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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I've finished my Golden Robot Dude artwork and you can now buy it on Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1827... Patrons can also learn more about my inspiration and my process for creating it over on Patreon: www.patreon.com/rubyjones/po... Note: The full image contains nudity. #art #robots

The top half of a drawing of a naked golden man in acrylic markers. The image cuts off at the top of the hips.

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

#WIPSnips 26 July: lobby The closest thing I had to this was 'foyer'. I tried, 'campaign' and 'petition' first, thinking there would be something on the political interpretation, but no 😅 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Blake felt exposed. “Everyone can see me,” he whispered, and Solo squeezed his shoulder as he guided him through the desks.
“Not for long,” Solo said. “Don’t worry about it. It’s not important.”
It’s important to me, Blake thought, but he couldn’t say it out loud. He was still shaking and tears were choking his throat closed.
They must have taken the elevator down, but Blake didn’t register it. He felt the temperature shift as Solo walked him through the scanners and out into the foyer. Then they were outside, in the parking lot.
“I’ll put the car in self-drive,” Solo said. “It’ll be quiet in there. I’ll tint the windows. No one will see.”
Blake nodded. He’d opened his eyes, but his vision was blurred by tears and he didn’t even want to focus on anything.
Solo led him over to the vehicle and guided him in, slipping beside him and pulling him into his arms.
“I won’t let them hurt you,” Solo said, fiercely. “I promise.”
“What if you can’t stop them?” Blake whispered.
“I’ll stop them,” Solo insisted.

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

The final chapter of Synthetic Agency is here at last! www.patreon.com/rubyjones/po... 🎉🎉🎉🎈 🎊 🥂 If you want to start from the beginning, you can read the first chapter for free: www.patreon.com/posts/119290... Boosts very much appreciated! #robots #fiction #romance #lgbtq+ #writing

Black and white image of a man in a suit with his shirt open to reveal his abs, adjusting his cuffs, against a background of circuitry. To his right is the text: Synthetic Agency, Ruby Jones.

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Ruinous Attraction: On an expedition to the ruins of Mt Sussuran, Ferdinand accidentally locks himself and Arthur in an ancient enchanted sex dungeon. Will they be able to resist their growing desires? Could passion break down the walls of prejudice and distrust? www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...

The cover of Ruinous Attraction, by Ruby Jones, surrounded by tropes. The cover features two naked men embracing while lying down, partially obscured by runes. The tropes are: enemies to lovers, aphrodisiac, ancient ruined sex dungeon, enchantment, fantasy archaeology, hurt/comfort, bad decisions.

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Too Hot to Handle is a hot and angsty fuck-or-die story with a lot of carefully negotiated consent. Trapped in a snowstorm, Evan is infected with a virus that will kill him if they can't find a cure... Unless Carter helps him to satisfy the virus's demands... www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...

The cover of Too Hot to Handle, by Ruby Jones, surrounded by tropes. The cover features a muscular shirtless man removing his jeans against a dark background with a fiery pattern of circuitry. The tropes are: android, angst, enemies to lovers, fuck or die, first time, soft dom, hurt/comfort, dealing with consequences.

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

An Unexpected Attachment is a sweet and spicy story of an android asking his hot coworker to help him install his new genital attachment. Full of banter and bickering and idiots falling in love. 🌶️🤖🍆💕 www.smashwords.com/books/view/1... #romance #Smashwords #SmashwordsSale

The cover of An Unexpected Attachment, by Ruby Jones, surrounded by tropes. The cover features the shirtless, muscular torso of a man undoing his belt against a pale blue background with a faint pattern on circuitry. The tropes are: android, first time, arsehole with a heart of gold, explicit sexual consent, angst, enemies to lovers,body modification, soft boys falling in love.

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

A little thread about my books that are currently 50% off in the Smashwords Sale! www.smashwords.com/profile/view... Hi, I'm Ruby Jones, and I write steamy SF&F romance with a healthy dose of angst! #Smashwords #books #romance #erotica#SmashwordsSale

Three book covers under a banner that says 'All novellas 50% off in the Smashwords Sale!' The covers are for Too Hot to Handle, An Unexpected Attachment, and Ruinous Attraction, all by Ruby Jones. Too Hot to Handle and An Unexpected Attachment both feature a shirtless man undressing against a background of circuitry. Ruinous Attraction has a drawing of two naked men embracing while lying down, partially obscured by runes.

