2026-07-19T18:07:26+02:00 https://nostr.ae Ruby Jones https://nostr.ae/npub16e6fhcr4qj003wu8xujygkz5j33mcdgz067a24dceywct2s0nm4ss64ds5 https://stockroom.wandering.shop/accounts/avatars/115/102/029/462/547/907/original/a8d64963f401b2cc.jpg https://stockroom.wandering.shop/accounts/avatars/115/102/029/462/547/907/original/a8d64963f401b2cc.jpg https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8qmjmkp7x4a9da7d6a0jhujryxkrzxescc7d98c592258zuu088szyrt8fxlqw5zfa79msumjg3zc2j2x80p4qfltm424hry3mpd2p70wkqzlm9y Chapter 21 of Synthetic Agency is here! <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/synthetic-agency-159022636">https://www.patreon.com/posts/synthetic-agency-159022636</a><br/><br/>Synthetic Agency is an android romance novel I&#39;m serialising on my Patreon. You can read the first chapter for free: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/119290924?collection=1313927">https://www.patreon.com/posts/119290924?collection=1313927</a><br/><br/>Boosts very much appreciated!<br/><br/>#robots #fiction #romance #SF #lgbtq+ #writing<br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/116/623/576/371/487/320/original/119546f4421c84c6.jpg"> <br/> 2026-05-23T13:09:23+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsztdrunvss8tgfhc0c9deljrmf4cpp9sjdsrpqpedrtamw0f8npwgzyrt8fxlqw5zfa79msumjg3zc2j2x80p4qfltm424hry3mpd2p70wksmylaz I think about this Tumblr post a lot:<br/><br/>#writing #smut #smutstodon<br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/116/589/683/486/346/441/original/0100f5fab15a558b.jpg"> <br/> 2026-05-17T13:30:40+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs80zzxzrlpanys3fa77w0264k39wx9p20jgdmk0p7ltp87xrretdczyrt8fxlqw5zfa79msumjg3zc2j2x80p4qfltm424hry3mpd2p70wkukc564 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxhvgsm9ejkxxllsmf09wq80ell4x2s9388jfkf0uvupg9lkjlj8spc43xg'>nevent1q…43xg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think you misunderstand me. I am an experienced writer and editor. I have worked for and with many publishers and have no issue with adapting my work to whatever the house style dictates.<br/><br/>But now I am self-publishing. I am the one who decides what language to use. And I see advantages to both sides. 2026-05-03T16:38:28+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswa29j4nkn379welaf70emtsf7hltrlgu0q75uuk96t4q8n4m00hqzyrt8fxlqw5zfa79msumjg3zc2j2x80p4qfltm424hry3mpd2p70wkfq5llz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyzw94q9cehcmcaf5x9fa2rmgd89dy7ku7ej5f6n7qnrhlp2h8t2gj7uwah'>nevent1q…uwah</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&gt;But now it&#39;s my own writing, and I am British, but my book is set in America. What do?<br/><br/>Obviously, all dialogue should use the words a character would use. An American calling you an &#39;ass&#39; means an arse, and will call you an &#39;asshole&#39;, and not an &#39;arsehole&#39;. But what about in the description. I&#39;ve been inclined to follow what feels like a rational approach: I am writing the wider story in British English, and when a character speaks I am quoting them, so they use American words. And where&gt; 2026-05-03T16:25:57+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyzw94q9cehcmcaf5x9fa2rmgd89dy7ku7ej5f6n7qnrhlp2h8t2gzyrt8fxlqw5zfa79msumjg3zc2j2x80p4qfltm424hry3mpd2p70wk0zxg90 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsthe4cewtcxag7wa5y6d8jzghnqsu6dmkl0ecz6v5wsdyzz7n7r8s0k7zn5'>nevent1q…7zn5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&gt;it&#39;s something I struggle with. Different publications I have worked for as an editor handled it different ways. The OUP imprint followed the dictates of the Oxford Manual of Style - British spellings. The international fiction publisher used whatever version of English the writer worked in, and if they mixed it up, you made it consistent.<br/><br/>As a freelancer, I followed that angle. It was interesting to discover the varieties of English - Canadian and Australian English is different again.&gt; 2026-05-03T16:22:42+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsthe4cewtcxag7wa5y6d8jzghnqsu6dmkl0ecz6v5wsdyzz7n7r8szyrt8fxlqw5zfa79msumjg3zc2j2x80p4qfltm424hry3mpd2p70wkzfh0hj #WritersCoffeeClub 3 May:<br/>Do you write your works localised to the setting or your background?