Stuart Tudor

Cover art for A Modern Growth, A weird novel. Features a woman with plant growth on her face and body. A amazon button is under the available now part of the title.

Thank you to grahamjoey.bluesky.social for providing an arc copy of this book. Extremely strange, caustic and intense. A Modern Growth is an excellent addition to the new weird movement.

That is a beautiful cover !

HAPPY PUB DAY

Today's the day for @aahabershaw.bsky.social's 'Faceless Galaxy', a sharp, twisty cyberpunk collection from
@awfulagent.bsky.social

And one part of this is done. Here is the response to my message sent to Draft2Digital.

The "no official response" thing is nonsense, because both itch and Steam have made it clear it was the payment processors, pushed by Mastercard, that are behind the removal/delisting of adult content.

D&D adoption for Rukov!

So, how are we doing today?

Post from "The Rundown" July 18 at 5:30 PM · DuckDuckGo has introduced a new feature allowing users to filter out AI-generated images from search results, addressing growing concerns over synthetic content overwhelming authentic visuals online. The filter can be activated through a dropdown in the Images tab, search settings, or by using a dedicated AI-free domain: noai.duckduckgo.com. The system relies on curated blocklists, including uBlockOrigin’s Huge AI Blocklist, to detect and suppress AI-generated imagery. While not perfect, it significantly reduces synthetic content visibility. This move sets DuckDuckGo apart from competitors like Google and Bing by giving users direct control over their exposure to AI-generated material. Source: TechCrunch

DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.

Setting some stuff up.

YouTube video by Jacob Geller Fear of Cold

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp2w...

I’m hoping to get back to posting author interviews soon. I’m just up to my eyeballs with life Stuff and Things. I also don’t have Canva at the moment for banners. Hopefully soon! I do apologise to everyone still waiting for theirs to be posted. I have not forgotten! So sorry 💙

YouTube video by Clever I deceived them TO HAVE A PARTY

youtu.be/jmIXllrCIO0?... Both sides of me in one video.

Meme of cat with a microphone, in different stages of shock over daydreaming about the next WIP and discovering you are still in your current WIP.

@bornangelauthor.bsky.social An extremely relatable meme by this author!

The cover of Endless Lives by Niranjan, showing a sword in a dark background with silhouettes of gnarled trees and shining butterflies

Endless Lives is out in the wild. Queer romantic fantasy standalone. Grab a copy today!

💙📚 #queerwriters #queeradultsff 🌈🚀💫 📚🌎 #writingcommunity 📢📚 🩷🧙♂️⚔️ 🪐📚 #BookSky #Books #readingcommunity #bookcommunity

buy.bookfunnel.com/2n1g8b5dyc

The cat video is a net positive on society.

YouTube video by Democracy Now! Remembering Octavia Butler: Black Sci-Fi Writer Shares Cautionary Tales In Unearthed 2005 Interview

www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0Ug...

M John Harrison: “A number of novels don’t sit well in their genre of origin” The English novelist on the power of innovative fiction, the “sad but luminous muddle” of being alive, and his Goldsmiths-shortlisted work The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again.

www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...

It's fascinating to see the group that so often decried Post Modernism as a threat. Were so willing to embrace it (unknowingly) as a means to destroy objective reality.

Archangel has fallen and can't get up.

Coming across ai generated art for @rmgillig The Knight and the Moth and the creator blatantly not caring when called out. Thennnn the person who called them out, agreeing she doesn’t understand why authors are so upset about fan art.

If you make AI generated slop of an author’s book you are a) not a fan, b) not welcome in our community of CREATIVES and c) please do not ever read my books ever. Don’t even pay for them. I don’t want AI slop anywhere near my books (or anyone else’s). This is so disrespectful.

A rainbow wooden boards background with the added text: fighting back! A bundle of books that were shadowbanned by itch-io. July 26 to 31. 31 books, 12 creators, only at $36.

Not my first time being (shadow)banned, but we're fighting back!
At 0% revenue, this bundle will support the creators, not itch😤
itch.io/b/3200/fight...
🌈📚💙📢📚🌶️
Check out the thread for ways to get the payment providers to back off & even get the culprit (Collective Shout) to stop harassing creators.

a man is standing in front of a fire in a dark room . ALT: a man is standing in front of a fire in a dark room .

Me and the boys this Sunday

Evil is often quite banal.

Hello! I am writing to you concerning the recent policy changes regarding transactions that involve (completely legal) sexually explicit material. As someone selling artistic work through various platforms, I rely on customers being able to freely choose how to pay for the work I offer. Part of that is payment processors being both transparent with their guidelines AND as hands-off as possible when it comes to what people actually pay for. I believe that, as long as everything in the process is legal for all parties involved, a payment processor should not arbitrarily restrict what kind of goods and services can be purchased by their customers. This both causes confusion and hampers business operations in a variety of industries around the world. In the interest of allowing businesses who fully adhere to the law to operate smoothly, and to ensure a good customer experience, I urge you to reverse these policy changes, and in the future refrain from trying to restrict perfectly legal industries and businesses in this manner. Mastercard has a long-standing reputation for reliable service; being this disruptive in the face of a tiny minority with an entirely unreasonable bone to pick simply cannot be in the company's best interest. Regards, [Name]

Here's a contact form for Mastercard: b2b.mastercard.com/contact-us/ (h/t to @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com).

Feel free to use what I wrote (just copy the alt text). I know it can be a struggle to write this kind of message, so I hope this makes it easier for folks to voice their concerns.

French President Macron sues right-wing podcaster Candace Owens The lawsuit alleges that the podcaster promoted “outlandish” claims, including that Brigitte Macron was born a man. An Owens spokesperson said she “is not shutting up.”

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife have sued Candace Owens for defamation over the far-right commentator’s repeated allegations that first lady Brigitte Macron was born a man.

Got this in the mail today from @joltinjohnnylucas.bsky.social. Thank you, sirrah, for completing the team for me! #Thunderbolts

Let's goooooo! 📚💙

Finally finished this little project. A small replica of The Luggage from Terry Pratchett's Discworld series!

One final goodbye to a metal legend.

Editing should start next month.