Maxim Falk

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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

I hate so much when readers send me AI "art" they made about my characters. This is gross. I very much prefer the real art made by real person. Skill does not matter. I see love, and nothing is more important for me as an author.
Fuck AI

Yes, there is a train station not far from the city center.

They should feel bad for "writing" feedback like that! You may just leave an honest review so other writers would be aware, and hopefully, this person will never get a new customer.

I always write a happy ending for my queer characters. They are happy, they are together, they are in love. I'm fucking tired of all sad dead broken queer people at the end of the story. So fucking tired.

Picture of the sculpture "Apollo and Daphne" by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1622-1625. It depicts the god Apollo attempting to capture and rape the nymph Daphne, and she is being transformed into a tree to escape his pursuit.

Picture of a painted urn depicting the rape of Persephone by the god Hades. It is an Apulian red-figure volute crater from about 340 BC

"The Rape of Prosperina" - an oil painting by Peter Paul Rubens, depicting the abduction of Persephone by the god Hades. This is from 1636-1637

"The Rape of Europa," oil painting by the artist Tizian Vecellio (also known as Titian). It depicts the princess Europa being abductd by Zeus in the form of a great white bull, as he intends to sexually assault her. The painting is from 1560-1562

posting extremely banned highly illegal depictions of non-consent on bluesky dot app

"the machine we're forcing into everything that is killing the planet will always be fundamentally untrustworthy" what a time to be alive

bsky is silencing free expression and doesn't understand its own audience. #bskycensorship

Post the image, change your pfp, use the tag to flood the Discover feed!

DO NOT participate in #blueskyblackout2025

I'm nsfw artist and other nsfw artists are asking you to SHOUT! Bsky wants to censor us so the worst thing we can do is censor ourselves!

Publicly shame them, use the feedback button, and post about it using the tag #bskycensorship

Silence is compliance!

Cover art for a queer novel my Max Falk "Shattered"

Cover art for a 2nd book in these series called 52 HZ

These are two covers that I made for my husband's MM novel in 2 parts, which was banned back home, the moment its official edition became a bestseller. I'm really very proud of those covers.
It differs from my work you usually see, but I hope you like it.

#mmart #BLart #mmromance #coverart

AI is already taking jobs away from entry-level workers Software and customer service are most at risk right now and could be the canary in the coal mine.

Remember, kids: A real big goal of "AI" is to entirely sever capital from labor, and no, there will be no universal basic income, you can all just starve and die, thanks

www.axios.com/2025/08/26/a...

You might see several artists mad about the bluesky policy update banning non-con, even artists who do not make that kind of material, and wonder why it's such a problem. If that's you, here is a quick breakdown:

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Cropped version of an erotic artwork as a teaser. It features a young blond man in a luxury shirt laying on a black sofa. And another man's hand is on top of his shoulder holding him down.

A crop on an artwork that shows a young blond man layng on the pool table with legs high up. He's wearing expensive shoes and sock with garters and a red tie.

I'm happy to announce that those two works of mine (these are just teasers!) will appear on @hardcoverart.com #hardcover2025

This is an amazing project that will have erotic art from numerous talented artists! Take a look and keep your eye on it!
The subject is RETRO!
#art #mmart #nsfwart

post a female character you love

Yes. I won't say it left a hole in my heart, although I really liked some of the people on this list. After all the disappointments, today these are just a few more faces that I never want to see again.

This is kind of heartbreaking

If you’re waiting to feel “good enough” to share your art, you’ll be waiting forever. Very few artists feel that way, at all stages of their careers. Share anyway 🩵

I think that if you are trying to understand the Anthropic book settlement, and you are not doing it in light of the (extremely) failed Google book settlement from 2011, you will never be able to understand what is happening.

A common mistake many new writers make is crafting a character and then, without story justification or world building to support it, making them heterosexual. This leaves readers confused & takes them out of the story.

I saw this quote this week, and want to share it for anyone else who might need it 💙:

"you'll never feel ready because ready isn't a feeling—it's a decision."

RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.

Polari is part of the LGBTQ+ writing and reading community and for fifteen years, trans, gender non-conforming and non-binary people have been part of that community - at our events, on our judging panels, on our long and short lists and among our prize winners. This commitment to inclusion remains unchanged. Polari is not and has never been a trans exclusionary organisation. These are not our values and we condemn all forms of transphobia. What was supposed to be a celebration of exceptional LGBTQ+ literature has been overshadowed by hurt and anger, which has been painful and distressing for all concerned and we apologize to everyone who has been affected. Many discussions have been undertaken over the last two weeks -with authors, judges, stakeholders, and funders - about the impacts and ramifications of the longlisting of John Boyne's novel and how we can learn from this experience and move forwards. We have decided as a result to pause the prize this year while we increase representation of trans and gender non-conforming judges on the panels for all the awards and undertake a governance and management review to include our aims and values and work to better support everyone within our LGBTQ+ Polari community. We have already secured strong representation for next year, which we will build on. We will also explore discussions about the tensions between the claims of freedom of expression and the need to create inclusive and supportive spaces in a world hostile to our trans community members and our community at large. We extend our heartfelt apologies to everyone affected this year, for the disappointment and despair this has caused. We acknowledge the ongoing support of the Polari community, everyone we have consulted, and our hugely supportive partners. We are a tiny operation that has run on goodwill and small pots of funding and sponsorship for 15 years and will endeavour to find a way forwards in good faith.

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It's over - The Polari Prize has been halted for 2025.
Sunk by the decision to longlist a proudly anti-trans author.

Credit to the other longlisted authors who were willing to sacrifice award nomination to instead stand in solidarity with their community. This really meant something.

Dear fellow EU residents, PLEASE go to the website and use it to write to your country's representatives to find the AI surveillance act!
Repost and share with your friends and relatives! Act up!

Everyone's freedom block Trans rights add human rights junction point

Yeah. Sad and dangerous. Well, but it means that creative people, who did not use that shit, will never lose their skill.
I see tons of people who want to make sales with AI images, books, whatever, but strangely not so much those who are eager to buy it.

You are welcome! I was sure you reposted it without intention to support AI. 🤝

I'm not going to educate you. Artists themselves say enough about the subject if you are open to listening. If you really want to know their opinion, there are plenty of discussions here at Bluesky.