Franklin Veaux
@franklinveaux.bsky.social
Part mad scientist, part gonzo journalist. Author, sex toy designer, abuse survivor. Co-author of the Passionate Pantheon novels: http://passionatepantheon.com
This novel fits together like a Swiss watch. We actually traced the path of our protagonist in the real world to get the timing right. The problem with this is making changes to the narrative is incredibly fiddly; we must be careful that the timing still works. #AmWriting
November 23, 2025 at 2:09 AM
This novel fits together like a Swiss watch. We actually traced the path of our protagonist in the real world to get the timing right. The problem with this is making changes to the narrative is incredibly fiddly; we must be careful that the timing still works. #AmWriting
Working on Spin genuinely makes me sad, because our antagonist…is not evil. He wants the same things as the protagonists. The tragedy of this novel is the fact that they are so fundamentally at odds there is no possible reconciliation, no way to be anything but adversaries.
November 23, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Working on Spin genuinely makes me sad, because our antagonist…is not evil. He wants the same things as the protagonists. The tragedy of this novel is the fact that they are so fundamentally at odds there is no possible reconciliation, no way to be anything but adversaries.
This Demerara 151 rum is not the tastiest I’ve ever had, but it is without question the most evil. Dear God, y’all. #AmWriting #AmWritingFiction #SeekingTheBallmerPeak
November 23, 2025 at 12:14 AM
This Demerara 151 rum is not the tastiest I’ve ever had, but it is without question the most evil. Dear God, y’all. #AmWriting #AmWritingFiction #SeekingTheBallmerPeak
At the rum bar where I had my first date with my Talespinner, whilst we work on the third draft of Spin, our far-future, post-Collapse magical realism literary novel! #AmWriting #AmWritingFiction
November 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
At the rum bar where I had my first date with my Talespinner, whilst we work on the third draft of Spin, our far-future, post-Collapse magical realism literary novel! #AmWriting #AmWritingFiction
Setting up for a photo shoot tonight, after we officially start the third draft of our literary novel Spin.
November 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Setting up for a photo shoot tonight, after we officially start the third draft of our literary novel Spin.
Tomorrow, my Talespinner and I plunge into the third draft of Spin, our far-future, post-Collapse magical realism literary novel, by far the most ambitious thing I’ve ever been part of writing. We’ve planned some hefty revisions that'll make our protagonist’s life miserable.
November 22, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Tomorrow, my Talespinner and I plunge into the third draft of Spin, our far-future, post-Collapse magical realism literary novel, by far the most ambitious thing I’ve ever been part of writing. We’ve planned some hefty revisions that'll make our protagonist’s life miserable.
Current status of writing projects:
• Anthology of very strange erotic stories: ARCs on the way!
• Far future, post-Collapse literary novel: 2nd draft done
• 5th Passionate Passion novel: 65k words of an expected 120k
• Lesbian noir murder mystery: 51k words of 90k
• Anthology of very strange erotic stories: ARCs on the way!
• Far future, post-Collapse literary novel: 2nd draft done
• 5th Passionate Passion novel: 65k words of an expected 120k
• Lesbian noir murder mystery: 51k words of 90k
November 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Current status of writing projects:
• Anthology of very strange erotic stories: ARCs on the way!
• Far future, post-Collapse literary novel: 2nd draft done
• 5th Passionate Passion novel: 65k words of an expected 120k
• Lesbian noir murder mystery: 51k words of 90k
• Anthology of very strange erotic stories: ARCs on the way!
• Far future, post-Collapse literary novel: 2nd draft done
• 5th Passionate Passion novel: 65k words of an expected 120k
• Lesbian noir murder mystery: 51k words of 90k
Kicked out 1200 words and it’s time to go back to bed. One nice thing about dating another writer, she gets it when things like this happen. Writers write because we cannot NOT write. When the brain weasels grab you, you puts the words on the page or else you get the hose again.