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

#WIPSnips 24 July: cacophony I went with 'big damn noise' as being the closest 😅 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

“OK.” That was Ruth. “I think we’re done here. I’m not gonna talk for Hall – maybe he’ll think on it and change his mind – but it sure sounds to me like this isn’t his preferred choice. So we’re gonna take a step away. And Innis, I would suggest that you go back to the negotiating table, because, for the life of me, I can’t see what they have to bargain with. That fucking exception doesn’t apply to Hall. The CIA don’t make the laws, and it’s the courts that decide how to apply them. If I were Rudyard, this would be about the time that I start talking to the papers and making a big damn noise.”

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

#WIPSnips 23 July: dash No 'dash' in Synthetic Agency, so I went with 'run'. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

The memory broke down under the tsunami of Solo’s guilt. Screams intercut with figures running in the dark and gunfire and the fall of android bodies. A flicker of a face Blake recognised from the news – Rudyard – his expression full of mistrust. Glimpses of Solo running, hiding, surviving, full of self-loathing.

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

It's great that people are moving away from Amazon. It's a bummer that this has not resulted in a corresponding uptick in sales through other venues. But! #Smashwords currently has a sale on, and you can use it to get all my novellas at half price! www.smashwords.com/profile/view... #books #romance

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

That's from this week's chapter of Synthetic Agency, which you can read here: www.patreon.com/rubyjones/po... That's the penultimate chapter. You can read the first chapter for free, here: www.patreon.com/rubyjones/po...

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

#WIPSnips 22 July: grand I didn't have 'grand' so I went for 'great'. Content note: non-graphic allusion to wire-play (weird android sex stuff). #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

“You know,” he said, withdrawing his finger. “I can’t help but feel like we’re missing the main game, though.”
Solo twisted round, his pained look asking why Blake had stopped.
“Like, this seems pretty safe and not that improper. I think if we had something to poke into these little holes here…” he brushed his thumb across the port again, pleased when it made Solo melt against him like a cat.
“This is fine,” Solo said, looking a bit dazed.
“I’m gonna text Sam, see if she’s got any skewers,” he said.
Solo’s eyes widened. “Don’t you dare!”
Blake grinned. “You gave me great power,” he said. “But no fuckin’ responsibility.”
Solo scrabbled round to face him. “Blake!”
Sam, you got any skewers? Preferably metal ones?
“Did you really just…?”
“Yeah, you want to try poking things in there or not?”
Solo looked at him, his mouth open, his expression torn between curiosity and disbelief. “I…”
Sam didn’t reply by text; she came to the door, giving a cursory knock before opening it.
“The fuck you want with metal skewers, Hall?” she asked.
Solo looked at him, wide-eyed.
“Weird android sex stuff,” Blake said, sitting up and grinning.

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

A #WIPSnip game! Show a snippet of your MC involving family somehow. From Synthetic Agency. (The movie is The Shop Around the Corner, but it would have been too long to get to that.)

“The movie, Blake?” Sam prompted.
“I dunno, the famous one. At Christmas, right? It’s a Wonderful Life.”
“Mmmm, close, but no. And, by the way, James freakin’ Stewart didn’t have just one famous movie. Don’t pretend you haven’t heard of Vertigo. Or Rear Window.”
A shock ran through Blake, and he gasped, but tried to think of a suitable response for Sam. “You hate those though. You think… you don’t like Hitchcock.”
“Damn right, I don’t – him and his weird obsession with blondes,” she said. “But we’re not talking about Hitchcock, and those are both colour, so it’s another one.”
“And it’s a romcom,” he said. It was dancing on the tip of his tongue.
“Hell yeah, it is!”
"But it is a fucking Christmas movie – we watched it at Christmas!" It was their tradition. When Sam was done visiting family, she came over to Blake’s and spent the evening with him, watching Christmas movies.
“Yup.”
Oh, now he remembered. And he knew just how to piss her off. “You’ve Got Mail!” he shouted.
She gasped. “You bastard! That's the remake. You know what it is and it’s not that!”

