Policy
This policy applies to all original work published, distributed, or released under the Mummy Under the Umbrella imprint, across all of its divisions: Frosted Pane Press, Hipp Indigo Music, Olivine Moon Films, Honey Resin Studios, MotMot Photography, and Morus & Silk.
Everyone who submits work to Mummy Under the Umbrella is making a claim. Not just about the quality of what they've made — about who made it. A novelist is claiming authorship. A songwriter is claiming songwriting. A filmmaker is claiming a creative vision that originated with them.
That claim matters to us. It's the foundation of everything we publish, release, or distribute under this imprint.
Artificial intelligence has made it necessary to say plainly what we have always assumed: an artist is someone who originates the creativity. Not someone who directs a machine to originate it on their behalf.
Not Permitted
AI-generated content submitted as original work is not permitted under this imprint, in any quantity, regardless of how much human revision follows.
A novel written by an AI and edited by a human is not a novel by a human author. A song generated from a prompt and revised for scansion is not a song by a songwriter. The originating creative act — the act that makes someone an author, a composer, a filmmaker — must belong to the person claiming it.
This includes partial generation. Submitting AI-written chapters within a human-written manuscript, or AI-generated lyrics within an original song, does not resolve the problem. The origin of every creative unit matters.
It also includes unreviewed AI assistance. Using AI tools to rewrite, restructure, or edit work and accepting those changes without deliberate human review is not permitted. Automation is not revision.
Permitted
Using AI to ask evaluative questions about finished or in-progress work is permitted. Questions like: Does this pacing work? Is this consistent with the genre? Is this passage as clear as I think it is? Is this engaging enough to keep the reader turning pages?
The artist evaluates the response. The artist decides what, if anything, to do with it. The AI answers — it does not create.
Using AI to generate suggested edits that the artist then reads, considers, and deliberately accepts, rejects, or rewrites is permitted. The suggestion is not the work. The artist's judgment applied to the suggestion is the work.
Every suggested change must pass through deliberate human review before it becomes part of the work. Bulk acceptance of AI edits without individual consideration is not permitted.
AI-generated audio narration for audiobook production is permitted under this imprint provided it is clearly disclosed in all product metadata and on all retail product pages. The narration of a work is distinct from its authorship.
We believe listeners deserve to know how a recording was made.
We are not opposed to tools. Writers have always used dictionaries, editors, and beta readers. Musicians have always used instruments, engineers, and producers. The question has never been whether a tool was used — it has always been whether the creativity originated with the person claiming it.
That standard has not changed. We are simply applying it to a new set of tools.
By submitting work to Mummy Under the Umbrella, you are making an explicit claim: that the work is yours, that you are its originating creative author, and that it meets the standards described in this policy.
We take that claim at your word. We also take it seriously.
If submitted work is found to be in violation of this policy — whether discovered before or after publication — Mummy Under the Umbrella reserves the right to terminate any and all contracts or working relationships with the individual or individuals responsible, effective at the imprint's discretion.
In the event that the work in question has already been publicly shared under this imprint, a notice will be published on this website explaining the nature of the issue and the reason the relationship was severed. The names of the individuals involved will be included in that notice — not as punishment, but as a matter of transparency and full disclosure to our audience, our artists, and the public.
We believe the people who read our books, listen to our music, and watch our films deserve to know what they're being told is true. This policy exists to make sure it is.