November 21, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Kicked out 1200 words and it’s time to go back to bed. One nice thing about dating another writer, she gets it when things like this happen. Writers write because we cannot NOT write. When the brain weasels grab you, you puts the words on the page or else you get the hose again.
My Talespinner’s cat is making this whole endeavor more awkward than I feel is strictly necessary. #AmWriting
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 AM
My Talespinner’s cat is making this whole endeavor more awkward than I feel is strictly necessary. #AmWriting
It’s quarter to three in the morning. I just crawled out of a nice warm bed where I was snuggled up between my Talespinner and her cat because I was struck by the need to write, so now I’m sitting half-naked in her chilly living room working on a novel. #AmWriting #AmWritingFiction
November 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
It’s quarter to three in the morning. I just crawled out of a nice warm bed where I was snuggled up between my Talespinner and her cat because I was struck by the need to write, so now I’m sitting half-naked in her chilly living room working on a novel. #AmWriting #AmWritingFiction
About, I dunno, two or three years ago, I reported a security vulnerability to Quora stemming from failure to sanitize user input from malformed Unicode.
Today I reported a security vulnerability to Quora stemming from failure to sanitize user input from malformed Unicode.
Today I reported a security vulnerability to Quora stemming from failure to sanitize user input from malformed Unicode.
November 21, 2025 at 1:20 AM
About, I dunno, two or three years ago, I reported a security vulnerability to Quora stemming from failure to sanitize user input from malformed Unicode.
Today I reported a security vulnerability to Quora stemming from failure to sanitize user input from malformed Unicode.
Today I reported a security vulnerability to Quora stemming from failure to sanitize user input from malformed Unicode.
Singeing and treating some brand-new jute rope for a bondage photo shoot. My Talespinner’s cats are absolutely convinced the rope is a cat toy. In this they are absolutely wrong.
November 20, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Singeing and treating some brand-new jute rope for a bondage photo shoot. My Talespinner’s cats are absolutely convinced the rope is a cat toy. In this they are absolutely wrong.
Reposted by Franklin Veaux
I just threw up in my mouth a little.
The entrepreneurs who are part of the booming school safety industry face a cruel irony: they are dependent on the uniquely American epidemic of school shootings.
Inside the $4 billion industry built on America's school shooting epidemic
Filmmakers Jessica Dimmock and Zackary Canepari examine the booming market a troubling new market.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I just threw up in my mouth a little.
At my Talespinner’s, where her cats are VERY interested in my fast food burger.
November 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
At my Talespinner’s, where her cats are VERY interested in my fast food burger.
WordPress users: If you use the Post SMTP plugin, update immediately! A critical security flaw being actively exploited allows attackers to change the passwords of any user including admins, and take complete control of any site using the unpatched plugin.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
WordPress users: If you use the Post SMTP plugin, update immediately! A critical security flaw being actively exploited allows attackers to change the passwords of any user including admins, and take complete control of any site using the unpatched plugin.
www.wordfence.com/blog/2025/11...
www.wordfence.com/blog/2025/11...
Springfield! Flying to London one week from today, then from there to Wales, then back here for two days, then back to PDX.
November 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Springfield! Flying to London one week from today, then from there to Wales, then back here for two days, then back to PDX.
Waking up early tomorrow to fly to Springfield. My Talespinner and I will start the third draft of Spin, our far-future, post-Collapse magical realism literary novel, then we fly to London to be with the polycule.
November 18, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Waking up early tomorrow to fly to Springfield. My Talespinner and I will start the third draft of Spin, our far-future, post-Collapse magical realism literary novel, then we fly to London to be with the polycule.
Thanks to Shitheel Trump and his army of shitlings, it’s now twice as expensive to send posters and books by USPS than by UPS. Thanks to the venture capital firm that bought UPS, they’re in a downsizing spree, meaning they closed the two closest stores to me.
