Trouble with posting Chapter 9
🕑 Added 2025-07-17 09:42:47 +0000 UTCPatreon's automated checking service has twice now taken down and hidden the recently posted chapter 9. It's been flagged for "teen safety" which is baffling, as there aren't any teenaged characters in the chapter. I thought maybe Willow's reference to magical schoolgirls triggered it and cleaned that up, but--nope, it got taken down again.
It's the first time Patreon's censored my work like this. There are unpleasant scenes elsewhere in the novel, but I'm struggling to see what is triggering it here.
Consequently, all of Book 5 to date (including this week's chapter 9) is now available as either .pdf or .epub under the main 'Constant in All Other Things' entry.
I've also uploaded it here for ease of access.
Comments
Fakeminsk
According to some other Patreon writers, it's a just a thing - nothing to be done about it. Patreon uses AI to scan content for infractions, and the AI gets it wrong, sometimes. However, it doesn't read the .pdf and .epubs, so I've taken it as a push to update those formats on the site.
coredumperror
Damn, what the hell? That's super weird. Maybe contact Patreon to see if they can tell you what exactly triggered the takedown?
Fakeminsk
Thanks for the kind comments! Very much appreciated, and I'm glad you liked it. It wasn't the Anderson reference; I trimmed that when I reposted it (about an hour ago) and the post was taken down almost immediately. I also cut the word "schoolgirl" but that didn't help. So there's something in there that's triggering the Patreon bot, but I don't know what. I'm guessing it's Willow's fantasy, so I'm going to look that over and maybe tighten it up a bit.
Asklepios
I was able to read it yesterday - about an hour after you posted it. This time it seems to have come down faster. For what it is worth, I really enjoyed it as a piece. I liked the way that Cindy's discomfort was mostly shown and not told and I loved the way you played the sexual fantasy aspects of it and the threat of 'exposure' for David... The ending was a good twist also... Is it the reference to the woman from x-files that has caused the issue. I think its the first time that you've tagged a real person...
