Lisa Tirreno
@lisatirrenoauthor.bsky.social
Australian author: PRINCE OF FORTUNE out now with S&S. Represented by Jim McCarthy at DGB 🌈 she/her. https://linktr.ee/lisatirrenoauthor
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
My favourite thing about the future is how if you google something, then try to click on a news article about it, you have to scroll through multiple ads and click to accept cookies before being told to log in and that news article is only available if you pay
November 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
My favourite thing about the future is how if you google something, then try to click on a news article about it, you have to scroll through multiple ads and click to accept cookies before being told to log in and that news article is only available if you pay
Fiction writers! Would you find a podcast on grammar specifically for you helpful? Talking about nitty gritty stuff like hyphenating compound nouns and parenthetical commas? I get other writers messaging me a lot wanting to know why their editor wants something changed and I thought it might be 1/2
November 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Fiction writers! Would you find a podcast on grammar specifically for you helpful? Talking about nitty gritty stuff like hyphenating compound nouns and parenthetical commas? I get other writers messaging me a lot wanting to know why their editor wants something changed and I thought it might be 1/2
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Write something. Write it today. Write your heart out. Write something weird that only you would think of. Your enemies will not topple to your silence. Write your future and live it.
November 1, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Write something. Write it today. Write your heart out. Write something weird that only you would think of. Your enemies will not topple to your silence. Write your future and live it.
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Joy sparks joy
October 27, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Joy sparks joy
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the phrase “your personal brand” is almost staggeringly dystopian
October 27, 2025 at 3:34 AM
the phrase “your personal brand” is almost staggeringly dystopian
The teenager who served me today at my local supermarket remembered me as the crazy chicken lady who was about to go pick up baby chicks last time she served me and demanded to know how they were and see photos and this is why self-checkouts just don’t suit everyone
October 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
The teenager who served me today at my local supermarket remembered me as the crazy chicken lady who was about to go pick up baby chicks last time she served me and demanded to know how they were and see photos and this is why self-checkouts just don’t suit everyone
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This is a great piece from Mel Saward on some of the First Nations books that should have appeared on RN's Top 100 Books of the 21st Century.
The ABC’s Top 100 books poll lacks diversity. Here are my 10 First Nations ‘books of the 21st century’
Just three Aboriginal writers appeared in Radio National’s poll. There was little sense of the breadth and creativity of our First Nations writing scene.
theconversation.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:33 AM
This is a great piece from Mel Saward on some of the First Nations books that should have appeared on RN's Top 100 Books of the 21st Century.
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Eternally trying to remind myself of this.
October 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Eternally trying to remind myself of this.
Prince of Fortune hits the UK on November 7, and I'm very excited!!!!! #YAfantasy
October 8, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Prince of Fortune hits the UK on November 7, and I'm very excited!!!!! #YAfantasy
You’re welcome!
Okay the kindle and paperback versions will be another couple of weeks, but: NEW QUEER YA NOVELLA.
I'm genuinely very proud of this one. Thank you to @erinkyan.bsky.social and @lisatirrenoauthor.bsky.social for saying such nice things about it. DOWNLOAD FOR FREE HERE: www.maryborsellino.com/girl/
I'm genuinely very proud of this one. Thank you to @erinkyan.bsky.social and @lisatirrenoauthor.bsky.social for saying such nice things about it. DOWNLOAD FOR FREE HERE: www.maryborsellino.com/girl/
October 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
You’re welcome!
Aaaaand we have ten instances of the word Champagne. All have to go, since ... this world has no France and therefore no Champagne region. I love revising. It isn't annoying at all.
Really, really want to use the phrase "a stranger in a strange land" in this thing I'm writing but am forcing myself not to since that's decidedly biblical and this is second-world fantasy. Am I gritting my teeth? Who can say #writing
September 30, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Aaaaand we have ten instances of the word Champagne. All have to go, since ... this world has no France and therefore no Champagne region. I love revising. It isn't annoying at all.
