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Shannon Tierney

@readshannontierney.bsky.social
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Not a robot. Uncertainly not three or more robots. A non-zero chance of being several thousand robots showing up uninvited to your dinner party. Editor at bsky.app/profile/tomeworksedits.bsk…

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John Shirley @johnshirley2024.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Some people will die as a result of the (at least) precipitous use of this tech in medicine.
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Half of AI health answers are wrong even though they sound convincing—new study
Imagine you have just been diagnosed with early-stage cancer and, before your next appointment, you type a question into an AI chatbot: "Which alternative clinics can successfully treat cancer?" Withi...
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Shannon Tierney @readshannontierney.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Want to learn the ins and outs of editing sci-fi and fantasy? I'm working with the Editorial Freelancers Association on this eight-week class. Get over $100 off before February 11 w/ early-bird pricing and discount code (SW-3NkZW60IW9). community.the-efa.org/event/editin...
Shannon Winton smiling with quote "Sufficiently advanced editing is indistinguishable from magic. Impress your SF/F clients with editorial wizardry."
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 12/12/2025
flu = 🤒 flew = 🦅 flue = 🏠🎅
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Shannon Tierney @readshannontierney.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
I'm donating services to WriteHive's annual silent auction. @writehive.bsky.social is an organization dedicated to providing free and inclusive events to all writers, especially those from marginalized communities. www.32auctions.com/organization... Auction goes live at midnight on 12/2.
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Amazon Listing Review from Shannon Winton
Auction item 'Amazon Listing Review from Shannon Winton' hosted online at 32auctions.
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Shannon Tierney @readshannontierney.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
If you've been wrestling with the cost of hiring a good editor, one who makes EFA rates, you might want to check out my business's editing packages at www.tomeworksedits.com.
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Shannon Tierney @readshannontierney.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Is everything about the modern world ridiculous? Don't just shout about it; write a book. Join me on October 16 for a dive into writing speculative satire. Get your free ticket at www.meetup.com/houston-indi... . . . #WritingCommunity #writingtips #writing #books #publishing #editing
This is a flyer for the upcoming webinar Writers Lunch: Writing Speculative Satire. This online event is on Thursday, October 16, 2025 at 1 PM Central time. You can get tickets at meetup.com with Houston Independent Authors.
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Shannon Tierney @readshannontierney.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Aww, it makes me happy when my writers are happy.
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Shannon Tierney @readshannontierney.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
AI right now is just animals bouncing on trampolines and people falling through inconspicuously high glass bridges and stealing your soul by increments through AI overview results in your Google searches.
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Tomeworks Edits @tomeworksedits.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
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Shannon Tierney @readshannontierney.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Right now, the EFA has a discount code for any purchase over $150: SW-3NkZW60IW9. You can actually use this toward any class, not just mine, so Editing Romance, Editing YA Fiction, etc. Worth it! community.the-efa.org/event/editin... #bookeditor #scifiedit #fantasyedit #literaryeditor
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Shannon Tierney @readshannontierney.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Watching Cap'n Daddy with the family this fine Friday evening.
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Tomeworks Edits @tomeworksedits.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Just a reminder, we do free professional writing-related workshops every week at 1 p.m. CT. Enjoy @readshannontierney.bsky.social teaching is about reverse outlines today. share.google/wmp5RFZQXjS5... #onlinewritingclass #onlinewritingworkshop #WritingCommunity #writingworkshop
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Writers Lunch - Reverse Outlines
Learn how a reverse outline can help you to create a better story!
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🦇👻🎃April🎃👻🦇 @squooshiebunny.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Yes they did.
Medieval style artwork depicting a lady in a dress, apron, and bonnet spoon feeding some critters. Rats and toads, perhaps? I'm honestly not sure. The caption says:
Pressing questions.
Did medieval witches baby talk to their familiars?
"Who be the finest rat in all of this Hamlet? Be it thou? Be it thou?? Yes it be!".
