Louise Allen
@louiseregency.bsky.social
Award-winning author, lover of the long Regency, romantic, traveller and gardener
I've started a new series of timeslip mysteries set in the town of Welhampstead. The Alchemy of Love and Death is out now! bookgoodies.com/a/B0FXXZFKSV
October 28, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I've started a new series of timeslip mysteries set in the town of Welhampstead. The Alchemy of Love and Death is out now! bookgoodies.com/a/B0FXXZFKSV
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Next best thing to being there! @lizfielding.bsky.social @louiseregency.bsky.social
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Lake Garda, Italy : visit a Roman villa or two - Liberta Books
Amazing 1st century AD Roman villa, the largest in northern Italy, Grotti di Catullo, on Lake Garda and later Roman villa Desenzano del Garda
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April 27, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Next best thing to being there! @lizfielding.bsky.social @louiseregency.bsky.social
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This is superb.
To prevent deer from being hit by cars Finland has tried using reflective paint. (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/avoid-deer-strikes-finland-painting-deer-antlers-reflective-paint-180949792/)
File this under "solutions to modern problems that summon the old gods."
File this under "solutions to modern problems that summon the old gods."
April 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
This is superb.
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As has been noticed by others, the irony of Meta happily stealing millions of authors’ words but refusing to open the door to have a letter delivered - will Lisa Nandy or Chris Bryant stand up for British artists or turn their eyes and kiss a corporate ring
April 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
As has been noticed by others, the irony of Meta happily stealing millions of authors’ words but refusing to open the door to have a letter delivered - will Lisa Nandy or Chris Bryant stand up for British artists or turn their eyes and kiss a corporate ring
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Got my double sided placard ready for the @societyofauthors.bsky.social demo against #MetaBookThieves. Today, 1.30, Granary Square, King's Cross!
April 3, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Got my double sided placard ready for the @societyofauthors.bsky.social demo against #MetaBookThieves. Today, 1.30, Granary Square, King's Cross!
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Fab turnout at the #MetaBookThieves demo. Everyone comparing notes. "How many of yours did they steal?" Winner so far is Jenny Haddon, 55.
April 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Fab turnout at the #MetaBookThieves demo. Everyone comparing notes. "How many of yours did they steal?" Winner so far is Jenny Haddon, 55.
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April 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Today UK authors are protesting against Meta for stealing our work to train their AI model. Authors earn an average of £7000 per year, we are not rich, and yet a trillion dollar company decided it didn’t want to license our work fairly as it was “too expensive”
Theft is not a valid alternative.
Theft is not a valid alternative.
April 3, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Today UK authors are protesting against Meta for stealing our work to train their AI model. Authors earn an average of £7000 per year, we are not rich, and yet a trillion dollar company decided it didn’t want to license our work fairly as it was “too expensive”
Theft is not a valid alternative.
Theft is not a valid alternative.
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Today I will be joining the Society of Authors in demanding that Meta makes recompense for stealing my work and that of millions of others to train its AI software.
You can afford this. We can’t. What you did was illegal. Fess up, and pay up.
You can afford this. We can’t. What you did was illegal. Fess up, and pay up.
April 3, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Today I will be joining the Society of Authors in demanding that Meta makes recompense for stealing my work and that of millions of others to train its AI software.
You can afford this. We can’t. What you did was illegal. Fess up, and pay up.
You can afford this. We can’t. What you did was illegal. Fess up, and pay up.
They've got 200+ of mine in various languages... #metabookthieves
I wholeheartedly support @societyofauthors.bsky.social day of action against meta.
Permission must be granted to utilise the works of authors and usage MUST be paid for.
In my case 7 of my books were lifted without permission and l am not the only one!
#dothewritething #metabookthieves
Permission must be granted to utilise the works of authors and usage MUST be paid for.
In my case 7 of my books were lifted without permission and l am not the only one!
#dothewritething #metabookthieves
April 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
They've got 200+ of mine in various languages... #metabookthieves
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Some great railway staff asked about my placard and wished us luck! #DoTheWriteThing @societyofauthors.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Some great railway staff asked about my placard and wished us luck! #DoTheWriteThing @societyofauthors.bsky.social
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The existing copyright law is fine as it is. The suggested 'opt out' puts the onus on the small producers to tell the thieves not to steal their stuff - that's not a fair burden.
If the AI companies feel it's 'too expensive' to follow the law as is, that's a problem with their business model.
If the AI companies feel it's 'too expensive' to follow the law as is, that's a problem with their business model.
April 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The existing copyright law is fine as it is. The suggested 'opt out' puts the onus on the small producers to tell the thieves not to steal their stuff - that's not a fair burden.
If the AI companies feel it's 'too expensive' to follow the law as is, that's a problem with their business model.
If the AI companies feel it's 'too expensive' to follow the law as is, that's a problem with their business model.
