2025-08-14T20:13:46Z https://nostr.ae Ruby Jones https://nostr.ae/npub1k3607t5s4zr9wk8dw40gmafhzmxq9mtlhxlpy98taqdkpz50rv6qulns88 https://files.smutlandia.com/accounts/avatars/000/000/102/original/b6adbde681c36f6b.png https://files.smutlandia.com/accounts/avatars/000/000/102/original/b6adbde681c36f6b.png https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsydg2zn43xt6a0j5jcz3amrkryx446qku4lllvulmuuc9vsmrcthqzyz68flewjz5gv46ca464ar04xutvcqhd07umuys5a05pkcy23udng848z2r So, uh, it seems Smutlandia.com is closing down. This has been my home since I joined masto and I&#39;ve really appreciated such an inclusive, welcoming space.<br/><br/>I would greatly appreciate recommendations for a new home that is open to the promotion and sharing of smutty content - books and art. A space that is lgbtq+ friendly and disability sympathetic (broadly, not just shouting about alt text) where I can connect with other writers and artists. #smut #smutstodon #erotica #WritingCommunity 2025-07-02T11:56:44Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg97ty00ucjqllzgf0xxguqdxfa8ykd9hsypehtjmrumq322hy4nszyz68flewjz5gv46ca464ar04xutvcqhd07umuys5a05pkcy23udng33hahy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv8wfnfjgs7td8jf8c5jh37uy82jea7pcva58znsw9jnpt7z5g7vsg99f8j'>nevent1q…9f8j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&gt;companies.<br/><br/>A lot of people are cutting back on streaming services right now, but again and again I hear &#39;but not Prime, because I get X, Y, Z through it too!&#39;<br/><br/>When you harangue people not to buy an indie author&#39;s work because it&#39;s on Amazon (even only on Amazon!), they don&#39;t cancel their Amazon subscription, they just don&#39;t pay that independent author any money.<br/><br/>If you want to change this (I do!) harangue your representatives! The people making the laws. The people who should be prosecuting&gt; 2025-04-21T14:39:04Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv8wfnfjgs7td8jf8c5jh37uy82jea7pcva58znsw9jnpt7z5g7vszyz68flewjz5gv46ca464ar04xutvcqhd07umuys5a05pkcy23udngdjmucm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsddx47xka20nw6cz8c2mpve7x2y5y2a0qvzjdkvgdfk8m5h454cdc434hra'>nevent1q…4hra</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You are not going to improve working conditions in an Amazon warehouse by boycotting an indie author.<br/><br/>You will not make a disabled person cancel their Prime account because it&#39;s the best/easiest way to get groceries an option medication in a society violently hostile to the perceived &#39;laziness&#39; if being trapped at home.<br/><br/>People keep using Amazon because they get SO MUCH through ONE COMPANY in a timely fashion and it&#39;s not worth it to lose all those benefits by switching to 15 different other&gt; 2025-04-21T14:35:54Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsddx47xka20nw6cz8c2mpve7x2y5y2a0qvzjdkvgdfk8m5h454cdczyz68flewjz5gv46ca464ar04xutvcqhd07umuys5a05pkcy23udngwcqfe9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2xchwyla533jwj7cxavtdm5dscxgvlcjjlt47n5hd9wqt67dvpys6zdh59'>nevent1q…dh59</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>DO NOT confuse us with the limited number of options we have about who we work with.<br/><br/>You may not like it (I don&#39;t!) but most people just find it easier to go to a website they already know and trust. You telling people to boycott an indie author for publishing there is very unlikely to affect Amazon&#39;s business practices, which has much more to do with a lack of proper regulation (it should have been broken up!), and the fact that people get next day delivery, KU, and Prime video in one package. 