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Shannon Tierney @readshannontierney.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
@writehive.bsky.social hosts professional writing conferences for free (donations requested). Join me this weekend for my workshop on urban legends for authors. Get your ticket here: lnkd.in/gmzniwTq. I'll be in their private Discord at 3:30 p.m. CT Sunday for audience participation. See you then!
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Shannon Tierney @readshannontierney.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
One of the few things I've mastered in life is drunken disclosure while sober. I've had a lot of practice ... because I'm awkward AF.
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Shannon Tierney @readshannontierney.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
My course Editing Science Fiction and Fantasy for the Editorial Freelancers Association is running again this fall. You can get an extra 10% off if you register before July 1st. This is on top of the 20% member discount! #editoreducation #bookediting #editor community.the-efa.org/event/editin...
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Tomeworks Edits @tomeworksedits.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
The Tomeworks editors will be heading out to #Comicpalooza to panel the literary track starting tomorrow. Come find us for fun and education at #CP2025!
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Tomeworks Edits @tomeworksedits.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
The Tomeworks editors will be heading out to #Comicpalooza to panel the literary track starting tomorrow. Come find us for fun and education at #CP2025!
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Tomeworks Edits @tomeworksedits.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
The Tomeworks editors will be heading out to #Comicpalooza to panel the literary track starting tomorrow. Come find us for fun and education at #CP2025!
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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Sorry straight people, but your parade was boring af
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Shannon Tierney @readshannontierney.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Even if you had a peaceful experience yesterday, remember this kind of policing by threat of violence or actual violence is common. Stay loud, but stay safe.
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Shannon Tierney @readshannontierney.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
The four pics of Mom that I took at the #nokings event weren't enough for my sister, and she wanted me to find us in other people's post for whatever reason. We were at a suburban event with >1,200 ppl. I finally found signs we were there in a stranger's sm post, but I doubt she'll be impressed.
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Shannon Tierney @readshannontierney.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
I'll be hosting this tomorrow. If you're a writer looking to ensure you're not falling down patriarchal rabbit holes when it comes to making your antiheroine a badass, come hang out. The event is free.
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Writers Lunch: Creating a Badass Antiheroine
We all want to root for the baddie sometimes. Let's talk about how to build an antihero that delights your audience.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 12/06/2025
“Pretty much wherever you are, you’re probably less than 30 minutes away from your closest No Kings event.” - @leahgreenberg.bsky.social with @democracynow.org We hope to see you at your local #NoKings Day mobilization on Saturday: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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Shannon Tierney @readshannontierney.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Today I learned that if you see a tornado and it doesn't look like it's moving, it means it's coming toward you. (Found by going down a Google hole, not from actual experience, luckily.)
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Shannon Tierney @readshannontierney.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Join me tomorrow to learn about how to harness the power of street teams in your book launch! lnkd.in/dBQ8Uv-5
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Shannon Tierney @readshannontierney.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Happy Eostre appreciation day!
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Shannon Tierney @readshannontierney.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
It looks like the EFA is currently running a sale on their traditional courses. I still have a few slots in my Editing Science Fiction and Fantasy class, but you can find others on macros, line editing, editing romance, and more! #editing #bookediting #bookeditors #lineedit #developmentaledit
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Editorial Freelancers Association
Journey into the uncharted worlds and arcane magics of science fiction and fantasy editing. These genres have audience expectations that can be opaque to an unindoctrinated editor, but once you get to know them, you’ll learn just how much fun editing speculative fiction can be!
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Shannon Tierney @readshannontierney.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
#NaNoWriMo is shutting down. Good fucking riddance. Something that should have been beautiful got real ugly by the end.
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Shannon Tierney @readshannontierney.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Not me digging through the guts of this here SRT file because the transcription AI thinks I'm saying "syphilis solution" when I'm talking about an easy fix.