<br/><br/>I think this may be aiming at the somewhat rambling question I submitted, which was about whether you localise the spelling and words you use to the setting. For example: Synthetic Agency is set in the US, but I am a British writer. What to do when a character is referring to their &#39;trousers&#39; aka &#39;pants&#39; (which means something different and much funnier in British English).<br/><br/>I submitted this q as&gt; 2026-05-03T16:18:23+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv0ly7du4qvdraq0ua0yr6z8ac4d6rr4fxdcr7ydv9ajznxv66z7czyrt8fxlqw5zfa79msumjg3zc2j2x80p4qfltm424hry3mpd2p70wkeytqjd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfgpcnv0fvjjjeg2awa28vddaa8n6rsplju6n72vary5js626f5dg552swj'>nevent1q…2swj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, indeed we are.<br/><br/>I&#39;ve already been over a few times why a plugin is not going to work for me. I think this is one where I need you to trust that I know what I&#39;m talking about. 2026-04-19T20:10:45+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw5zc6pj8tqa56f2w60ckne7dsxca5vhp9kzd379rzqu7msu36l5gzyrt8fxlqw5zfa79msumjg3zc2j2x80p4qfltm424hry3mpd2p70wk8u9wq9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsryrdjp483857emangdpvvjlkrvfxxy52lzn4dkwcx66sxku30vdcaqsvlf'>nevent1q…svlf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&gt;Which leaves you reliant on companies that will do it for you, and the ones that used to do so have got much, much stricter about what they will allow (especially from indies), because they don&#39;t want to be sued and because credit card companies have caved to neo-puritan pressure groups. It&#39;s bleak.<br/><br/>One of my books I can only, currently, publish through D2D to Smashwords. And it&#39;s my most popular work 🤷‍♀️ 2026-04-19T20:01:20+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsryrdjp483857emangdpvvjlkrvfxxy52lzn4dkwcx66sxku30vdczyrt8fxlqw5zfa79msumjg3zc2j2x80p4qfltm424hry3mpd2p70wkmj9qg7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2af8wgpk3aphl22sd3xdy6jx40c3f3kdss0v4vn5z7nkajftk0ugu2q0em'>nevent1q…q0em</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It gives you control, but much, much bigger responsibility. I&#39;m fully familiar with WP and its plugins - my point is that they are highly likely to have T&amp;Cs that exclude adult content. The WordPress.com website does.<br/><br/>Age verification is specifically the sticking point. I do not have the resources (mental, financial, technical) to securely perform age verification myself, and it&#39;s not legal to sell adult content without age verification anymore.&gt; 2026-04-19T19:58:14+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdz29q5uylur20v5mkcqfllct3nwe9a07y9j0e4c9crtzpp5wj6zgzyrt8fxlqw5zfa79msumjg3zc2j2x80p4qfltm424hry3mpd2p70wk6jq9j7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfdhwt42meznqc0vm59h8zjkwwz2fdmreyv2zazkfprxnu7yczgkqvkz7m0'>nevent1q…z7m0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thanks for sharing - I fear this would not work for adult content; with the age verification now required, self-hosting is basically a non-starter. I need a big company to handle that for me, and outside the likes of D2D, Amazon, or Patreon, most of them won&#39;t anymore. I suspect the plugins you use would cite morality clauses about my tentacle sex stories 🙁 2026-04-19T19:45:07+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9xtd9xnl48cmlvpet7uzjkak5jdzj0dcdhfcsr73q225d2apd4jszyrt8fxlqw5zfa79msumjg3zc2j2x80p4qfltm424hry3mpd2p70wkhfe5sd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdzxqqkcma3hrmky7ndw8xwn35lx4k2hmrmsukd35kvepjad28jfg9hcld9'>nevent1q…cld9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>RE: <a href="https://mograph.social/@dilmandila/116390725832539294">https://mograph.social/@dilmandila/116390725832539294</a><br/><br/>More importantly, why isn&#39;t this on *my* timeline.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note16yvqpd3hmrw8hvfax6uwva8rf7dtv40k8hpevmrfvejr96650yjsypjnat" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note16yv…jnat</a></span><br/> </div> Why is there so much octopus sex stuff on my timeline 😅 Its like every other post I see is sharing something about a research on the sex lives of octopus. </blockquote> 2026-04-12T10:19:25+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2qt5x0pd9kcs8m09lg0nm2fju0kp93nad89hx3jkpc5cmcawxkmgzyrt8fxlqw5zfa79msumjg3zc2j2x80p4qfltm424hry3mpd2p70wknanhn9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9uhuyz72gpxah7v9erxel28jefahxmemmgc5gx452qdmxw2098rc4s27f4'>nevent1q…27f4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Love that cover! 