2025-04-21T14:32:42Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2xchwyla533jwj7cxavtdm5dscxgvlcjjlt47n5hd9wqt67dvpyszyz68flewjz5gv46ca464ar04xutvcqhd07umuys5a05pkcy23udng9yr6jc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvvt5fyf9xz20yqswqws60vf4lp2n2cn00cw993x2pqhpykl9769qja4rnm'>nevent1q…4rnm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&gt;and by free shit, I mean the acres of free, unedited porn online, I mean fanfiction - some of which is excellent! But no creator can be compensated for - and I mean PIRATED BOOKS.<br/><br/>You know, the vast pirated archives that contained so much stuff that Facebook just downloaded it all from there because it would have cost too much to compensate the authors and get their permission.<br/><br/>This is known. It happens. On the radio today they said 3 million ppl in the UK alone pirate books. 3 million.&gt; 2025-04-21T14:28:56Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvvt5fyf9xz20yqswqws60vf4lp2n2cn00cw993x2pqhpykl9769qzyz68flewjz5gv46ca464ar04xutvcqhd07umuys5a05pkcy23udngqkmt7y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsywucmrfah6qy46pp8w7vvlhwr0zxj6dhhc2pcdnrzn5az29fnkxslqve0z'>nevent1q…ve0z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&gt;Yes, yes, I know some of you do but my sales figures make it clear. No sales through Amazon and not really more elsewhere.<br/><br/>It could just be me being too sick to promote as well as I could, BUT I see other writers saying the same.<br/><br/>The trouble with loudly declaring you won&#39;t support an author who sells only through Amazon (apart from the ableism) is that maybe YOU genuinely buy your one book a month from an indie source, but a whole bunch of other people jast swap to reading free shit instead&gt; 2025-04-21T14:24:49Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsywucmrfah6qy46pp8w7vvlhwr0zxj6dhhc2pcdnrzn5az29fnkxszyz68flewjz5gv46ca464ar04xutvcqhd07umuys5a05pkcy23udngc9wwsq People in the feed complaining about selling through Amazon and: LISTEN, I never liked doing it but when I first started out it was the easiest option and having a cognitive disability makes it Really Hard to research others.<br/><br/>I have, very slowly, been adding stuff via Draft2Digital, but it&#39;s REALLY HARD AND TIME CONSUMING, using precious energy &amp; time I could have spent on getting new books out.<br/><br/>And you know what? Since y&#39;all started boycotting Amazon I don&#39;t see you buying elsewhere instead&gt; 2025-04-21T14:21:39Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsztf44qg7klgf57f6npc86squeyal4vnl5wqpmxcx7slrec7adcjszyz68flewjz5gv46ca464ar04xutvcqhd07umuys5a05pkcy23udngrqgg7x The Smashwords sale ends soon, but there&#39;s still time to nab yourself a deal!<br/><br/>🐙Oviposition - free!<br/>🏛️Ruinous Attraction - 50% off! (Fantasy M/M erotic romance)<br/>🦾An Unexpected Attachment - 50% off! (SF M/M erotic <br/><br/><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/RubyJones6742">https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/RubyJones6742</a><br/><br/>#erotica #smut #romance #romancelandia #smashwords #sale #books 2024-12-31T14:22:09Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrz6wvzclc2k4m6vdyg5p0zapy6f9szmhw8k9zedg4zqsl30ce7agzyz68flewjz5gv46ca464ar04xutvcqhd07umuys5a05pkcy23udngxg6ts0 Too many writers are using generative &#39;AI&#39; to make their book covers, so I&#39;ve written a guide on how to make your own cover for free or cheap without turning to a machine.<br/><br/>If you can&#39;t afford to pay an artist, you CAN make your own!<br/><br/>I hope this is a helpful overview that covers the basics and points to some free resources.<br/> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/create-your-own-118846775">https://www.patreon.com/posts/create-your-own-118846775</a> #covers #indie #writing #WritintCommunity #SelfPublishing 2024-12-31T12:19:31Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstmsnus6hunyxmdrgklnu73mrsgce0ztprcn2q0ma5y7gmrkw4utczyz68flewjz5gv46ca464ar04xutvcqhd07umuys5a05pkcy23udngdn9grv It&#39;s a wonderful day to read robot porn! <br/><br/>And by robot porn, I mean idiots getting into Situations, accidentally falling in love, &amp;having some hot sex about it.