Joanna Maitland
@joannamaitland.bsky.social
Writer of Regency romance, time travel, thrillers and more. History nut, cat & dog lover (other people's). Weekly blogs at Libertabooks.com/blog
Please don’t Jeev. Your readers would be really sad if you did. But we understand how dire it is, trying to make a living from writing. Hugs
I'm looking at my various meagre income sources (tax return). I need to stop doing some things. Assuming I can't stop caring for my disabled kid or my elderly parent, from a return on investment point of view the thing that I should really stop doing is ... *checks notes*... writing books.
October 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Please don’t Jeev. Your readers would be really sad if you did. But we understand how dire it is, trying to make a living from writing. Hugs
Sympathies on difficult question Kevin. I took my individual books to D2D but put box sets on Amazon KU. won’t ever again put books on KU only
#amwriting #booksky
#amwriting #booksky
September 15, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Sympathies on difficult question Kevin. I took my individual books to D2D but put box sets on Amazon KU. won’t ever again put books on KU only
#amwriting #booksky
#amwriting #booksky
Interesting comments on my post. Quite a lot of multi-pinned authors do use longhand.
@lizfielding.bsky.social
#booksky
@lizfielding.bsky.social
#booksky
Keyboard or longhand? @joannamaitland.bsky.social is wondering which one works best for first draft on her blog at Liberta Books this week. libertabooks.com/writing/long...
Longhand or keyboard: which do authors use and why? - Liberta Books
Is is better for authors to produce a first draft in longhand or on a keyboard? What are the pros and cons? Does it matter anyway?
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September 15, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Interesting comments on my post. Quite a lot of multi-pinned authors do use longhand.
@lizfielding.bsky.social
#booksky
@lizfielding.bsky.social
#booksky
Do you know you read body language? You do, you know. And animals use it to communicate too. Read more at libertabooks.com/blog
#amwriting #booksky 💙📚
#amwriting #booksky 💙📚
Blog - Liberta Books
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September 8, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Do you know you read body language? You do, you know. And animals use it to communicate too. Read more at libertabooks.com/blog
#amwriting #booksky 💙📚
#amwriting #booksky 💙📚
Mir auch nicht 😌
Ja, verwunderlich. Das Thema kommt vermutlich auch in neueren deutschsprachigen Romanen vor, doch die sind mir bisher nicht über den Weg gelaufen.
September 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Mir auch nicht 😌
Took me 9 years of trying to get my first M&B accepted. So you’re doing great Jeev
You often hear people who have never tried writing for Mills and Boon say it's easy to do.
Let me assure you, it is not.
I'm writing my second book for them and it's so hard. (For context, I have written about 20 other books, most traditionally published).
Let me assure you, it is not.
I'm writing my second book for them and it's so hard. (For context, I have written about 20 other books, most traditionally published).
September 6, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Took me 9 years of trying to get my first M&B accepted. So you’re doing great Jeev
Fantastic, Heather, thanks. Potential book fodder, no doubt.
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Just removed the date label from an old book and discovered that someone has drawn a design for a teapot that can serve either tea or poison how's your day going?
August 31, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Fantastic, Heather, thanks. Potential book fodder, no doubt.
