Lavie Tidhar
@lavietidhar.bsky.social
That guy from that thing. Too young for a Nobel Prize. NO ONE HEARS THE LAST SHOT and GOLGOTHA out 2025.
Ooh...
Just checked London Review of Books books of the year on insta and saw Golgotha on there @lavietidhar.bsky.social don't know if it's also a best seller
November 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Ooh...
anyway the giant space opera (tm) is edging ever closer to 180,000 words without stopping to rest, and I am going to spend 2026 only writing short things, thank you very much.
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
anyway the giant space opera (tm) is edging ever closer to 180,000 words without stopping to rest, and I am going to spend 2026 only writing short things, thank you very much.
I actually know a lot of full time writers, none of them well-known. Just hustlers. Either doing film/tv work, or game work, or work-for-hire / franchise work, have a niche that works for them - whatever. None of us sit in an ivory tower being fed strawberries by a magical money flute.
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I actually know a lot of full time writers, none of them well-known. Just hustlers. Either doing film/tv work, or game work, or work-for-hire / franchise work, have a niche that works for them - whatever. None of us sit in an ivory tower being fed strawberries by a magical money flute.
nicest thing you ever said about me, tom!
But as in so many ways, you're a weird outlier
November 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
nicest thing you ever said about me, tom!
and sadly no, i don't have rich parents / partner or patron of the arts, nor have i ever received a grant, try as i might. you assume every year is going to be your last before you have to get a real job again, but then it just keeps ticking over...
I mean, I'm going into my 14th year of full-time writing. I'd much rather have an actual job!
I can't repost this so quoting instead:
"I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books."
But it IS basically books: 30% original pub, 30% foreign, 30% tv/film and/or royalties. the other 10% is--
"I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books."
But it IS basically books: 30% original pub, 30% foreign, 30% tv/film and/or royalties. the other 10% is--
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
and sadly no, i don't have rich parents / partner or patron of the arts, nor have i ever received a grant, try as i might. you assume every year is going to be your last before you have to get a real job again, but then it just keeps ticking over...
I mean, I'm going into my 14th year of full-time writing. I'd much rather have an actual job!
I can't repost this so quoting instead:
"I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books."
But it IS basically books: 30% original pub, 30% foreign, 30% tv/film and/or royalties. the other 10% is--
"I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books."
But it IS basically books: 30% original pub, 30% foreign, 30% tv/film and/or royalties. the other 10% is--
November 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I mean, I'm going into my 14th year of full-time writing. I'd much rather have an actual job!
I can't repost this so quoting instead:
"I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books."
But it IS basically books: 30% original pub, 30% foreign, 30% tv/film and/or royalties. the other 10% is--
"I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books."
But it IS basically books: 30% original pub, 30% foreign, 30% tv/film and/or royalties. the other 10% is--
November 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I can't repost this so quoting instead:
"I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books."
But it IS basically books: 30% original pub, 30% foreign, 30% tv/film and/or royalties. the other 10% is--
"I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books."
But it IS basically books: 30% original pub, 30% foreign, 30% tv/film and/or royalties. the other 10% is--
I've decided all novels derived from Dracula should from now on be called fangfic
November 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I've decided all novels derived from Dracula should from now on be called fangfic
Lemony Snicket's success only came after he tore up his original proposal: A SERIES OF ONE FORTUNE EVENT
November 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Lemony Snicket's success only came after he tore up his original proposal: A SERIES OF ONE FORTUNE EVENT
I was never asked to join the Royal Society of Literature so decided to just start my own, the Royal Society of Lavieterature you're welcome
November 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I was never asked to join the Royal Society of Literature so decided to just start my own, the Royal Society of Lavieterature you're welcome
88pp in and I'm in that rare jealous-of-the-writing stage. Terrific stuff.
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
88pp in and I'm in that rare jealous-of-the-writing stage. Terrific stuff.
a skibidi tax and a 6-7 tax
November 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
a skibidi tax and a 6-7 tax
must admit i was ignorant of the existence of 'bottled milkshakes and pre-packaged lattes' up to this point because... WHY? HOW IS THAT A THING THAT EXISTS.
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
must admit i was ignorant of the existence of 'bottled milkshakes and pre-packaged lattes' up to this point because... WHY? HOW IS THAT A THING THAT EXISTS.
who needs trade with europe when you can tax milkshakes
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
who needs trade with europe when you can tax milkshakes
i thought we only left the eu so we could drink all the friggin' sugar we wanted, though!
fiscally speaking, a uk sugar tax IS the solution to brexit
November 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
i thought we only left the eu so we could drink all the friggin' sugar we wanted, though!
fiscally speaking, a uk sugar tax IS the solution to brexit
November 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
fiscally speaking, a uk sugar tax IS the solution to brexit
I then used the 20p to scratch my £1 scratch card but (spoiler alert) I didn't win
cutting the cash isa from 20k to 12k, oh no, what will i do with all this extra cash i have just lying around... <checks pockets>
i found 20p on the pavement the other day though!
i found 20p on the pavement the other day though!
November 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I then used the 20p to scratch my £1 scratch card but (spoiler alert) I didn't win
cutting the cash isa from 20k to 12k, oh no, what will i do with all this extra cash i have just lying around... <checks pockets>
i found 20p on the pavement the other day though!
i found 20p on the pavement the other day though!
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
cutting the cash isa from 20k to 12k, oh no, what will i do with all this extra cash i have just lying around... <checks pockets>
i found 20p on the pavement the other day though!
i found 20p on the pavement the other day though!
The Best Book of 2025 No One Read Award, meanwhile, goes to...
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The Best Book of 2025 No One Read Award, meanwhile, goes to...
I don't read much sky fi these days but my early calls for the clarke award next year: when there are wolves again (ej swift), ice (jacek dukaj).
actual shortlist will probably be 3 books about bots, 1 random book no one understands why it's on the list, and 1 take-your-pick space opera (not mine).
actual shortlist will probably be 3 books about bots, 1 random book no one understands why it's on the list, and 1 take-your-pick space opera (not mine).
November 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I don't read much sky fi these days but my early calls for the clarke award next year: when there are wolves again (ej swift), ice (jacek dukaj).
actual shortlist will probably be 3 books about bots, 1 random book no one understands why it's on the list, and 1 take-your-pick space opera (not mine).
actual shortlist will probably be 3 books about bots, 1 random book no one understands why it's on the list, and 1 take-your-pick space opera (not mine).
the biggest problem with star wars is them calling it a death star when in a proper political system it would be called something like "happy star" or "peace star"
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
the biggest problem with star wars is them calling it a death star when in a proper political system it would be called something like "happy star" or "peace star"
it's a cyber-quantum state of mind
November 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
it's a cyber-quantum state of mind
if you don't blow up at least one galaxy is it even space opera
November 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
if you don't blow up at least one galaxy is it even space opera
A classic noir novel, but set on an unstable science fictional megastructure.
THE POSTMAN ONLY RINGWORLDS TWICE
THE POSTMAN ONLY RINGWORLDS TWICE
November 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A classic noir novel, but set on an unstable science fictional megastructure.
THE POSTMAN ONLY RINGWORLDS TWICE
THE POSTMAN ONLY RINGWORLDS TWICE
Merci!
Pour le #MardiConseil un retour dans un cyberpunk doux et mélancolique avec @lavietidhar.bsky.social chez @editionsmnemos.bsky.social : www.outrelivres.fr/neom/
November 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Merci!