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Becoming the Earl's Convenient Wife is just 99p in the UK on Amazon for April! A friends to marriage story with a twist #bargain #pricedrop #Regencyromance
April 2, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Becoming the Earl's Convenient Wife is just 99p in the UK on Amazon for April! A friends to marriage story with a twist #bargain #pricedrop #Regencyromance
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I've yet to have anyone explain coherently why forcing artists to "opt out" of their work being stolen is ok and workable, or indeed any different than me stealing my neighbour's car because they didn't opt out from their car being stolen.
April 2, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I've yet to have anyone explain coherently why forcing artists to "opt out" of their work being stolen is ok and workable, or indeed any different than me stealing my neighbour's car because they didn't opt out from their car being stolen.
Becoming the Earl's Convenient Wife is just 99p in the UK on Amazon for April! A friends to marriage story with a twist #bargain #pricedrop #Regencyromance
April 2, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Becoming the Earl's Convenient Wife is just 99p in the UK on Amazon for April! A friends to marriage story with a twist #bargain #pricedrop #Regencyromance
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Oh this is good. @societyofauthors.bsky.social is organising a day of protest against Meta's wholesale theft of authors' work on Thursday.
Details and socmed assets at societyofauthors.org/2025/04/01/s...
Details and socmed assets at societyofauthors.org/2025/04/01/s...
April 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Oh this is good. @societyofauthors.bsky.social is organising a day of protest against Meta's wholesale theft of authors' work on Thursday.
Details and socmed assets at societyofauthors.org/2025/04/01/s...
Details and socmed assets at societyofauthors.org/2025/04/01/s...
A love across two centuries for Valentine's Day - and a murder mystery as well
A body in a bank vault and love in peril. Book 7 in the Clock House time shift mysteries is out now. Managing a love affair across two centuries is hard enough and the discovery of a body in the property Tash is renovating is no help at all. bookgoodies.com/a/B0DWXP6ZSH
February 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
A love across two centuries for Valentine's Day - and a murder mystery as well
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I love how tenderly he is encouraging her. Just right for Valentine's Day
February 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I love how tenderly he is encouraging her. Just right for Valentine's Day
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A body in a bank vault and love in peril. Book 7 in the Clock House time shift mysteries is out now. Managing a love affair across two centuries is hard enough and the discovery of a body in the property Tash is renovating is no help at all. bookgoodies.com/a/B0DWXP6ZSH
February 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
A body in a bank vault and love in peril. Book 7 in the Clock House time shift mysteries is out now. Managing a love affair across two centuries is hard enough and the discovery of a body in the property Tash is renovating is no help at all. bookgoodies.com/a/B0DWXP6ZSH
A body in a bank vault and love in peril. Book 7 in the Clock House time shift mysteries is out now. Managing a love affair across two centuries is hard enough and the discovery of a body in the property Tash is renovating is no help at all. bookgoodies.com/a/B0DWXP6ZSH
February 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
A body in a bank vault and love in peril. Book 7 in the Clock House time shift mysteries is out now. Managing a love affair across two centuries is hard enough and the discovery of a body in the property Tash is renovating is no help at all. bookgoodies.com/a/B0DWXP6ZSH
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Free book! Beach Hut Surprise - six novellas from six best-selling authors - free on Amazon from 12 - 16 February. Forget the weather, put your feet up and spend time on the beach with some very unexpected characters! amzn.to/4jXQWcm
February 12, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Free book! Beach Hut Surprise - six novellas from six best-selling authors - free on Amazon from 12 - 16 February. Forget the weather, put your feet up and spend time on the beach with some very unexpected characters! amzn.to/4jXQWcm
@anglian-water.bsky.social Do tell me why you think it acceptable to leave two households of over 70s with a blocked for a week.
February 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
@anglian-water.bsky.social Do tell me why you think it acceptable to leave two households of over 70s with a blocked for a week.
Have just reported a blocked joint sewer to Anglian Water & they have said they'll "investigate within a week". So they think it is OK to leave two households of over 70s without drainage for a week. Yet another useless water company
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February 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Have just reported a blocked joint sewer to Anglian Water & they have said they'll "investigate within a week". So they think it is OK to leave two households of over 70s without drainage for a week. Yet another useless water company
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"a little bit of everything to entertain" 🤩😍🌺https://raereadsbookblog.wordpress.com/2025/02/12/review-the-earls-marriage-dilemma-by-sarah-mallory-sarahmromance-sarahmallory-bsky-social/
#Review – The Earl’s Marriage Dilemma by Sarah Mallory @SarahMRomance @sarahmallory.bsky.social
Thanks for stopping by! I’m thrilled to be sharing my review for The Earl’s Marriage Dilemma by Sarah Mallory today. A big thank you to the author for my copy. First things first let’s take a look …
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February 12, 2025 at 10:52 AM
"a little bit of everything to entertain" 🤩😍🌺https://raereadsbookblog.wordpress.com/2025/02/12/review-the-earls-marriage-dilemma-by-sarah-mallory-sarahmromance-sarahmallory-bsky-social/