<br/><br/>Now in two flavours!<br/><br/>An Unexpected Attachment: an android asks his hot coworker to help install his new cock <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Unexpected-Attachment-Ruby-Jones-ebook/dp/B0BN27Q1Y9">https://www.amazon.com/Unexpected-Attachment-Ruby-Jones-ebook/dp/B0BN27Q1Y9</a><br/><br/>Too Hot to Handle: an android detective stuck in a snowstorm with his partner, infected with a sex virus <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Too-Hot-Handle-Android-Ardour-ebook/dp/B0DNJRKVBH">https://www.amazon.com/Too-Hot-Handle-Android-Ardour-ebook/dp/B0DNJRKVBH</a> #erotica #romance 2024-12-18T08:25:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdadd8grz5mjandplr86y7rpzdx0754qnmzx98qvh0w7wvc637u9gzyz68flewjz5gv46ca464ar04xutvcqhd07umuys5a05pkcy23udngcyt7dj Amazon pre-orders really help ( <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Too-Hot-Handle-Android-Ardour-ebook/dp/B0DNJRKVBH">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Too-Hot-Handle-Android-Ardour-ebook/dp/B0DNJRKVBH</a> ) but you can also buy from Smashwords, Apple Books, and Kobo (<a href="https://books2read.com/u/mearBE">https://books2read.com/u/mearBE</a>)<br/><br/>THTH is an M/M sci-fi, human/android story. Evan is infected by a sex virus. Alone with Carter and trapped by a blizzard, the abrasive detective could help, but at what cost?<br/><br/>#books #erotica #romance #EroticRomance #MMRomance #LGBTQ+ #androids #robots <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1444n9hg6pvv26x5wxgjune33e0rja5vkf02rcelp4zt5nl2qxpaqv97858" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>smutstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1444…7858</span>)</a></span> #romancelandia<br/> <img src="https://files.smutlandia.com/media_attachments/files/113/630/096/330/164/383/original/4d2dc0eab2684635.jpg"> <br/> 2024-12-10T19:17:37Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsghvf3005vtx7umwuw6wmjyl3zcarneudvcvl605tf29zjqqw5d9qzyz68flewjz5gv46ca464ar04xutvcqhd07umuys5a05pkcy23udngmfrsve In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0p4s2g2y2e5krk8zpwvpu74n0gd9vwdkyvjlqdyp7p4nz45ku8vqfapal9'>nevent1q…pal9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>as someone on benefits who was unable to claim benefits she qualified for under the last labour government, I didn&#39;t.<br/><br/>Also, they were pretty anti-benefit and anti-disabled in the run up to the election as well.<br/><br/>Don&#39;t get me wrong, I&#39;m glad we have them and not the Tories, but I&#39;ve been managing my expectations. They&#39;re not as fascist as the Tories, but they&#39;re not really very socialist these days. 2024-11-24T17:34:16Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8z5sdk92uevkrnt7emjsy3zqwp9smadeam937waq38grsce9f55szyz68flewjz5gv46ca464ar04xutvcqhd07umuys5a05pkcy23udngdnv2ah In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrq06uzextkltpd0jztvhmfp7sk6wg2ygkx4v8hvfea0g6j7a64eq0cpw9u'>nevent1q…pw9u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&gt;but it was worth doing. I bought Capital, but have not managed to read it.<br/><br/>At the moment I am reading Very Fine People, by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1y7hqzxtext3t49mdg7u322ddxh3e25twnssymfulfsukctnzh7lsmm3tqs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>A.R. Moxon, Verified Duck 🦆</span> (<span class="italic">npub1y7h…3tqs</span>)</a></span> as I have long appreciated his social media threads and wanted to dig into get more of his thought. Also it&#39;s just cathartic to read someone else who went through the same freefall of the last few years and had the similar responses. 