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

#WIPSnips 21 July: pry I didn't have 'pry' exactly, so I went with 'spy', and the scene where Solo is hacking into Blake's mind in order to free him from the control programme. He ends up prying into Blake's memories as part of the process. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

–he remembered the first time he’d seen Solo. The CIA’s dirty little secret that had been spying on everyone and everything, coordinating population control and invasion of privacy at an unimaginable level. And the thing had the gall to rebel – to ask to be treated like a person, instead of one of the worst crimes America had ever committed against its own people. And he was supposed to treat it like, what, a fellow agent? And on the fucking team that was supposed to be keeping cyber crime in check?
Blake had been so full of loathing for any android that was taking up a desk where a real live human being could have sat. The way they exaggerated the wealth disparity of an already struggling nation, as shareholders took the profit from every android sale at the same time as taking a job from a hard-working human being that could do anything an android could do. And especially Solo, with his smugness and his too-smooth charm, acting like he was better than the human agents who had earned their place–

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

#WIPSnips 20 July: unfazed No use of 'unfazed' in Synthetic Agency, so I went for 'nonchalant'. Content warning for PTSD and brief remembered torture. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Blake’s heart – pump – heart – was beating fast, though he tried to look nonchalant as he held out his hand and wiggled his fingers.
Solo rolled his eyes and took it in his. His hand was warm and dry. Comforting. “Are you sure?” he asked.
“Yes, damn it!” He just wanted this over with.
“OK.” Solo replied. “Here we go.”
Pain arched across Blake’s palm and he jerked back, a scream tearing from his mouth before he could stifle it. He pushed away from the table, clutching his stomach, overwhelmed by the memory – the violation – of Sinclaire’s cattle prod.
It took him a few seconds to realise that the sensation in his hand had been momentary and minor. It was the previous experience that he couldn’t shake.
Then he realised there were fine lines in the skin of his arm, just like Solo had said there would be. Panels that could be peeled back to reveal the robot beneath. “Fuck!” he swore, getting to his feet and pacing to the other end of the room. "Fuck!”
As he stared at the lines on his arm, a new sensation swept over him, almost like a shiver, and the lines started to close up.
“Shit,” he said, turning back to Solo, who had the grace not to say ‘I told you so,’ about Blake’s freak-out. “It already closed again. I couldn’t stop it! You need to do it again – finish it now,” he said, crossing the room and holding his arm towards Solo.
“I think you need to sit down and take a breath,” Solo replied.
“What I need is for this to be over. Done. Dusted. So I never have to think about it again!”

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

#WIPSnips 19 July: divine No 'divine' in Synthetic Agency, but I feel like this works on vibes. Content notes: nakedness mentioned #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Blake was brushing furiously at his mouth when he sensed Solo stepping into the doorway behind him. He glanced that way and stopped, staring, toothbrush still in his mouth.
Solo was completely naked. And fuck – how had he ended up taking absolute, complete fucking perfection to bed? And what was wrong with him that he was fucking this up?
Solo was like… like a classical statue. Like Michelangelo’s David. Every muscle beautifully defined, with just enough padding to soften the angles.

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Chapter Twenty-five of Synthetic Agency is here! www.patreon.com/rubyjones/po... And the spice level is dialled all the way up! 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Synthetic Agency is my android spy romance - you can read the first chapter for free: www.patreon.com/posts/119290... #robots #books #romance #SF #lgbtq+ #writing

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Hello friendos, it's my birthday 🎉 It sure would mean a lot to me if some folks were to buy my books or some of my art. All my novellas are 50% off in the Smashwords Sale: www.smashwords.com/profile/view... And my Redbubble is full of artistic butts: www.redbubble.com/people/RubyJ...

A white mug with line drawings of cavorting butts in rainbow colours.

A white cushion with line art of a butt that's made out of stars.

A card with the word BUTTS on it in a Bauhaus font, coloured so the letters form the Progressive Pride Flag.

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

#WIPSnip Show a snippet of your MC in conflict with another character. Here's two snips from Synthetic Agency, showing first Solo's perspective and then Blake's, at the point where Solo's patience runs out.