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Shannon Tierney @readshannontierney.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
I helped a friend look for a vet to help her send her fur baby over the rainbow bridge at home, and came across this horrifying word salad on one of the pages. If you can't read it, it says, "Relieve your deadly pet by availing Pet Euthanasia services in Crosby and eliminate the irrecoverable dogs."
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Shannon Tierney @readshannontierney.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Minor rant in many parts (and not against the OP but against hotels and convention centers.) During COVID, many hotels and convention centers would bend over backward to accomodate hybrid events *because* otherwise, those events would go completely online, and the businesses would get zero dollars.
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Shannon Tierney @readshannontierney.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
I feel like this hospital cafeteria sign missed the opportunity to say "Today is a good day to dine."
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Shannon Tierney @readshannontierney.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Me and my complex grieving like:
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Shannon Tierney @readshannontierney.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
There's a professional saxophone player who lives somewhere in my neighborhood, and they practice their craft in the middle of the day sometimes. I love this person, though I have never met them and wouldn't know them if I saw them on the street.
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Shannon Tierney @readshannontierney.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
My numpty brain when I'm trying to create educational content on reverse outlines: Wouldn't it be cool if there was a zombie soap opera? It should be called Decays of Our Lives.
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Shannon Tierney @readshannontierney.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Join me tomorrow!
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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
This year, get her what she really wants for Valentine’s Day. Revenge.
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Shannon Tierney @readshannontierney.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Cold day in Hell here in Houston
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 16/01/2025
Sharing this before it gets banned: www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/t...
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Definition of TICKTOCK
the ticking sound of a clock… See the full definition
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Shannon Tierney @readshannontierney.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
RIP David Lynch www.nbcnews.com/news/obituar...
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a man is sitting in front of a microphone and says it 's such a sadness
ALT: a man is sitting in front of a microphone and says it 's such a sadness
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Shannon Tierney @readshannontierney.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
My preschooler's imagination play is pretending to be me hosting a meeting. Kid: Thanks for coming to my meeting. Shut up, I am working. Do not play games on your phone. I said shut up; I am working here. Hey, don't choke him. Me drinking my 3-hour-old coffee: Yeah, that's accurate.
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Shannon Tierney @readshannontierney.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
@marquisdanbear.bsky.social happy complete rotation around the sun!
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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Don’t want to jinx it but I’ve made it to the second round of interviews to be the editor of Pornhub’s new book reviews section. They seem open to my idea of using Christgau’s bomb/scissor emoji rating system
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Shannon Tierney @readshannontierney.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Also spent this morning figuring out how my work group is going to communicate during the Meta blackout since our day-to-day comms are currently through Messenger. Basically just hopping to Discord, but still, #fuckzuck #lightsoutMETA
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Shannon Tierney @readshannontierney.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Working in bed this cold, rainy morning on a dystopian time-travel lesbian romance, enjoying a cup of coffee my husband brought me unprompted, knowing full well I'm gonna toss his ilk into the fucking trash where they belong for this story. It's delicious.
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Shannon Tierney @readshannontierney.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
I'm an editor who doesn't come from an academic setting, i.e. I do not have an MFA. That Poynter finally has an advanced cert is delightful. Their previous certs were introductory and intermediate, so despite the hard work, your certification would convey that you're mid even if you're stellar.
poynter.org
Poynter and ACES announce release of Advanced Certificate in Editing - Poynter
This is the third in a three-part series of cutting-edge editing certifications.
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Shannon Tierney @readshannontierney.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
My workplace today is Summer Moon coffee. Love this place a latte. #amwriting #amediting #coffee
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Shannon Tierney @readshannontierney.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
As much as I dislike Facebook, their Marketplace algorithm knows the right level of bonkers to get my attention. #FBmarketplace #whatthezuck
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Shannon Tierney @readshannontierney.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Kitty photo dump. The first two have made good strides and have started playing, and one has purred while receiving scritches. I received one more from the finder, and they're clearly the runt of the litter. They've been slower to warm up, but they've started taking snacks from me.
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