators - Writing the Other
Join authors Nisi Shawl and K. Tempest Bradford for a webinar that will empower would-be allies to support marginalized creatives.
writingtheother.com
February 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Writers and creators with privilege, want to use it to support the marginalized/oppressed creatives in your communities?
Sign up for the @writingtheother.com "Are You My Ally?" Webinar! Deadline to register is March 2nd!
writingtheother.com/are-you-my-a...
Sign up for the @writingtheother.com "Are You My Ally?" Webinar! Deadline to register is March 2nd!
writingtheother.com/are-you-my-a...
DC area folks: Save the date! Join me & @tajmccoy.bsky.social to celebrate the release of SOMETHING CHEEKY on March 6 at @loyaltybooks.bsky.social
RSVP here www.loyaltybookstores.com/somethingche...
RSVP here www.loyaltybookstores.com/somethingche...
January 31, 2025 at 7:32 PM
DC area folks: Save the date! Join me & @tajmccoy.bsky.social to celebrate the release of SOMETHING CHEEKY on March 6 at @loyaltybooks.bsky.social
RSVP here www.loyaltybookstores.com/somethingche...
RSVP here www.loyaltybookstores.com/somethingche...
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Something Cheeky is out on March 4 and what a great review by PW for @msthienkim.bsky.social www.publishersweekly.com/9780063237384.
Something Cheeky by Thien-Kim Lam
Lam (Full Exposure) impresses in this bighearted and inclusive take on the friends-to-lovers trope. In college, Zoe Tran and Der...
www.publishersweekly.com
January 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Something Cheeky is out on March 4 and what a great review by PW for @msthienkim.bsky.social www.publishersweekly.com/9780063237384.
Reposted by Thien-Kim Lam (she/her)
Nice review at Publishers Weekly of the latest novel by my friend @msthienkim.bsky.social
www.publishersweekly.com/978006323738...
www.publishersweekly.com/978006323738...
Something Cheeky by Thien-Kim Lam
Lam (Full Exposure) impresses in this bighearted and inclusive take on the friends-to-lovers trope. In college, Zoe Tran and Der...
www.publishersweekly.com
January 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Nice review at Publishers Weekly of the latest novel by my friend @msthienkim.bsky.social
www.publishersweekly.com/978006323738...
www.publishersweekly.com/978006323738...
A low energy day means working on easy admin tasks that don't require a lot of creative energy
January 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A low energy day means working on easy admin tasks that don't require a lot of creative energy
My latest post shares how I finally wrote a fat heroine in Something Cheeky and gave her all the love and pleasure she deserves thienkimlam.substack.com/p/writing-se...
Writing Sexy, Fat Characters Shouldn't Be a Radical Act
We deserve love and pleasure
thienkimlam.substack.com
January 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
My latest post shares how I finally wrote a fat heroine in Something Cheeky and gave her all the love and pleasure she deserves thienkimlam.substack.com/p/writing-se...
Want to follow AAHPI writers in different genres? I got you covered go.bsky.app/RVHU9No
January 8, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Want to follow AAHPI writers in different genres? I got you covered go.bsky.app/RVHU9No
Will Trent is back and I'm glad to see Betty. And Will.
January 8, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Will Trent is back and I'm glad to see Betty. And Will.
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Good call! Here are two great #romancelandia starter packs curated by @allieiswriting.bsky.social
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January 8, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Good call! Here are two great #romancelandia starter packs curated by @allieiswriting.bsky.social
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Happy New Year! I've put together some Lucky Bags for those who want to get lucky (alone or with play friends). It's for 18+ & contains at least $250 worth of spicy adult toys for only $125. US shipping only Happy New Year! US shipping only buy.stripe.com/fZe2bjcrq0et...
January 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Happy New Year! I've put together some Lucky Bags for those who want to get lucky (alone or with play friends). It's for 18+ & contains at least $250 worth of spicy adult toys for only $125. US shipping only Happy New Year! US shipping only buy.stripe.com/fZe2bjcrq0et...
🥳 Less than 2 months before SOMETHING CHEEKY arrives! Perfect for musical theatre, unapologetic fat heroines, feisty cat, & friends-to-lovers fans
You can pre-order signed copies from Loyalty books, my fave queer, Black, and Asian owned indie bookstore www.loyaltybookstores.com/preordersome...
You can pre-order signed copies from Loyalty books, my fave queer, Black, and Asian owned indie bookstore www.loyaltybookstores.com/preordersome...
January 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
🥳 Less than 2 months before SOMETHING CHEEKY arrives! Perfect for musical theatre, unapologetic fat heroines, feisty cat, & friends-to-lovers fans
You can pre-order signed copies from Loyalty books, my fave queer, Black, and Asian owned indie bookstore www.loyaltybookstores.com/preordersome...
You can pre-order signed copies from Loyalty books, my fave queer, Black, and Asian owned indie bookstore www.loyaltybookstores.com/preordersome...
Christmas eve dinner will be charcuterie board because I'm not dirtying up the kitchen again until tomorrow
December 24, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Christmas eve dinner will be charcuterie board because I'm not dirtying up the kitchen again until tomorrow
I can't find the notebook where I wrote down my 2024 goals. I should take that as a sign that my goal was that I survived this year?
December 23, 2024 at 7:27 PM
I can't find the notebook where I wrote down my 2024 goals. I should take that as a sign that my goal was that I survived this year?
About the time I took online writing advice and almost burned down my desk open.substack.com/pub/thienkim...
Why I Gave Up on Writing Rituals
I almost burned down my desk
open.substack.com
December 20, 2024 at 3:08 PM
About the time I took online writing advice and almost burned down my desk open.substack.com/pub/thienkim...