Solo pressed on through Blake’s mind. His disgust with what he was, unfortunately, was like a torchlight in the darkness, illuminating the parts of Blake that knew what he was and were trying to conceal that from the rest of him.
As he chased that pain back to its source, thoughts and feelings washed over him, and yes, memories, too. Including memories of himself. He caught glimpses of how he seemed to Blake’s eyes. Supercilious. Dead-eyed. Yet somehow also smug. The ghost of his own voice said, coolly, “Can I help you?” and he felt Blake’s intense desire to wipe that confident facade off his face.
Solo wanted to break the contact himself at that point, but he was in too deep, and Blake was right: this wasn’t something that either of them should have to do twice.
He could see it – the source of the code that was masking Blake’s higher-level sub-processes from his conscious awareness. But this wasn’t going to be something he could selectively silence. The blanket of code masking Blake from himself was too widely integrated. If he wanted to take it out, he’d have to take it all out.
That wasn’t what they’d agreed.
Reining in his frustration, he directed a focused thought at Blake’s disrupted mind. “I’m sorry. It looks like it’s all or nothing. Do you want to break free or not?”
Fear blasted over him. Horror. Disgust. Not focused at all. But the response that came back was clear enough: “Yes, I want to be free.”
Solo tore it down.

It felt like his ears popping, but in his mind. Like a pressure he didn’t even know was there had lifted.
He blinked, opening eyes he didn’t remember closing.
“I… I think it worked,” he said.
“Yes,” Solo confirmed. The wireless connection closed and he pushed himself up from the table. “Then we’re done here.”
Blake blinked. “Wait, where are you going?”
Solo pursed his lips, and took a steadying breath. “I knew you hated androids, Blake. And I knew when we met you didn’t like me, but… Now I know how you really feel. Still.” He took a couple more breaths, as though he were trying to contain himself. “We’re done. There’s nothing more I can do for you that can’t be done by somebody else.”
And with that, he walked out.

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

JFC, Stephen King, stop doing this to me! TW: mention of rape and forgiveness for abusers.

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I also have a Redbubble store, if it's OK to mention that. You can buy the cover art for Ruinous Attraction there, along with various other art that somehow ended up rather butt themed. RubyJonesArt.redbubble.com #BluePitHype #art #butts

A greetings card with the word 'butts' in a Bauhaus font, in all caps, in the colours of the progressive pride flag, against a white background.

A white much with a design of line drawings of butts cavorting in rainbow colours.

A white cushion with line art of a butt made out of stars.

A black and white drawing of two naked men embracing while lying down, signed by Ruby Jones.

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

#BluePitHype I drew the cover art for Ruinous Attraction, my fantasy story about hapless archaeologists trapped in an ancient enchanted sex dungeon, but it took so long I vowed to use stock photos going forward 😅 I also have a guide on how to make your own covers: www.patreon.com/rubyjones/po...

The cover of Ruinous Attraction, by Ruby Jones, which features a drawing of two naked men embracing while lying on the floor, in sepia tones, with a faint background of runes fading in from the top.

The cover for An Unexpected Attachment, by Ruby Jones, which features a muscular, shirtless man undoing his belt, against a pale blue background with a faint pattern of circuitry in white.

The cover of Too Hot to Handle, by Ruby Jones, subtitle: A story of Android Ardour. The cover features a muscular, shirtless man pulling his jeans down against a black background with a pattern of circuitry that fades from fiery orange to ashy grey.

The cover of Synthetic Agency, by Ruby Jones, which features a muscular man, wearing a suit with his shirt open, adjusting his cuffs, against a black background with a white pattern of circuitry.

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

#WIPSnips 7 July: quarter I didn't have 'quarter', so I went with 'half'. This is from chapter twenty-two of Synthetic Agency. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

“Agent Parks begins taking their statement, then Hall arrives.”
Solo’s heart stuttered as Blake came on screen. Please be safe. Please be safe, he thought. But Solo knew he wasn’t safe.
“Instantly, we’re all distracted. No one’s looking at these shits. Parks gets up.” Solo glances over to Parks and sees him rubbing his face, obviously ashamed. Half of him thinks: Well you fucking should be! The other half of him knows that’s wrong. Because Parks didn’t promise to protect Blake. Solo did.
Ruth went on: “They stand and kinda drift to side of the room, moving towards the back. By the time Donoghue calls me and Solo in to talk, they’re about level with his office, but nobody’s looking at them. Everyone’s looking at us or the AD. Or they’re looking at Hall, who loudly tells everyone he’s going to make coffee. So they know where he’s going when they break line of sight. They slip into the corridor that goes to the break room and interview rooms…”

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Here are mine, plus my guide on how to make non-AI covers for free or cheap: www.patreon.com/rubyjones/po...

The cover of An Unexpected Attachment by Ruby Jones, featuring a muscular shirtless man undoing his belt against a background of circuitry.