2024-09-28T08:24:19Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrq06uzextkltpd0jztvhmfp7sk6wg2ygkx4v8hvfea0g6j7a64eqzyz68flewjz5gv46ca464ar04xutvcqhd07umuys5a05pkcy23udngu37tl6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdk3f37kh49jrh0hhwwlqyrxdtgzg26tjszqwvvv0s860mhal8nhqqe52ag'>nevent1q…52ag</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&gt;had on my TBR for years to educate myself, such as Ain&#39;t I A Woman by Bell Hooks. I also read some first person accounts of homelessness, as I wanted to include unhoused people in the bid SF project I&#39;m writing under my other name - btw, everyone should read Down and Out: Surviving the Homelessness Crisis, by Daniel Lavelle.<br/><br/>I read The Communist Manifesto because I was feeling pretty anti-capitalist and figured I should actually read some of the classic texts - I&#39;m still more of a socialist&gt; 2024-09-28T08:20:58Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdk3f37kh49jrh0hhwwlqyrxdtgzg26tjszqwvvv0s860mhal8nhqzyz68flewjz5gv46ca464ar04xutvcqhd07umuys5a05pkcy23udngv0spru #WritersCoffeeClub 14: Do you read non-fiction, and if so, for pleasure, research or both? <br/><br/>Both. The chronic illness makes it hard for me to read at all, which means I pick up and put down a lit of things, fiction and non-fiction. But the last couple of years I have read more NF because it tends to be easier to consume - I need to place less trust in the author to hit my sweet spots. But also because stopping work made me feel like I needed to make good use of my time, reading works i had&gt; 2024-09-28T08:16:22Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9m6aa02x8qfyj2uks9y8l0aucwx4j6ckk7xcya0j232hfnum58nqzyz68flewjz5gv46ca464ar04xutvcqhd07umuys5a05pkcy23udngx3ultz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvzfvc2y2u0qeush3h9u3zedlel73k4adptpf2gqzrqe8zu8asf3c8wv7e0'>nevent1q…v7e0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>fucking Murdoch. A blight on the Earth. 2024-09-12T04:48:11Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsylqhgku4nke54y0z7tcscjeqlay3uxugjkg6j7rgwzmkn8xnsrvczyz68flewjz5gv46ca464ar04xutvcqhd07umuys5a05pkcy23udngl4jya9 A summary of the bullshit survey Draft2Digital just sent out on whether we would like to sell our rights to LLMs, a link to the form, notes on how they try to trick you into saying you&#39;d be OK with some LLM training, and advice on the browser to use to complete: <a href="https://www.tumblr.com/rhube/760006203055161344?source=share">https://www.tumblr.com/rhube/760006203055161344?source=share</a><br/><br/>#Draft2Digital #D2D #selfpublishing #indie #publishing #writing #writingcommunity 2024-08-27T22:44:18Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0jy3rxfphcr653lr3hca4pw7uyemclzwjl3pg0rvrsdj4cecv8kczyz68flewjz5gv46ca464ar04xutvcqhd07umuys5a05pkcy23udng6vcuwf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqrcua8eeg0gn3k503m8yg0ue8j8sv3efa5gpqg9fwc86sxm8ygugmm7v6c'>nevent1q…7v6c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So angry about this. I really, really hope they get a huge backlash. 2024-08-27T21:50:03Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspasc9qh66xzq2z42w4pn0h2x83une4gh6d6kfr8q8skx3nuczq3czyz68flewjz5gv46ca464ar04xutvcqhd07umuys5a05pkcy23udngxc0e5g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd0k0vqlafxqa0g30k0axdzz4rlfwkgvqq8x8r8x5n4qqe5xhlffcjl9we5'>nevent1q…9we5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>if I&#39;ve had ot, it wasn&#39;t called &#39;school cake&#39;as such. May be a regional thing. 2024-08-10T23:18:43Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszrk7gm5nw0vk2h7x0faz4yma2ef9knhkc9klkmzekqlfpf9ywnjgzyz68flewjz5gv46ca464ar04xutvcqhd07umuys5a05pkcy23udngxyelss In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqd20nlavdz6lxxknpzxszzn2mq643gknnw3zp8nwxmgye26099uc38rpyv'>nevent1q…rpyv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yeah, that&#39;s an instant back button when I see that. 2024-08-03T06:11:55Z