Am simply not functional at the moment. May not get to the next chapter of SA until the weekend. Fucking flattened. Stupid poorly researched disease.

Author’s Note No AI was used in any step of the creation or promotion of this novella. This book was researched, written and edited entirely by humans, and any and all audiovisual materials used in the cover art or to promote the book are commercially licensed stock assets, edited by a human designer. No text or assets were generated or modified by AI at any stage. I’d rather my art be crunchy than artificial. This is for all the Queer kids who were told their desires are wrong. For everyone who ever felt alone in the world. You are not.

I want all my readers to know exactly where I stand.

Friends and neighbours, I am not at all well today 🫩 #ChronicIllness #NEISvoid

"Yes. Yes, this is a fertile land, & we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, & we will call it... "This Land."
"I think we should call it "your grave!"
"Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
'Har har har! Mine is an evil laugh! Now die!" "Oh, no, God! Oh, dear God in heaven!"

AI is going to change our lives on the level of asbestos, PFAs, and microplastics.

This is the question I constantly ask of pro-AI people, like I know someone who constantly talks about how integrated it is into his work now, and I ask them, "what are you going to do when the tools are no longer available because Anthropic goes bankrupt?"

The word 'butts' in a Bauhaus font written over and over on a mug, coloured in the colours of the progressive pride flag.

The word 'Butts' in all caps on a white card, in the colours of the progressive pride flag.

Rainbow-coloured line art of many butts on a white mug.

Line art of a muscular butt, made of stars, on a clock. The hands are positioned to come out of the centre of the butt.

I like BUTTS on things and I cannot lie...

If you also like butts on things, get yourself some butt-themed objects over in my store: www.redbubble.com/people/RubyJ...

#butts #art #lgbtq+ #lgbt #pride

I find it interesting that every quarter I wind up explaining to my students what a Sundown Town is in relation to Black ppl (it usually comes up when anyone asks me about my dog, Willow) and when I mention the ppl who raised her + the place she was raised (Cullman, AL) their eyes always bug out.

[EXCITED KICKY FEET]

Love me, love my feckless woke cannibal erotica

or something.

I should get to work and stop fucking about on bluesky....

Why doesn't Draft2Digital charge the people who make $10K/year a maintenance fee of $12/month?

Draft2Digital really sent out an email today that can be paraphrased as: "We love our rich authors but you know what? We HATE the small-time fucking indie authors, so on top of the very little you make, we're going to charge you for that every year! You thought just starting out was hard? HAHA!"

As a feral non binary person, I like to write feral non binary monsters.

One day the world will see and appreciate my vision.

But today is not that day.

I am amused at how hard my various publishers have worked on pretending the MC of the Monsters books is Vai.

I mean, I get it, most readers are cis women and there's still a lot of homophobia at play, especially because the Aleks/Ilea dynamic is not a awww cute softbois m/m at all (or even m/m)

Mood.

D2D takes 10% fees for each transaction. So an author who makes $90 a year on D2D will pay $12 + $9 fees a year to use D2D. An author who makes $110 will pay just $11 in fees.

#WIPSnips
I have 'subject' in my workplace romance WIP.
Cole has to tell his wife about the upcoming business trip with Jean-Pierre and he's a bit scared... (cw this could be triggering if you've ever been in an abusive relationship with a jealous partner)

Understanding D2D's Activation and Maintenance Fees - Draft2Digital | Blog A brief explanation of D2D's activation and maintenance fees, which accounts are subject to them, and what this means for you.

D2D is bringing in 'account maintenance fees' for authors who earn below $100.

For some of my books, D2D/Smashwords is the only option. I am not making enough to avoid the fee, even though I am 'regularly selling books'.

Please support indie authors extra hard: draft2digital.com/blog/underst...

If you don’t know this series it’s some of the best (and weirdest) big picture SF around.

one of my favourite things about Catholic saints is how often they're the patron saint of the thing that killed or crippled them (see also: Barbara being patron saint of towers, Appolonia being the patron saint of dentists)

Black and white image of a man in a suit with his shirt open to reveal his abs, adjusting his cuffs, against a background of circuitry. To his right is the text: Synthetic Agency, Ruby Jones.

Chapter 17 of Synthetic Agency is here!

The slow burn has come to the boil... www.patreon.com/posts/synthe...

Synthetic Agency is an android romance novel I'm serialising on my Patreon. You can read the first chapter for free: www.patreon.com/posts/119290...

#robots #romance #lgbtq+ #books

A white mug with line art of butts on it in rainbow colours, on a chopping board, next to a mug with a geometric pattern in oranges and browns.

This morning I nearly made tea in the Butt Mug while preparing for therapy. Seen here pictured next to the lovely geometric mug I selected when I realised Butt Mug might be distracting.

People seemed to like the mug when I mentioned it, so I've reopened my store: www.redbubble.com/people/RubyJ...

#WIPSnips 14 April: heat

From chapter 14 of Synthetic Agency.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Synthetic Agency | Collection from Ruby Jones | 17 posts | Patreon Get more from Ruby Jones on Patreon

If you enjoy these snips, you can read the rest of Synthetic Agency on my Patreon - 17 chapters so far! And the first chapter is free: www.patreon.com/collection/1...

#WIPSnips 14 April: heat

From chapter 14 of Synthetic Agency.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

The cover of The Summer Goddess by Joanne Hall, art by Ken Dawson The image shows the back view of a cloaked (but not hooded) warrior with her sword out. The is standing on the shore of a lake. There are mountains in the distance. Celtic knotwork decorates the corners of the cover.

Recently published, we are bringing back Jo Hall's award-nominated novel, The Summer Goddess.
wizardstowerpress.co...

No problem! Really glad it's helpful!

May you find something that brings you joy!

How to make better social media images | Ruby Jones Get more from Ruby Jones on Patreon

I just revised my How to Make Better Social Media Images post (Patreon did something that fucked with the layout) and it feels like a good time to share that again: www.patreon.com/posts/119565... This is specifically about creating promo images for books to use on social media. #books #writing