The cover of Too Hot to Handle, by Ruby Jones, featuring the muscular torso of a man removing his jeans against a background of circuitry.

The cover of Ruinous Attraction, by Ruby Jones, featuring a drawing of two naked men embracing on the ground against a background of runes.

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

All my novellas are 50% off in the Smashwords Sale! Get your angsty, spicy, SF&F, M/M romance for a bargain price! www.smashwords.com/profile/view... #SmashwordsSale #Smashwords #Sale #romance #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #booksky #books #robots #GayRomance #LGBTQ+

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Chapter 24 of Synthetic Agency is here! www.patreon.com/rubyjones/po... Synthetic Agency is an android romance novel I'm serialising on my Patreon. You can read the first chapter for free: www.patreon.com/posts/119290... Boosts very much appreciated! #robots #romance #books #lgbtq+ #writing

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

All my novellas are 50% off in the Smashwords Sale! Get your angsty, spicy, SF&F, M/M romance for a bargain price! #SmashwordsSale #Smashwords #Sale #romance #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #booksky #books #robots #GayRomance #LGBTQ+

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

#WIPSnips 25 June: pyramid I really had to stretch for this, as I have nothing like 'pyramid'. I went with 'monument', and I feel like the event described is monumental. This is Solo sharing his memory of something he thinks is unforgivable with Blake. TW: massacre. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

Another lurch. This was more like… data. Channels opening and closing. Controlling the flow of information to the street. To the people desperately trying to figure out what was going on, to organise a safe retreat.
Manipulation. Confusion. Connections between androids and each other – between androids and the web – scattered as their bodies were moved towards a central point.
Multiple central points.
Because this wasn’t just–

…Union Square
Laffayette Square
Monument Square
Frank Ogawa Plaza
Civic Center Plaza
Hart Plaza
Boston Common…

–it was everywhere. Hundreds of places. Thousands of bodies. Tens of thousands.
Independence, Blake thought. The Independence Day Massacre.
Yes.

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

#WIPSnips 24 June: finale No 'finale' and only one final, which is from the latest chapter of Synthetic Agency, so minor spoilers for that. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Blake flexed his hands. “My skin felt really weird for a second there,” he said. “But it’s almost back to normal now.”
“Good,” Neilson said. “I’m going to give it a few more minutes until the final checks are over, then I’ll disconnect you and remove the restraints, OK?”
“Yeah,” Blake said, kind of surprised that it could be that easy. “OK.”
Thank you, he opened his mouth to say. But then he closed it. You don’t thank people for undoing something they never should have done. And if Neilson had the power to call those other agents away from him now, he could have done it before.
Instead, Blake closed his eyes and willed for it all to be over.

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

#WIPSnips 23 June: "penalty" No penalties in Synthetic Agency, but there is a 'punishment'. CW: very brief flashback to remembered torture and violence. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

At Blake’s nod, Solo moved to the sink to scrub up, shrugging off his jacket and rolling back the sleeves of his shirt. His forearms were muscular, like a man who worked out. But he didn’t. Because he was an android. His muscles were synthetic. Like the synthetic muscles Sinclaire had pulled aside when he–
Blake closed his eyes against the memory, his pulse racing again in his ears. Solo killed him. He’s dead. Solo killed him. Blake had never been one for capital punishment, but fuck it helped to know that sick freak was no longer alive.
Footsteps told him Solo was back. “Hey.”
Blake opened his eyes. “Hey.”
“Are you…?”
“Yeah, just get on with it, OK?”

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

#WIPSnips 22 June: draw Sorry I've been quiet lately; it was a hard month. But I'm back now and I have a snippet for today's prompt. From chapter 12 of Synthetic Agency. My novel about an FBI agent who didn't know he was an android. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Blake frowned. Could I do that? Keep you out or get in the way?
Amusement coloured the connection again. No, but if I encounter a barrier I’ll draw your attention to it and ask you to take it down for me, so it’s less disruptive.
Yeah, of course he would. The most advanced android ever made wasn’t gonna be kept out by the fumbling efforts of an out-dated prototype.
Your code is very advanced for its time, Solo added – because of-fucking-course he’d felt that.
Right, ‘for my time,’ he thought back, Like how the abacus was pretty fucking advanced at one point.
Actually, the abacus represents a significant moment in human innovation. Solo was teasing him again.
Fuck you, he thought.
Not today, Solo replied. But now I really need to focus on your code. Excuse me.