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FREE ebook offer ends at midnight, Sunday 31st August
Don't miss out on sexy Duke Dominic and his attempts to secure his vanishing lady…
Get it at books2read.com/HisCavalryLady
💙📚⏳#amreading #historical #romancebooks #bookish #romancelandia #booktok #reader
Don't miss out on sexy Duke Dominic and his attempts to secure his vanishing lady…
Get it at books2read.com/HisCavalryLady
💙📚⏳#amreading #historical #romancebooks #bookish #romancelandia #booktok #reader
August 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
FREE ebook offer ends at midnight, Sunday 31st August
Don't miss out on sexy Duke Dominic and his attempts to secure his vanishing lady…
Get it at books2read.com/HisCavalryLady
💙📚⏳#amreading #historical #romancebooks #bookish #romancelandia #booktok #reader
Don't miss out on sexy Duke Dominic and his attempts to secure his vanishing lady…
Get it at books2read.com/HisCavalryLady
💙📚⏳#amreading #historical #romancebooks #bookish #romancelandia #booktok #reader
What does cosy/cozy mean? Sophie Weston explores
Libertabooks.com/blog
#cozymystery #cozyvampires #cozyfantasy 📚💙⏳💀☕️
Libertabooks.com/blog
#cozymystery #cozyvampires #cozyfantasy 📚💙⏳💀☕️
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August 26, 2025 at 9:02 AM
What does cosy/cozy mean? Sophie Weston explores
Libertabooks.com/blog
#cozymystery #cozyvampires #cozyfantasy 📚💙⏳💀☕️
Libertabooks.com/blog
#cozymystery #cozyvampires #cozyfantasy 📚💙⏳💀☕️
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Oops. Forgot these. Still getting to grips with BSky. Will get there one day…
Oops. Forgot these. Still getting to grips with BSky. Will get there one day…
August 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Oops. Forgot these. Still getting to grips with BSky. Will get there one day…
Oops. Forgot these. Still getting to grips with BSky. Will get there one day…
#booksky #booktok #bookish #reader #romancebooks #historical #romance #amwritingromance #romancelandia #writingcommunity
August 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
#booksky #romancelandia #historical #romance
Book 1 of the AIKENHEAD HONOURS series is FREE today at books2read.com/HisCavalryLady
Want to read about a sexy duke? And the woman who tames him in France, Regency London and St Petersburg? This is for you.
Book 1 of the AIKENHEAD HONOURS series is FREE today at books2read.com/HisCavalryLady
Want to read about a sexy duke? And the woman who tames him in France, Regency London and St Petersburg? This is for you.
August 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
#booksky #romancelandia #historical #romance
Book 1 of the AIKENHEAD HONOURS series is FREE today at books2read.com/HisCavalryLady
Want to read about a sexy duke? And the woman who tames him in France, Regency London and St Petersburg? This is for you.
Book 1 of the AIKENHEAD HONOURS series is FREE today at books2read.com/HisCavalryLady
Want to read about a sexy duke? And the woman who tames him in France, Regency London and St Petersburg? This is for you.
Is #opera always bonkers? And does it matter if it is? Latest blog about Bregenz Opera's open air production of Der Freischütz, with great videos wp.me/p6Wj1k-6UE
#amwriting #romance #austria #lakeconstance #writinglife
#amwriting #romance #austria #lakeconstance #writinglife
Bregenz Opera on Lake Constance : Weber's Der Freischütz - Liberta Books
A return visit to the Bregenz Opera in Austria has the audience gasping at special effects in Der Freischütz and hoping the rain holds off
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August 17, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Is #opera always bonkers? And does it matter if it is? Latest blog about Bregenz Opera's open air production of Der Freischütz, with great videos wp.me/p6Wj1k-6UE
#amwriting #romance #austria #lakeconstance #writinglife
#amwriting #romance #austria #lakeconstance #writinglife
HIS CAVALRY LADY is FREE today. You can find it here
books2read.com/HisCavalryLady
Don't miss one of my sexiest heroes, Dominic, Duke of Calder
#Regency #historical #spies #amwriting #sexyheroes
books2read.com/HisCavalryLady
Don't miss one of my sexiest heroes, Dominic, Duke of Calder
#Regency #historical #spies #amwriting #sexyheroes
August 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
HIS CAVALRY LADY is FREE today. You can find it here
books2read.com/HisCavalryLady
Don't miss one of my sexiest heroes, Dominic, Duke of Calder
#Regency #historical #spies #amwriting #sexyheroes
books2read.com/HisCavalryLady
Don't miss one of my sexiest heroes, Dominic, Duke of Calder
#Regency #historical #spies #amwriting #sexyheroes
Huge congrats Sarah. What a milestone xxx
August 3, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Huge congrats Sarah. What a milestone xxx
In a nutshell, Liz. But her blog is definitely worth a read libertabooks.com/a-writers-li...
June 22, 2025 at 10:14 AM
In a nutshell, Liz. But her blog is definitely worth a read libertabooks.com/a-writers-li...
Parsifal at #Glyndebourne. Venue wonderful, magical. #Opera? That's a little more mystifying, especially in this production. But great fun trying to work it out. And "some" of the music is divine. As Rossini memorably said. Read Sophie Weston's blog and giggle libertabooks.com/a-writers-li...
June 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Parsifal at #Glyndebourne. Venue wonderful, magical. #Opera? That's a little more mystifying, especially in this production. But great fun trying to work it out. And "some" of the music is divine. As Rossini memorably said. Read Sophie Weston's blog and giggle libertabooks.com/a-writers-li...
