Frank LeRenard

I've found that LLMs have had at least one major impact on my writing: I am now utterly allergic to the construction "It's not just [blank] -- it's [blank]" and similar forms.

The first two parts of #PairsOfPumpkins 13 are now live on @literotica.com

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Yep. My "if done right" is doing an awful lot of work. It would have to be somehow independent from those. Like a kiosk that accepts cash for online purchases, or... hell, I have no idea what I'm talking about, but I wanted to throw the idea into the aether.

I admit, I know nothing about applicable law and what it takes to process payments. It's probably very difficult, and requires a solid initial investment to get going. But the will is certainly there by now.

Imagine a cooperatively owned furry fandom payment processor. One can dream.

I wonder if furries, with all our tech wisdom, will eventually just develop a new payment processor that anyone can use for any legal activity. If done right, I bet there'd be a huge market for it.

Cover of The Analog Cat and other animals, by Alice Dryden. A blue-toned, striped anthropomorphic cat with glowing green eyes and a bionic right arm stands among circuit boards.

All the buying links for The Analog Cat in one place, including @furplanet.com in the US, @thebookbadgers.bsky.social in the UK and @fusselschwarm.bsky.social in mainland Europe! Bonus: my incredible late-90s web design skillz. 
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Scientists Reveal The Oldest Map of The Night Sky Ever Made Researchers are painstakingly reconstructing the oldest-known map of the night sky – previously thought lost forever – by X-raying parchment that contains the star catalog hidden beneath other text.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-reveal-the-oldest-map-of-the-night-sky-ever-made

It's weird to me how if I buy a TV, it'd be silly to claim I "made" that TV, but if I own a TV manufacturing company, suddenly everyone says "that guy makes TVs". The way we speak about those who own capital tends to completely erase the people who do the actual work to create said capital.

"Adventures of Dusty Yote" Chapter 9 is now up on my SoFurry page! #writing #furry

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Cover art of Royal Red, by K.C. Shaw. Art is by Kial F. ‘CynicalStith’. The cover features a pink dragoness flying through a clear blue sky. She has a joyful expression on her face, which is partially facing away from the viewer. A dark red stripe runs down her back and tail.

Cover art for Elancia Chronicles: Symphony of Shifting Tides, which features several anthropomorphic characters, with two holding a gun together. Art by Renz.

Cover art of The Cursed Collar by Francine DeCarey, featuring an anthropomorphic camel standing in front of a desert background. She is wearing jodhpurs, boots, and a vest with a blouse beneath. Art is by LupiFluvii.

Cover art for Dragon's Soul, featuring two dragonesses and a gryphon in a close, loving huddle. Art by Vurt.

Celebrating our female authors this International Women's Day - which is, well, all of our authors at the moment!

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Please share your favourite books by female authors - whether TF Publishing titles or otherwise!

If you haven't yet picked up the anthology Tales from the Guild: Blood and Water, this is a great time to do so! Grab it at @fenrispublishing.bsky.social in PB or ebook!
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New skill learned and I decided to apply it to Salisbury, as well as to a story I wrote that previously appeared in OHMURR! I've made hard copies to sell at Furlandia when I eventually go in May!

My fingies hurt but it is very rewarding!

#furrylit #furrywriting #booksky

It's amazing what one can accomplish when doing something that brings real joy.

KIDS Act Passes Energy and Commerce along Partisan Lines, COPPA 2.0 Postponed Additional bills on kids online safety and cybersecurity passed with bipartisan support

The package of censorship and surveillance bills brought up in todays markup has been advanced

Continue to contact your representatives and demand this legislation be opposed. Tell your family and friends, explain how these bills are not what they appear, and ask them to join us in opposition!

aw man I wonder if this could possibly have been prevented somehow

Dragons come in all shapes and sizes, this is of course, a given. In this collection of 10 short stories, dragons and their scaled relatives abound! Grab "Tales of Scales" by @nenekiribookwyrm.bsky.social at fenrispublishing.com/product.php?...

What's that? This is a picture of Mark Zuckerberg wearing his pervert glasses? I'm to understand that's what these are called, because they're a device for creepy gross perverts who want to record women without their consent, like what Mark Zuckerberg may or may not be doing in this photograph?

AJ Parker is like any typical American boy—he goes to school, plays video games, has two fathers, & a talking dog! Grab AJ & Magnus: Night of the Roach by Bryan Steel & Simon Steel at fenrispublishing.com/product.php?...
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Glad to hear it was confirmed as a hoax. I suspected (so didn't repost), just because of how comical that description was, but in this day and age it was also 100% believable.

Regardless, cheers, fellow Mint user, and here's to the shared joy and pain that comes with this freedom.

That might be the most United Kingdom photograph ever taken.

I haven't paid attention to Final Fantasy in forever, but I hope that sometimes they still have the old pointy hat glowy eyes in void black mages wandering around somewhere.

Cover art for Reborn, which features a starat – an anthropomorphic weasel-like creature – standing upright and holding his hand out to help up a second starat, lying on his back. The starat standing is wearing work overalls, while the second is wearing military uniform. They are in a rocky environment with a dark sky. Art by Ilya Royz.

Cover art of Axinstone, featuring a black dragon standing atop an arch rock formation, in front of a stylised pastel background. Art by Chromamancer.

Cover art for Dragon's Soul, featuring two dragonesses and a gryphon in a close, loving huddle. Art by Vurt.

All of my books are on sale as part of #ebookweek26 by #smashwords! Get between 50-100% off my full range until March 7th!

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Instead of calling anything a "guilty pleasure", it's more accurate for me to say that when it comes to certain specific things, I have zero interest in any deeper analysis, any pretense of objectivity, or anyone else's opinions. I'm just happy to feel good about them.

Follow Blou the wolf as he enjoys a week of the full livestock experience.

"Farm Hands" by @vellumartwork.bsky.social, recently arrived and available here: www.thebookbadgers.uk/product/farm...

Fun fact: this is probably the only furry novel out there in which one of the protagonists is a cricket. But do tell me if I'm wrong.

Obviously it's pronounced like the "g" in GIF.

Take a look at "Winter Without End" by Casimir Laski ! In order to survive, a wolf and a Labrador journey together through a nightmarish world. fenrispublishing.com/winter

Pomegranates. Delicious, but goddamn if one of them doesn't take half an hour to prep for eating.

Grapefruit is a close second. There's no easy way to eat grapefruit.

right now, trans magic means--to me at least--refusing to back down and accept a more miserable version of our lives to satisfy the blandest and shittiest morons around.

it's strange organizing a creative project while trans rights get attacked, but we must yell louder when they try to silence us.

Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses "The legislature did not include a grace period."

This thread is now dedicated to organizing aid for trans refugees

If you need help or have help to offer, please @ me

Instructions and updates to follow in below 🧵

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