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Chapter 23 of Synthetic Agency is here! www.patreon.com/rubyjones/po... Synthetic Agency is an android romance novel I'm serialising on my Patreon. You can read the first chapter for free: www.patreon.com/posts/119290... Boosts very much appreciated! #robots #fiction #romance #lgbtq+ #writing

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Or buy something from my Redbubble store - there's lots of great stuff for Pride! www.redbubble.com/people/RubyJ... #pride #lgbtq+ #art #butts #gifts

A mug with the word butts on it many times in a bausaus font, in the colours of the progressive pride flag.

A card with the word 'butts' on it in all caps in a Bausaus font, in the colours of the progressive pride flag.

A white much with line are of butts cavorting. The butts are rainbow coloured.

Line art of a butt made out of stars against a white background on a cushion.

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Chapter 22 of Synthetic Agency is here! www.patreon.com/posts/159948... Synthetic Agency is an android romance novel I'm serialising on my Patreon. You can read the first chapter for free: www.patreon.com/posts/119290... Boosts very much appreciated! #robots #fiction #romance #lgbtq+ #writing

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Chapter 21 of Synthetic Agency is here! www.patreon.com/posts/synthe... Synthetic Agency is an android romance novel I'm serialising on my Patreon. You can read the first chapter for free: www.patreon.com/posts/119290... Boosts very much appreciated! #robots #books #romance #booksky #lgbtq+ #writing

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

#WIPSnips 17 May: three Was very tempted to put in something that would be a spoiler for next week's chapter, but resisted. This is from chapter 11 of Synthetic Agency. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

“And, that’ll work, will it?” Blake said. “’Cause I don’t like saying it,” he really didn’t like saying it, “but you’re obviously a lot more advanced than me. Android years have to be like dog years or something, and you have, like, three years of development on me. Somehow I doubt there’s an adapter you can just snap on to make your code fit mine.”
Solo had the audacity to smirk at him. “I am,” he said, in that way that very much did make him sound smug. “But I’m also advanced enough to know how to adapt my coding to older models.” His stopped smiling. “How else could I rip them apart and make them tell me all their secrets?”

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

#WIPSnips 16 May: hoarse I don't have 'hoarse', but this use of rough could just as easily have been 'hoarse'. From chapter eight of Synthetic Agency, the novel I'm serialising on my Patreon. Content warning: remembered android body horror. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

She slumped back into the sofa, leaning her head on his shoulder. “I was… so scared when Ruth wouldn’t let me down those stairs to see you,” she said, quietly. “I thought you were dead.” She wrapped her arms around one of his, pulling him closer.
Blake closed his eyes and shuddered, trying not to think of that basement again. That old man’s hands moving around inside him. Pulling things out of him.
“Hey,” he said, his voice rough. “I thought you were gonna distract me from this shit.”
“Yeah, well,” Sam sniffed. “Now I have you trapped on my sofa and you’re gonna hear this: you are not allowed to die on me, Blake Hall. And I know you think all this shit is a fate worse than death, but it’s fucking not, OK? You’re not allowed to go anywhere without me.” He couldn’t see her face, but she brushed at her eyes and he knew she was crying.
“I’m not going anywhere,” he said, quietly.

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Chapter 20 of Synthetic Agency is here! www.patreon.com/posts/158409... Synthetic Agency is an android romance novel I'm serialising on my Patreon. You can read the first chapter for free: www.patreon.com/posts/119290... Boosts very much appreciated! #robots #books #romance #lgbtq+

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

#WIPSnips 15 May: title This was an interesting one, as though I don't have the word 'title' in Synthetic Agency, rank is quite significant. Especially the power Donoghue's title gives him, to help or oppress, which exceeds that of just being their boss. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

“That’s not going to happen, Blake,” Solo said. “It’s much too big a risk. The public fallout would be huge.” He looked at Donoghue. “And make no mistake, the Android Alliance will go public with this if anything happens to Blake.”
“Easy, Solo,” the Assistant Director said. “I understand this is an emotional issue, but you’re not a rebel anymore; you’re my agent and you need to keep in line.” Solo palpably tensed, his expression stony. Donoghue raised his hands. “I am on your side,” he went on. “And yes, Hall, we’ll protect you. We’ll make sure another agent is with you from now on until we’ve settled the legal matter, OK?”
Blake wasn’t sure he was OK with that, but it didn’t sound like he had a lot of choice. Or any, actually. “Fine,” he said.

