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Roanna Carleton Taylor

@mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social
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Landscape artist and author in the UK. www.mrsctlandscapes.com (Books written under pseudonym. IYKYN.)

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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Needed a screenshot of a Marco Rubio post so ventured onto Twitter for the first time in a year. Bloody hell it's just a cess pit now of trolls ranting at each other 24/7. All the people I used to chat to have gone to Threads or Bluesky. Happy to leave it another year before logging in again!
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Editing my eleventh novel in the sunshine with the occasional brazil nut biscuit and my beloved dog asleep next to me. #MyPerfectSunday
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Written one million words since Feb 2025. That's twice as long as Lord of the Rings and only about 100k behind the Harry Potter books. And there's a lot more sex in mine than either of those!😁
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Delighted about the online under 16s ban on social media. Every single racist scumbag is now going to have to verify their account with their own genuine details. The internet is going to be a very very different place soon. More child safety, fewer fascist lunatics. Bring it on!
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Book ten all written, edited and queued for publication. Book eleven started. This one is a bit of a landmark because at the end of this one I'll have written over a million words since Feb 2026. What a workload, what a year! But I couldn't be happier.
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Downing tools early today for beef stroganoff with a dear friend (who is a much better cook than I am!).
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Carlingford Castle is finished! That seems to have been on the easel forever!
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
I love the Greens. Putting their campaign message out in all the local languages. This is being inclusive. Love them and hope they win 💚
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
There are 44 million books on Amazon.com. This morning I broke the top 3000. Crucially I broke the top 100 in both my key Amazon categories. As of today I'm not just an author, I'm a bestselling author.
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Starting writing book nine today. Getting some very good reviews for the series so far. Still slightly worried about publishing book 7 which is very very dark but I think the readers will understand why it's so graphic.
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Just finished editing book 8. Booked a spa day to celebrate!
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Sometimes winning is walking away and living the better life.
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Finished book eight and I'm supposed to be editing it but I keep getting distracted with the red wine my mum got me for Yule. I think I'm putting typos in rather than taking them out!
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Political debate tonight in a major reading group. All the other authors kept their political opinions to themselves. I jumped in with both feet and 'Trump's a c*nt' Moral highground ✔️ Commercially sound ❌
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Executed a perfect emergency stop tonight. Thought it was a rabbit. Turned out to be a plastic bag. However, if it had been a bunny it would have lived to hop another day and that's what counts. 🐰
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
He's still going! This has been the biggest waste of an evening ever. I wanted to get some work done but I've been listening to him ramble for over an hour and it's just drivel. #Trump
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Lol this painting is taking forever. But to be fair I have written eight novels since I started it! Should finish on the next sitting. Just need some more detail on the castle and the foliage. Water and sky are done.
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Nottingha University Prints for sale on Etsy www.etsy.com/uk/shop/MrsC...
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
It's a rare even for me not to write for a few days but I've barely been able to sit up in bed with this flu. Not a pen, not a paintbrush! NYE in bed with a lemsip tonight.
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
The best thing about working from home is being able to cover yourelf from head to toe in Vicks without anyone complaining.
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
So bloody glad I got my #fluvaccine. I've spent all the festive season with mild symptoms but not felt poorly at all. I had proper flu before years ago and it was so bad I wasn't even sure I'd come out the other side. This was a doddle compared to full blown flu.
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Lots of mead today celebrating Yule with friends and family. Blessings to everyone xx
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Back from two days in York with my best friend. Fabulous time. Already planning next year's trip! Just wish I could take the dog. He looks so sad when mama leaves him behind.
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
My friend is taking me out to dinner! YUM
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Seeing my oldest bestest friend for dinner this week. York dungeon and then an eight course tasting menu. So much fun and I reckon I deserve it after writing seven novels this year!
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
He's going to be apopleptic when he discovers verbs, adverbs and adjectives...
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
@mrjamesob.bsky.social ChatGPT and I voted you the best person to represent the earth if aliens ever turn up!
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Next few years are taken up with writing novels to pay off my mortgage and bring retirement down to 60. But the long term goal is doing my PHD in retirement. Only specific topic and only only one proposed thesis - it's that or nothing. Had a look at the reading requirements today. #Bloodylong
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Major row with my editor this morning. I'm releasing my historicals next year under a separate pen name to my modern dark romance and she wants at least two of them watered down. It's so annoying!
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Broke the top 5000 in the Kindle store. Not bad out of millions of books.
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
There will be a short pause in painting and writing while I binge all three series of 'Harlots' on Netflix.
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Bit more work on the water and I'm changing the shape of the tree again. Did some layering on the building to improve the quality of the light. Enjoying this painting a lot.
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Hit half a million pages read on KU. Not bad for year 1 of my series. (This doesn't include sales).
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
People were warned about #Brexit. They were told it would impact the country financially. They still voted for Brexit. Now prices are sky high and everyone is worse off... We told them this would happen. But they'd rather blame refugees than admit they were wrong. Idiots.
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Progress on the tree but I've changed the shape of it so will need more layers. Darkened the sky and added some detail to the water. Time for some of the finer details on the next session. #art #landscape #oilpainting
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Next stage of Carlingford Castle. It's coming together but the wall, the foliage and the water all need a lot more work. #oilpainting #landscapepainting #art
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Husband (who was at a whisky tasting event all afternoon so can't drive) realised he had run out of cheese the very second I poured myself a glass of wine. He was like 'you've literally only had one sip, you're safe to drive.' NOPE NOT EVEN AFTER ONE SIP! He can make do without cheese!
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Got the foliage darks in now and the tree is taking shape. Will have another few layers building up the light levels. Next I want to darken the water at the bottom so it changes the vantage point to be more looking out across the water.
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
TikTok is a weird platform. It seems to move faster than everything else! My favourite platform to use these days is Tumblr but it doesn't get the traction Tik Tok and You Tube do so I use those for promo. I do feel I might be the wrong side of 45 for tik tok though! 🤣
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Spending the day writing with my Morricone playlist on in the background. #Bliss
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Latest poll puts Greens just two points behind Labour. When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them, I meant it. Join us and let's make hope normal again. join.greenparty.org.uk
Poll from find out now showing greens on 15 and labour and Tories on 17. Reform on 32.
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Up till midnight designing new book covers. That should mean early night and wine. But it won't. Life's one long marketing journey these days.
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Quite an early rendition of Hardwick Hall. I loved painting the flowers and the reflection on the building windows but I felt the bottom diagonal third of the pictire could have been used better. I should have tweaked the path too to lead into the house grounds. #landscapepainting #oilpainting
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Supposed to be writing torrid romance but I keep watching videos of cats on pool tables! Really addictive. youtu.be/cbMHIxGx3eo
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Cat Teaches Kitten To Play Billiards
YouTube video by CatPusic Team
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Roanna Carleton Taylor @mrsctlandscapes.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
I think what social media showed us is the root cause of the problems in our society. And it isn't racial, gender, class or cultural divides. It isn't left v right. It isn't Jews, Muslims or Christians. We're destroying our home, our history and each other. We're the problem. Humans.
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Ben Canham @bencanham.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
I’m not Palestinian. I’m not Israeli. I’m not from Manchester. But I am human. And being human means my heart breaks when innocent people are killed no matter where, no matter who. Grief isn’t political. Compassion doesn’t need a side. If you still have empathy, hold onto it.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
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