And since I posted this in the middle of the night UK time, I’ll repost now. Sorry. Still trying to get to grips with Blue Sky 🤓
My blog this weekend was about the pros and cons of publishing in print with Amazon KDP, or Ingram Spark, or Draft2Digital. Which one's best for you? How to decide? Read my recommendations here: wp.me/p6Wj1k-6Md
#self-publishing #print #amwriting #historicalromance #regency #amblogging
#self-publishing #print #amwriting #historicalromance #regency #amblogging
June 16, 2025 at 11:42 AM
And since I posted this in the middle of the night UK time, I’ll repost now. Sorry. Still trying to get to grips with Blue Sky 🤓
My blog this weekend was about the pros and cons of publishing in print with Amazon KDP, or Ingram Spark, or Draft2Digital. Which one's best for you? How to decide? Read my recommendations here: wp.me/p6Wj1k-6Md
#self-publishing #print #amwriting #historicalromance #regency #amblogging
#self-publishing #print #amwriting #historicalromance #regency #amblogging
June 16, 2025 at 12:15 AM
My blog this weekend was about the pros and cons of publishing in print with Amazon KDP, or Ingram Spark, or Draft2Digital. Which one's best for you? How to decide? Read my recommendations here: wp.me/p6Wj1k-6Md
#self-publishing #print #amwriting #historicalromance #regency #amblogging
#self-publishing #print #amwriting #historicalromance #regency #amblogging
Trying again with BlueSky. But the good news is my Aikenhead Honours series (all 4 books) is available now in a single volume, free to read on Kindle Unlimited. www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FC8751LX
The model on the cover was the most spy-like I could find. #amwriting #historicalromance #regency #spies
The model on the cover was the most spy-like I could find. #amwriting #historicalromance #regency #spies
June 16, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Trying again with BlueSky. But the good news is my Aikenhead Honours series (all 4 books) is available now in a single volume, free to read on Kindle Unlimited. www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FC8751LX
The model on the cover was the most spy-like I could find. #amwriting #historicalromance #regency #spies
The model on the cover was the most spy-like I could find. #amwriting #historicalromance #regency #spies
Should have attached pic of villa rotonda by Palladio to post about Grand Tour blog. Still failing to get to grips with bsky. Sigh. #amwriting #writerslife
June 1, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Should have attached pic of villa rotonda by Palladio to post about Grand Tour blog. Still failing to get to grips with bsky. Sigh. #amwriting #writerslife
Reposted by Joanna Maitland
Today’s blog on libertabooks.com/blog is about the Grand Tour and what influenced the guys (yes, all guys) who made it. And what they spent their money on, at home and abroad
Blog - Liberta Books
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June 1, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Today’s blog on libertabooks.com/blog is about the Grand Tour and what influenced the guys (yes, all guys) who made it. And what they spent their money on, at home and abroad
Today’s blog on libertabooks.com/blog is about the Grand Tour and what influenced the guys (yes, all guys) who made it. And what they spent their money on, at home and abroad
Blog - Liberta Books
libertabooks.com
June 1, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Today’s blog on libertabooks.com/blog is about the Grand Tour and what influenced the guys (yes, all guys) who made it. And what they spent their money on, at home and abroad
Sympathies K8 but that’s what we get when we read reviews eh? 🤨
Multiple reviewers have complained about the heroine’s “foul language” (she says fuck a lot too. It’s not just tits).
And yet absolutely nobody has ever complained about my male characters swearing. Which they also do. I can’t be arsed to look up who swears more—if you care you can buy the book 🤨
And yet absolutely nobody has ever complained about my male characters swearing. Which they also do. I can’t be arsed to look up who swears more—if you care you can buy the book 🤨
May 24, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Sympathies K8 but that’s what we get when we read reviews eh? 🤨
Reposted by Joanna Maitland
Please, if you have a Labour MP, write to them & ask why they are so determined to help rich Ai companies keep secret what copyrighted work they steal from creatives to make a profit. I mean everyone write to your Labour MP cos when they destroy our income, it takes money out of your local economy.
May 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Please, if you have a Labour MP, write to them & ask why they are so determined to help rich Ai companies keep secret what copyrighted work they steal from creatives to make a profit. I mean everyone write to your Labour MP cos when they destroy our income, it takes money out of your local economy.