STARVING IN A GARRET IS BAD FOR ART! It sucks up time and energy that could otherwise be spent in making art. Also, it kills artists prematurely robbing the world of their later work.
05:01 PM - Apr 24, 2023
Tested out some new gobos at #UkraineHouse this evening at a social event. Thanks to the good folks there for having me. I think these will look good on a certain other building in town.
11:01 PM - Apr 21, 2023
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Happy April "I'm enjoying my day without doing mean things to people and pretending their anger, embarrassment, and sadness are hilarious" Day, everyone!
12:23 PM - Apr 01, 2023
Writing News, Agent Edition: Now that I've signed the paperwork, I am pleased to announce that going forward I will be represented by Bob Mecoy of Creative Book Services.
04:22 PM - Mar 27, 2023
I'm a little teapot
Short and stout
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Short and stout
This is my handle
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06:57 PM - Feb 26, 2023
So, I'm not kidding: Jordan Peterson is apparently upset that a paper towel brand is engaging in "wokeness" with their advertising.
I found this surprising because I was under the impression Peterson doesn't need paper towels. He seems pretty self-absorbed.
I found this surprising because I was under the impression Peterson doesn't need paper towels. He seems pretty self-absorbed.
04:49 PM - Feb 25, 2023
It must be a writing day, it was 1pm before I realized I hadn't put on my watch.
02:11 PM - Feb 22, 2023
In other news... the "notifications" tab of Spoutible hasn't really ever worked properly for me yet. It seems to update every so often, but very randomly, not necessarily when I click on it or when I refresh the page.
05:45 AM - Feb 22, 2023
I know there's stuff going on with the notification system today but mine won't clear no matter how many times I click on them? It keeps popping back up as unread notifications? That happening to anyone else?
02:39 PM - Feb 21, 2023
In response to Benedict Scott.
I think you’re right that there are benefits to a siterunner maintaining a prerogative for discretion—but that requires users to place a lot of trust in the moderation team, and a defensive reaction to users asking questions (after being burned by other sites before) doesn’t tend to inspire trust.
06:59 PM - Feb 20, 2023
The responses to the concerns about Spoutible’s content policy are evenly split between “OBVIOUSLY romance authors aren’t in violation, quit being hysterical” and “We don’t want smut-peddlers here, get your own app!” The policy is so vague even its defenders can’t agree on what it means.
06:27 PM - Feb 20, 2023
Hahaha, yes, the replies to my worries over how vague the terms of service are range from "you're perfectly safe here, quit over-reacting" to "you don't belong here because because my children might see it." I'm not particularly reassured by the email that came today. The proof will be in actions.
04:01 AM - Feb 21, 2023
Continuing the ctan book cover tour. This is the first rough image of Black Feathers, my short story collection that came out from HarperCollins in 1998. Erotic short stories, many of them sf/f, and they published it as literary fiction. Yep, there's a "full figure" on there.
05:04 PM - Feb 20, 2023
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07:00 PM - Feb 19, 2023
I'm delivering the keynote speech this year at International Ms. Leather and Bootblack. The IMsL title dates back to 1987 and the conference that takes place around it is an annual gathering of kinky queer people of every gender. Am I even allowed to discuss this on this site now, I wonder?
09:30 PM - Feb 19, 2023
Welp. I guess we're out of here, then. If I can't discuss the basics of what I write, which include sex, erotic relationships, kink, LGBTQ activism, and a whole lot of other topics (that the white NIMBYs I see attacking Courtney and every other romance writer speaking up about this will also hate).
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Christopher Bouzy @cbouzyNo, but @courtneymilan is more than welcome to start a social media platform and write the terms of service and policies however she likes. But the policy isn't changing, nor is it being rewritten. Spoutible will not please everyone, but thankfully there are other options for those who aren't happy.05:49 PM - Feb 19, 2023
09:35 PM - Feb 19, 2023
This was the official response to someone qualified pointing out that the Terms of Service lack clarity in ways that could potentially affect a lot of writers and artists, and offering to help make them clear. This is ridiculous.
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Christopher Bouzy @cbouzyNo, but @courtneymilan is more than welcome to start a social media platform and write the terms of service and policies however she likes. But the policy isn't changing, nor is it being rewritten. Spoutible will not please everyone, but thankfully there are other options for those who aren't happy.05:49 PM - Feb 19, 2023
10:01 PM - Feb 19, 2023
Okay so tons of Spoutible users are saying that the TOS are totally reasonable and there's nothing for romance writers to worry about! Jackie Barbosa getting beached for posting a romance novel book cover was an outlier or something. So I'm going to post about all my books and see! OK?
10:20 PM - Feb 19, 2023
Here's my book that won the RT Award for Best Erotic Romance & the Maggie Award for Excellence from the Georgia Romance Writers in the erotic romance category. Slow Surrender. I guess this one's safe since the image is just of a string of pearls, but CW: it's chock full of BDSM...just like my life.
10:24 PM - Feb 19, 2023
I wasn't particularly sold on this site to begin with, and this whole … thing is disturbing, so I'm bowing out. There are indeed other options, and god knows they all suck too, but I'll keep looking.
10:26 PM - Feb 19, 2023
All I’m asking people to understand is that you can prohibit adult content with clear language where the answer to someone’s question of “can I post this?” is not “just post it and see if you end up getting banned!”
12:45 PM - Feb 19, 2023
Peace out, y'all. I'm not on this platform anymore.
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Christopher Bouzy @cbouzyNo, but @courtneymilan is more than welcome to start a social media platform and write the terms of service and policies however she likes. But the policy isn't changing, nor is it being rewritten. Spoutible will not please everyone, but thankfully there are other options for those who aren't happy.05:49 PM - Feb 19, 2023
06:23 PM - Feb 19, 2023
Supposed liberals asking why the TOS language is an issue: MeToo isn't over, queer bodies and lifestyles are being attacked on the merits of parts parts daily, media that contains an iota of intimacy, including network TV shows, romance novels, and even YA books focusing on bodies, are bannable.
05:27 PM - Feb 19, 2023
Whatever you think of adult content on this site directly, this is not good language, it’s not good policy, and it is extremely fixable. @cbouzy I am happy to help try to come up with a policy that provides clear guidance, meets general aims of external bodies, while preserving necessary discussion.
11:55 AM - Feb 19, 2023
Does anyone else using Safari get a new bar under the search bar that says this website is using significant energy/battery? Just curious.
03:48 PM - Feb 18, 2023
This spout was removed because the account associated with it was suspended.
01:40 PM - Feb 19, 2023
This spout was removed because the account associated with it was suspended.
03:07 PM - Feb 19, 2023