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

#WIPSnips 13 May: hour Went for something a bit more chill after the high-angst of yesterday's snip... From chapter 10 of Synthetic Agency. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Blake got about an hour and a half to himself after Sam left, which he spent mostly lying on the sofa, petting Oscar, and watching daytime TV. He didn’t watch a lot of live TV these days, but somehow the kind of mind-numbing waffle of the presenters, whose biggest concern was a fashion for red pancakes, was about the level of nonsense he was prepared to engage with.
Then the buzzer sounded.

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Chapter 19 of Synthetic Agency is here, and full of angst! www.patreon.com/posts/synthe... Synthetic Agency is an android romance novel I'm serialising on my Patreon. You can read the first chapter for free: www.patreon.com/posts/119290... Boosts very much appreciated! #robots #books #romance

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

#WIPSnips 30 April: write From chapter 12 of Synthetic Agency, the novel I'm serialising on my Patreon. (www.patreon.com/posts/119290...) #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Solo’s eyes looked glassy too, but he nodded.
“Maybe if we just leave it a bit,” Sam ventured, but Blake shot back, quickly:
“No. I told you. I want this fixed. I need to feel some kind of control over this.”
Solo closed his eyes. Maybe trying to sort out whatever was going on with him. “OK,” he said at last. “What about this: I have a copy of the relevant parts of your code now. I’ll write the patch on the copied branch. When it’s ready, we’ll connect – just long enough for me to push the code. You won’t need to try to control your thoughts and feelings as it won’t be a significant distraction. While I work on the code, you can think about how you want it to go. I can try to show you what I’m doing – so even if you don’t understand it, it won’t be a surprise – or you can focus outward. Sam can distract you with conversation – you might feel a momentary discomfort, but it’ll be over quickly. How does that sound?”

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

#WIPSnips 26 April: work From chapter 5 of Synthetic Agency, the android romance novel I'm serialising on my Patreon: #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Donoghue glanced from Ruth to Solo, and Blake supposed they must have nodded, as he went on: “It was never my choice to keep anything from you. You were assigned to my field office and the orders to conceal your identity came from very senior people – very senior. For my part, I’ve always treated you like any other agent, and you’ve done good work – I’ve been pleased to have you as part of the team."
“Was I part of the team?” Blake asked, not trying to keep the acidity from his voice, “Or was I a piece of equipment?”
Donoghue pinched the bridge of his nose. “I understand this must be upsetting for you, but–”
“With respect, Sir, I don’t think you understand at all,” Blake replied. “But I would like to start getting some goddamned information, rather than any more bullshit you want to spout about how this wasn’t your fault.”

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Chapter 18 of Synthetic Agency is here! Get ready for some tooth-rotting fluff: www.patreon.com/posts/156502... Synthetic Agency is an android romance novel I'm serialising on Patreon. Read the first chapter for free: www.patreon.com/posts/119290... Boosts appreciated! #romance #robots #lgbtq+

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

I like BUTTS on things and I cannot lie... If you also like butts on things, get yourself some butt-themed objects over in my store: www.redbubble.com/people/RubyJ... #butts #art #lgbtq+ #lgbt #pride

The word 'butts' in a Bauhaus font written over and over on a mug, coloured in the colours of the progressive pride flag.

The word 'Butts' in all caps on a white card, in the colours of the progressive pride flag.

Rainbow-coloured line art of many butts on a white mug.

Line art of a muscular butt, made of stars, on a clock. The hands are positioned to come out of the centre of the butt.

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

This morning I nearly made tea in the Butt Mug while preparing for therapy. Seen here pictured next to the lovely geometric mug I selected when I realised Butt Mug might be distracting. People seemed to like the mug when I mentioned it, so I've reopened my store: www.redbubble.com/people/RubyJ...

A white mug with line art of butts on it in rainbow colours, on a chopping board, next to a mug with a geometric pattern in oranges and browns.

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Ruby Jones @rubyjones.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Chapter 17 of Synthetic Agency is here! The slow burn has come to the boil... www.patreon.com/posts/synthe... Synthetic Agency is an android romance novel I'm serialising on my Patreon. You can read the first chapter for free: www.patreon.com/posts/119290... #robots #romance #lgbtq+ #books

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