2026-04-08T14:05:02+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxl8368vh6pjtg8hp3l7k3ptt4juvs4zwkfd7s5ql4wq8mmrgeucqzyrt8fxlqw5zfa79msumjg3zc2j2x80p4qfltm424hry3mpd2p70wkdjfhts Be supportive to your friendly neighbourhood author. Times are a real bummer. 2026-03-30T20:24:50+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd47lchzs5czj2l3qs5eearaprnklmnts2etymeuf57332fgvev0gzyrt8fxlqw5zfa79msumjg3zc2j2x80p4qfltm424hry3mpd2p70wkmv42u9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs87csr6ljv3vcgqmwhaet2wa7lnzmsqenj7lppukpv0gz0ct4hsdg4kg7qw'>nevent1q…g7qw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You have a very strange attitude. Explaining AO3 like no one here has heard of it. Saying original fiction is stealing??<br/><br/>I don&#39;t know where this aggressive defence of fanfiction is coming from. I talked about my love of fanfic in another thread of this conversation. It&#39;s bizarre to make out like you can&#39;t love both original fiction and fanfiction.<br/><br/>Do you just search on the word &#39;fanfic&#39; and go on the attack? Really weird. Goodby, Cy. 2026-03-15T17:28:13+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxgtg0xk9p6f9xk6gah90yy84vpezysgwe5u5cqlps5e8s0w0udhszyrt8fxlqw5zfa79msumjg3zc2j2x80p4qfltm424hry3mpd2p70wke4lx3l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8fuk05x3nyeas85fegdqzg4nr8lgq70vn8jwuhx7c8j4ue4fd7jcpgdph6'>nevent1q…dph6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The thing is, there is more free fiction and art online than a person could ever need. I&#39;ve actually found it hard to pull myself away from the safe, comforting arms of fanfiction, which gives me exactly what I want, for free, but I get frustrated that I can&#39;t pay the authors for their often spectacular works.<br/><br/>I agree with you - writing and art are communication - there&#39;s no point if there&#39;s no one on the other side communicating anything. And the fact that it&#39;s all stolen&gt; 2026-03-15T08:25:07+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstaj4tf7mnl7dnhjxfutj5wl5ff647w7dxx3wgznanlngt4fmv0gczyrt8fxlqw5zfa79msumjg3zc2j2x80p4qfltm424hry3mpd2p70wkzny4yh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsweufmzyq4cy3jfkf2ffvjdp3fwqfe2uz9te67xe04wyln26fekfgkj2eq7'>nevent1q…2eq7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Most writers and artists I know think the same, but the gap between those people and those who consume art and fiction - especially among programmers - is really depressing. 2026-03-15T08:15:14+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0ek723j0a0p842kh67gk0m4tcgnw9fpls0efznewm6v0wdnzemuszyrt8fxlqw5zfa79msumjg3zc2j2x80p4qfltm424hry3mpd2p70wkrxuh77 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs968fp7x0k4nhpy0sa7wxkpjy5zc8x0jl8ggc0lw7vvrqcxqs63vc4gx3cp'>nevent1q…x3cp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Happy to boost - always love an onion. Best vegetable. 2026-03-14T10:27:46+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9u823z9pwu5fr4c4v89vpqqptecela7lntqc8gwuvwa2frdf5amszyrt8fxlqw5zfa79msumjg3zc2j2x80p4qfltm424hry3mpd2p70wkvyfh9p RE: <a href="https://wandering.shop/@rubyjones/116169822628428420">https://wandering.shop/@rubyjones/116169822628428420</a><br/><br/>Only a couple of days left to get my fiction for free or cheap!<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1zs26v6tlv48fs7d8g27grjcpcryrh00289glqqhzd40r4jm24rzq4mapvh" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1zs2…apvh</a></span><br/> </div> Better late than never - I have joined the Smashwords Sale!<br/><br/>For the rest of this week, my novellas will be 50% off and Oviposition will be free!<br/><br/><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/RubyJones6742">https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/RubyJones6742</a><br/><br/>#smashwords #sale #SmashwordsSale #erotica #smut #romance #sf #fantasy #robots #androids #tentacles #oviposition #kink<br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/116/169/813/036/420/044/original/0062b3ea2c7791f6.jpg"> <br/> </blockquote> 2026-03-06T19:36:32+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspg9dxd9lk2n5c0xn590ypevqupjpmhh4rj50sqt3x6h36ed4233qzyrt8fxlqw5zfa79msumjg3zc2j2x80p4qfltm424hry3mpd2p70wk09phv9 Better late than never - I have joined the Smashwords Sale!<br/><br/>For the rest of this week, my novellas will be 50% off and Oviposition will be free!