November 15, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Thanks to Shitheel Trump and his army of shitlings, it’s now twice as expensive to send posters and books by USPS than by UPS. Thanks to the venture capital firm that bought UPS, they’re in a downsizing spree, meaning they closed the two closest stores to me.
Ruined tentacle, thanks to silicone cure failure due to “latex-free” rubber bands that were not, in fact, latex free. The gaps and holes are where the silicone didn’t cure and remained liquid. Silicone touching the edge of the mold was enough to cause creeping failure.
November 12, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Ruined tentacle, thanks to silicone cure failure due to “latex-free” rubber bands that were not, in fact, latex free. The gaps and holes are where the silicone didn’t cure and remained liquid. Silicone touching the edge of the mold was enough to cause creeping failure.
Latex is an inhibitor of silicone curing. I sometimes use rubber bands to hold molds together, so I ordered some certified latex-free rubber bands from Amazon and I bet you can tell where this is going. NBD, just ruined one cast, but what if I’d ordered them because of allergies?
November 11, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Latex is an inhibitor of silicone curing. I sometimes use rubber bands to hold molds together, so I ordered some certified latex-free rubber bands from Amazon and I bet you can tell where this is going. NBD, just ruined one cast, but what if I’d ordered them because of allergies?
The green/brown iridescent effect on the nipplesucker tentacles. I’d love to use this pigment in more sex toys, but it’s not body-safe so it can only be used for things that don’t go into a body. (The camera doesn’t really catch the bright sheen of the green.)
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
The green/brown iridescent effect on the nipplesucker tentacles. I’d love to use this pigment in more sex toys, but it’s not body-safe so it can only be used for things that don’t go into a body. (The camera doesn’t really catch the bright sheen of the green.)
Progress on the Giger-inspired nipplesuckers for the alien tentacle violation pod! I’m experimenting with a new silicone colorant on the silicone covering the hoses. The tentacles are dark brown but with a shimmering iridescent green when the light hits them right.
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Progress on the Giger-inspired nipplesuckers for the alien tentacle violation pod! I’m experimenting with a new silicone colorant on the silicone covering the hoses. The tentacles are dark brown but with a shimmering iridescent green when the light hits them right.
The problem: Making the tubes for the goat milking machine look more like Cthulhu-esque appendages.
The solution: Cast silicone around the tubes. I’m sure there’s a better way to do this, but I printed molds with pegs the tubes could be stretched taut in.
The solution: Cast silicone around the tubes. I’m sure there’s a better way to do this, but I printed molds with pegs the tubes could be stretched taut in.
November 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The problem: Making the tubes for the goat milking machine look more like Cthulhu-esque appendages.
The solution: Cast silicone around the tubes. I’m sure there’s a better way to do this, but I printed molds with pegs the tubes could be stretched taut in.
The solution: Cast silicone around the tubes. I’m sure there’s a better way to do this, but I printed molds with pegs the tubes could be stretched taut in.
I am so goddamn tired of that man. My metamour has received devastating medical news. Thanks to the kindness of strangers, I got plane tickets to see her with the rest of the polycule…and the shutdown may make it difficult to fly. I am sick of the pointless, mendacious malice.
November 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I am so goddamn tired of that man. My metamour has received devastating medical news. Thanks to the kindness of strangers, I got plane tickets to see her with the rest of the polycule…and the shutdown may make it difficult to fly. I am sick of the pointless, mendacious malice.
Good heavens, a ton of new followers lately. Hello! I’m a kinky, polyamorous writer (nonfiction and fiction), amateur mad scientist, firespinner, photographer, maker, and general geek. I write about sex, infosec, design, philosophy, science, and…other stuff. If that’s your jam, pleased to meet you!
November 7, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Good heavens, a ton of new followers lately. Hello! I’m a kinky, polyamorous writer (nonfiction and fiction), amateur mad scientist, firespinner, photographer, maker, and general geek. I write about sex, infosec, design, philosophy, science, and…other stuff. If that’s your jam, pleased to meet you!