Liz Fielding

Cover of Liz Fielding's Classics with loving couple against a tropical beach sunset. Don't Miss. Free. 9-12 August.

Download this #free three book anthology for the beach before it's too late! mybook.to/3Classic

The Great Romantic Scene : how do you know you have one? - Liberta Books What makes a really great romantic scene? One that readers remember vividly and talk about? Are there rules for what makes one great?

A wonderful blog from Sophie Weston on what constitutes a great romantic scene. libertabooks.com/writing/the-...

Picture shows a tablet with the cover of Liz Fielding's Classics, His Runaway Bride, The Temp & the Tycoon and The Baby Plan. It is set against a tropical beach at sunset.

I have a #freebook this weekend. The link is worldwide. mybook.to/3Classics

My bookclub read this month. Has anyone else read it?

Sarah Mallory, raising a glass on the beach near her home.

A 40th book with Mills & Boon so Sarah is celebrating. libertabooks.com/sarahs-books... #Regency @sarahmallory.bsky.social @joannamaitland.bsky.social

Picture shows the cover of Beach Hut and Bathing Machine by Kathryn Ferry, the rear view of beach huts looking out to sea.

What happens when a group of authors sit around a dining room table and ask "What if..." It's a night to remember on the Libertà Books blog this week. @joannamaitland.bsky.social #SarahMallory #SophieWeston #LouiseAllen #LesleyCookman @seasideferry.bsky.social

Love this series!

Cover of Mystery at Melcoat Manor by Jan Jones, Smoke and Mirrors Book 4, with an art deco staircase.

Loved this "golden age" mystery from the hugely talented @janjonesauthor.bsky.social Lucy and Jack are firm favourites.

I'm loving it!

Cover of Murder Under the Mistletoe - a snowy scene with a thatched cottage and threatening sky - against the backdrop of a tropical beach with red Santa stockings.

Christmas in July! mybook.to/MMMseries

Congratulations on the new book, Jan. It's on my KIndle.

Love the art deco covers of this series, Jan. And the books inside them!

Picture shows the cover of A Penniless Prospect by Joanna Maitlans - a handsome Regency couple with a stately home in the background.

Another really helpful #selfpublishing post from @joannamaitland.bsky.social on Libertà Books offering a step by step guide to creating print covers for on Draft2Digital. @sarahmallory.bsky.social

Picture shows cover of Widowland by C J Carey - a head and shoulders graphic of a woman against an orange background.

This month's bookclub read. There were some hesitations over a dystopian rewrite of history, but everyone was glad they read it.

Editing Your Own - Liberta Books Sophie takes inspiration from a surprise essay in her In Box and as a result hooks up again with a much loved literary hero Editing your own work is a bit of a mixed blessing. I’ve been thinking that ...

When you're stuck in a never-ending cycle of editing... #raybradbury libertabooks.com/writing/edit... via @joannamaitland.bsky.social @sarahmallory.bsky.social

One of several lamp posts on my street.

Photograph of a satirical article in Private Eye en titled Non-celebrity publishes children's book.

This is Private Eye...

And whose end users so often think we're all so rich that it's okay to steal our work from pirate sites. Or, if you're a mega rich corporation, just steal it because you can, and no one is going to stop you.

Far from basic Ireland's basic income for the arts could be a game-changer for creatives.

‘Those artists, who often have to make their money in other jobs in order to provide this free labour to publishing, are the only workers who cannot expect to make a living in an industry whose existence is based on their work.’

My piece in @thebookseller.com

www.thebookseller.com/comment/far-...

And wasn't Superman an immigrant?

How special! I saw Ben at Oxted library last year. I wanted a signed copy of the first book, but they didn't have any. I have A Foxglove Summer.

Dark red African violet.

When you've taken a leaf cutting of an African Violet so long ago that when it finally flowers it takes you a few minutes to realise that's what it is! (I have a lot of African violets!)

On my kindle!

And doesn't his coat look better on him that on the cloaks of belted Earls...

I made a jigsaw - have a go! t.co/rgfOdmifdP

Statues of Desperate Dan, Dawg and Minnie the Minx walking along the streets of Dundee.

The The People's Friend publisher, D C Thomson, Desperate Dan and the V&A in Dundee @joannamaitland.bsky.social @sarahmallory.bsky.social libertabooks.com/history/dund...

I've never seen it inside, Jan, but it was a lot of fun - and done with a very small cast. The perfect weather helped. 😀

Pixture shows audience in the garden theatre.

A joyful production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at The Actors Church St Paul's in Covent Garden last night.

Seen outside St Paul's, Covent Garden last night. Trimmed to cut off registration number.