<br/><br/><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/RubyJones6742">https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/RubyJones6742</a><br/><br/>#smashwords #sale #SmashwordsSale #erotica #smut #romance #sf #fantasy #robots #androids #tentacles #oviposition #kink<br/> <img src="https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/116/169/813/036/420/044/original/0062b3ea2c7791f6.jpg"> <br/> 2026-03-04T08:53:38+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfnzzda7cmnjr759tcnpr0rpgdpwwv9fkzhgjhteehwwecdw5qczczyrt8fxlqw5zfa79msumjg3zc2j2x80p4qfltm424hry3mpd2p70wkdf6p8e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs88aexfulq0vqzqvznyvsy0fav4ccecj0n9fl7je4hr2k7cjruj8cplqx97'>nevent1q…qx97</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>One of my favourite Christmas songs was one I found while compiling a Christmas Music for the Apocalypse blog series: &#39;A Post-Apocalyptic Christmas&#39; by Art Elliot.<br/><br/>I think it&#39;s genuinely beautiful, but it still only has 2.5k views on YouTube: <a href="https://youtu.be/JlJ8OTxALv4?si=4InrDNmV9Txj4Mm4">https://youtu.be/JlJ8OTxALv4?si=4InrDNmV9Txj4Mm4</a><br/><br/>#music #postapocalypse #ArtElliot 2026-02-21T15:41:07+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0up2la0e8advwulllh6m649zzp9m8gq90e6empkwccq62sx0g9tqzyrt8fxlqw5zfa79msumjg3zc2j2x80p4qfltm424hry3mpd2p70wktnyq6s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxq8q9afsf4v9ne45atza72nxr6z6fqcfafc5ezz34y4sdkzg0yrqskudgf'>nevent1q…udgf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I am the same. Mostly. I enjoyed his non-Discworld books, but I couldn&#39;t get into the Discworld books, and eventually the people trying to make me like him sapped any interest in trying tom 2026-02-04T05:48:39+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsges4aux87r8sgc2zmmu729ff4k7h5ujaetey4jc22e209la28uhczyrt8fxlqw5zfa79msumjg3zc2j2x80p4qfltm424hry3mpd2p70wkkruz77 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdzg0z6l8gzc3r60uq0vtmun456uy4x862nquj39zrgvhmj2xaepc8nntcx'>nevent1q…ntcx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1cgj5f0u2n2vjyv5q6znyvur86wjf3qlnakrevsnn0tezrhyfxxyqmywlgt" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Dr Ro Smith</span> (<span class="italic">npub1cgj…wlgt</span>)</a></span> with my SF&amp;F romance and erotica hat on, btw 😅 2026-01-11T20:18:14+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdzg0z6l8gzc3r60uq0vtmun456uy4x862nquj39zrgvhmj2xaepczyrt8fxlqw5zfa79msumjg3zc2j2x80p4qfltm424hry3mpd2p70wkkyy4yu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvme590sd8xct8j8lcfkv39mp30cpxvpxsg4nk97cy09a2rlkydts794scq'>nevent1q…4scq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Draft2Digital are fine. One of the few options tbh, but they have got more on the censorship train in recent years, and even refused to publish a cover that Amazon accepted. Probably not applicable to you, but if you&#39;re honest about your content warnings they get censorshipy too, but everywhere is doing that now. 2026-01-11T20:17:21+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvme590sd8xct8j8lcfkv39mp30cpxvpxsg4nk97cy09a2rlkydtszyrt8fxlqw5zfa79msumjg3zc2j2x80p4qfltm424hry3mpd2p70wky69n60 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfct8wjdjv5gqvhlqv9mugnzkfafn27k5zy6vpmff05nfg6e5rzecx5vl4v'>nevent1q…vl4v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I looked into it a few years ago when I just started thinking about self-publishing. I watched YouTube videos of people talking about their experiences. It seemed like money I didn&#39;t have for a negative return.<br/><br/>I think it works if you&#39;re already known or have enough cash you don&#39;t mind throwing it at that kind of thing, but it wasn&#39;t worth it for me at the time. IDK if things might have changed, though. 2026-01-11T20:14:02+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxgcxeswempqd7e0ehjsw5y20836zhvjqlk7unpm3tcxmvh9zwcuszyrt8fxlqw5zfa79msumjg3zc2j2x80p4qfltm424hry3mpd2p70wkz6qjc3 Hi, so, Smutlandia died and I just did not have the spoons to find a new server before that happened.<br/><br/>I thought I had until the end of the month, but I looked today and everything was just gone.<br/><br/>Please bear with me while I try to make connections again. I have lost all my followers, my profile, everything. It&#39;s not even on the WayBack Machine. I don&#39;t really have more energy than I did before. It will take me a minute to sort things out. If you see this please RT to help me find my people. 2025-08-27T20:39:42+02:00