Really, really want to use the phrase "a stranger in a strange land" in this thing I'm writing but am forcing myself not to since that's decidedly biblical and this is second-world fantasy. Am I gritting my teeth? Who can say #writing
September 30, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Really, really want to use the phrase "a stranger in a strange land" in this thing I'm writing but am forcing myself not to since that's decidedly biblical and this is second-world fantasy. Am I gritting my teeth? Who can say #writing
Can I please just be clear that I talked about hieroglyphs on rolling pins in THIS MONTH's newsletter: it isn't something I talk about ... every month. That would be a bit weird, I think. Also here are some cookies made with said rolling pin.
September 30, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Can I please just be clear that I talked about hieroglyphs on rolling pins in THIS MONTH's newsletter: it isn't something I talk about ... every month. That would be a bit weird, I think. Also here are some cookies made with said rolling pin.
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Bloody solar panels, cluttering up the countryside and preventing desertification while providing clean energy and growing food.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
China is halting the expansion of the gobi desert by planting goji berries beneath solar panels.
The shade reduces heat and water stress on the plants.
Excellent
China is halting the expansion of the gobi desert by planting goji berries beneath solar panels.
The shade reduces heat and water stress on the plants.
Excellent
China enlists solar panels in war to halt desert sands
In arid northern China, dozens of workers prune goji berry bushes that stretch out under the protective shade of thousands of solar panels.
www.reuters.com
September 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Bloody solar panels, cluttering up the countryside and preventing desertification while providing clean energy and growing food.
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"I exist" whoa slow down why are you bringing politics into this
September 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
"I exist" whoa slow down why are you bringing politics into this
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I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
September 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
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Immediately adding this into my lexicon.
September 7, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Immediately adding this into my lexicon.
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New #WriterBeware blog post: Did your contract require your publisher to register your copyright? Don't assume they did. writerbeware.blog/2025/08/29/i...
If Your Publisher Promised to Register Your Copyright, Check Your Registration Now - Writer Beware
A couple of years ago, while searching the US Copyright Office’s public copyright registration database on behalf of an author wanting to know if their copyright had been registered as required by the...
writerbeware.blog
August 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
New #WriterBeware blog post: Did your contract require your publisher to register your copyright? Don't assume they did. writerbeware.blog/2025/08/29/i...
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While we were out at WorldCon, our latest episode dropped! Check out Episode 19: Unfortunately... You Need a Suitcase Full of Skills with @lisatirrenoauthor.bsky.social!
You Need a Suitcase Full of Skills
Mona and Courtney chat with author Lisa Tirreno about shifting from journalism to novel writing, celebrating rejections, gamifying the writing process, motivation, and working out what works for you a...
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August 18, 2025 at 2:54 AM
While we were out at WorldCon, our latest episode dropped! Check out Episode 19: Unfortunately... You Need a Suitcase Full of Skills with @lisatirrenoauthor.bsky.social!
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people out there thinking asimov's three laws of robotics are actually real
The #1 thing that blows my mind about how most people use LLMs: they believe if they ask the LLM a question about how it works or how accurate it is, the LLM will truthfully answer them.
I have seen SO many seemingly-smart people do this.
I have seen SO many seemingly-smart people do this.
i don't think it helps that the llms constantly lie to the user about the capabilities of llms as part of its whole obsequious fawning style of interaction that oversells its abilities and obscures its obvious limitations by fundamentally misrepresenting how the technology works
August 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
people out there thinking asimov's three laws of robotics are actually real
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Here's a preview of Friday's episode, with @lisatirrenoauthor.bsky.social. We chat about coming to writing from journalism, gamifying rejections, and so much more! #WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast
August 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Here's a preview of Friday's episode, with @lisatirrenoauthor.bsky.social. We chat about coming to writing from journalism, gamifying rejections, and so much more! #WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast