Tamara (Rhymes With Camera) Sellman
@rhymeswithcamera.bsky.social
ℕ𝕠 𝔻𝕄𝕤 • ℕ𝕠 𝔸𝕀
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No doomscrollers • Here for creatives
• 💻 author 🌀 poet 🎥 filmmaker 🎙️podcaster
• 🏳️🌈 ally✊🏽truthteller ♀️ feminista
• 🥾 hiker 🍝 scratch cook 🥬gardener
• 💭 dreamwalker ♎️✨♏️ energy
• 🧠 ND🔥MS
https://linktr.ee/TamaraSellman
No doomscrollers • Here for creatives
• 💻 author 🌀 poet 🎥 filmmaker 🎙️podcaster
• 🏳️🌈 ally✊🏽truthteller ♀️ feminista
• 🥾 hiker 🍝 scratch cook 🥬gardener
• 💭 dreamwalker ♎️✨♏️ energy
• 🧠 ND🔥MS
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I’m a dark #speculative fiction author, widely published poet, indie filmmaker, and podcaster living, gardening, and hiking in the #PNW
More info at rhymeswithcamera.com
More info at rhymeswithcamera.com
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November 20, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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‘Where Fallen Leaves Dream’ by Molly Devlin for our exhibition 'Reverie', currently on view at Haven Gallery.
See the exhibition online havengallery.com/portfolio/re...
For inquiries: please email info@havengallery.com
‘Reverie’
October 25th – November 23rd, 2025
#artexhibition #beautifulbizarre
See the exhibition online havengallery.com/portfolio/re...
For inquiries: please email info@havengallery.com
‘Reverie’
October 25th – November 23rd, 2025
#artexhibition #beautifulbizarre
November 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM
‘Where Fallen Leaves Dream’ by Molly Devlin for our exhibition 'Reverie', currently on view at Haven Gallery.
See the exhibition online havengallery.com/portfolio/re...
For inquiries: please email info@havengallery.com
‘Reverie’
October 25th – November 23rd, 2025
#artexhibition #beautifulbizarre
See the exhibition online havengallery.com/portfolio/re...
For inquiries: please email info@havengallery.com
‘Reverie’
October 25th – November 23rd, 2025
#artexhibition #beautifulbizarre
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Love looking at it like this. It’s true. Artists are less delusional even though sometimes we feel MORE delusional. Have to remember that. There’s a strength to being unsure about things. An excerpt in The Guardian from George Saunders’ speech from the National Book Awards last night.
November 20, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Love looking at it like this. It’s true. Artists are less delusional even though sometimes we feel MORE delusional. Have to remember that. There’s a strength to being unsure about things. An excerpt in The Guardian from George Saunders’ speech from the National Book Awards last night.
Ha!
November 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Ha!
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Trans Day of Remembrance is a moment of reflection, mourning, and clarity.
We honour the trans, non-binary, and gender-diverse people whose lives were taken by violence, neglect, and systemic injustice.
🤍🕯️
Affirming healthcare is not optional. It is life-saving.
We honour the trans, non-binary, and gender-diverse people whose lives were taken by violence, neglect, and systemic injustice.
🤍🕯️
Affirming healthcare is not optional. It is life-saving.
November 20, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Trans Day of Remembrance is a moment of reflection, mourning, and clarity.
We honour the trans, non-binary, and gender-diverse people whose lives were taken by violence, neglect, and systemic injustice.
🤍🕯️
Affirming healthcare is not optional. It is life-saving.
We honour the trans, non-binary, and gender-diverse people whose lives were taken by violence, neglect, and systemic injustice.
🤍🕯️
Affirming healthcare is not optional. It is life-saving.
Same same same
November 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Same same same
#3Things for WED: Day of Fern & Lavender
1. Dreams were about coaching girls to victories of all kinds 📣
2. Another great gardening day!🌅
3. If you want to understand today’s cult-y anti-LGBTQIA+ campaign: they’re using the (stupid) Satanic Panic playbook🙄 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
1. Dreams were about coaching girls to victories of all kinds 📣
2. Another great gardening day!🌅
3. If you want to understand today’s cult-y anti-LGBTQIA+ campaign: they’re using the (stupid) Satanic Panic playbook🙄 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
November 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
#3Things for WED: Day of Fern & Lavender
1. Dreams were about coaching girls to victories of all kinds 📣
2. Another great gardening day!🌅
3. If you want to understand today’s cult-y anti-LGBTQIA+ campaign: they’re using the (stupid) Satanic Panic playbook🙄 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
1. Dreams were about coaching girls to victories of all kinds 📣
2. Another great gardening day!🌅
3. If you want to understand today’s cult-y anti-LGBTQIA+ campaign: they’re using the (stupid) Satanic Panic playbook🙄 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
#HorrorWritersChat
My male characters are most afraid of losing control, failing, and missing opportunities to such a degree they are blind to the realities right in front of their very eyes.
My male characters are most afraid of losing control, failing, and missing opportunities to such a degree they are blind to the realities right in front of their very eyes.
#HorrorWritersChat
Depends on the story. Kyle fears and loathes being alone. Frank is just genuinely afraid of the crawling horror eating his chickens. Ted and Sam don't have fears per se; they have trouble letting go of their grief.
The masks my characters tend to wear are "I'm fine, really!" 🤣
Depends on the story. Kyle fears and loathes being alone. Frank is just genuinely afraid of the crawling horror eating his chickens. Ted and Sam don't have fears per se; they have trouble letting go of their grief.
The masks my characters tend to wear are "I'm fine, really!" 🤣
Q4 is up. Ten minutes to outro and the promo: I am still working my way through. You're all wonderful busy bees today and I adore you!
This one is a little easier. No archetypes!
#HorrorWritersChat
This one is a little easier. No archetypes!
#HorrorWritersChat
November 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
My male characters are most afraid of losing control, failing, and missing opportunities to such a degree they are blind to the realities right in front of their very eyes.
My male characters are most afraid of losing control, failing, and missing opportunities to such a degree they are blind to the realities right in front of their very eyes.
#HorrorWritersChat
I try to keep in mind: not all masculinity is toxic. I also aim to show that men aren’t only masculine but feminine in their energies. I have male characters who caregive for friends and sisters, for instance. Those are characterizations of divine masculinity (and not toxic)
I try to keep in mind: not all masculinity is toxic. I also aim to show that men aren’t only masculine but feminine in their energies. I have male characters who caregive for friends and sisters, for instance. Those are characterizations of divine masculinity (and not toxic)
Q3. I'm doing what I can to answer everyone, and repost, so bear with me. So I don't keep you waiting, I'll throw out 3. Interpret this one how you like. I know many queer folks like me do not align masculinity with man shaped. And with horror, we love to subvert our tales.
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat
November 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
I try to keep in mind: not all masculinity is toxic. I also aim to show that men aren’t only masculine but feminine in their energies. I have male characters who caregive for friends and sisters, for instance. Those are characterizations of divine masculinity (and not toxic)
I try to keep in mind: not all masculinity is toxic. I also aim to show that men aren’t only masculine but feminine in their energies. I have male characters who caregive for friends and sisters, for instance. Those are characterizations of divine masculinity (and not toxic)
#HorrorWritersChat
Bro culture is so absurd in real life that it’s easy to exaggerate and show in fiction how self-destructive it is. These “dudes” are their own worst enemies so that’s how I let their worldview bury them in the narrative.
Bro culture is so absurd in real life that it’s easy to exaggerate and show in fiction how self-destructive it is. These “dudes” are their own worst enemies so that’s how I let their worldview bury them in the narrative.
Well then, #HorrorWritersChat. What's an archetype anyway? I jest. We're all writers here... after alllllllll....
November 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
Bro culture is so absurd in real life that it’s easy to exaggerate and show in fiction how self-destructive it is. These “dudes” are their own worst enemies so that’s how I let their worldview bury them in the narrative.
Bro culture is so absurd in real life that it’s easy to exaggerate and show in fiction how self-destructive it is. These “dudes” are their own worst enemies so that’s how I let their worldview bury them in the narrative.
I’m Tamara Kay Sellman and I write dark speculative fiction. I don’t write men (or women, for that matter) by way of a good v bad binary. I prefer to live and write in a world shaped by shades of gray. Humans live on a morality spectrum not defined by gender but by nature+nurture in context.
#horrorwriterschat
I'm Ryan. I write horror comedy and comedy about horror. There are a spectrum of men in my books, as there are in the world. What creates friction in both Say Uncle and Saint's Blood is the interactions of men who lean into gender and men who are trying to break free of it
I'm Ryan. I write horror comedy and comedy about horror. There are a spectrum of men in my books, as there are in the world. What creates friction in both Say Uncle and Saint's Blood is the interactions of men who lean into gender and men who are trying to break free of it
Here we go, #HorrorWritersChat!
Q1 has arrived. It's international men's day today, and I thought actually that's a good topic. Not the easiest one to build questions around, either. So if I do not hit the mark I am sure you will forgive me.
As usual, no links, no pitches, not till the end.
Q1 has arrived. It's international men's day today, and I thought actually that's a good topic. Not the easiest one to build questions around, either. So if I do not hit the mark I am sure you will forgive me.
As usual, no links, no pitches, not till the end.
November 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I’m Tamara Kay Sellman and I write dark speculative fiction. I don’t write men (or women, for that matter) by way of a good v bad binary. I prefer to live and write in a world shaped by shades of gray. Humans live on a morality spectrum not defined by gender but by nature+nurture in context.
Yasssssss
November 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Yasssssss
And so the collapse continues…
Larry Summers Resigns From Open AI Board in Latest Fallout From Jeffrey Epstein Email Furor
Larry Summers Resigns From Open AI Board in Latest Fallout From Jeffrey Epstein Email Furor
Larry Summers, a former economic official under President Barack Obama, has resigned from the board at Open AI, days after he was revealed to have exchanged emails with convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein.
The post Larry Summers Resigns From Open AI Board in Latest Fallout From Jeffrey Epstein Email Furor first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
November 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
And so the collapse continues…
On Intnatl Men’s Day, I ask men to proclaim they are feminists.
Why? Because men in touch w/their divine (not toxic) masculine easily understand their role is to protect the divine feminine …
not because women are superior, but because the change in the world we need right now honors/values women
Why? Because men in touch w/their divine (not toxic) masculine easily understand their role is to protect the divine feminine …
not because women are superior, but because the change in the world we need right now honors/values women
a couple of men standing next to each other with the words `` you got this '' written on their faces .
ALT: a couple of men standing next to each other with the words `` you got this '' written on their faces .
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
On Intnatl Men’s Day, I ask men to proclaim they are feminists.
Why? Because men in touch w/their divine (not toxic) masculine easily understand their role is to protect the divine feminine …
not because women are superior, but because the change in the world we need right now honors/values women
Why? Because men in touch w/their divine (not toxic) masculine easily understand their role is to protect the divine feminine …
not because women are superior, but because the change in the world we need right now honors/values women
Found out today that Rain Shadows, my new PNW horror collection cowritten with Clay Vermulm, is tied in 7th place for the most-checked-out title from the Seattle Public Library’s extensive Horror collection (1/1/25-11/15/25)!
November 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Found out today that Rain Shadows, my new PNW horror collection cowritten with Clay Vermulm, is tied in 7th place for the most-checked-out title from the Seattle Public Library’s extensive Horror collection (1/1/25-11/15/25)!
so let's see how far they redacted them because you know that's going to be a lot of black stripes on white paper, right?
Both the House and Senate acted decisively Tuesday to pass a bill to force the Justice Department to publicly release its files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. https://to.pbs.org/49rNUdu
WATCH LIVE: Senate agrees to pass bill to force release of Epstein files
Both the House and Senate acted decisively Tuesday to pass a bill to force the Justice Department to publicly release its files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a remarkable display of a...
www.pbs.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:26 AM
so let's see how far they redacted them because you know that's going to be a lot of black stripes on white paper, right?
So you people forgot DJT shamed/mocked a disabled man 10yrs ago but now you're shocked/angry that he bodyshamed a female reporter today? Sorry, I drew that line in the sand 10yrs ago. Why didn't you? For his next trick, he'll shame poor white men. Wait for it.
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/d...
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/d...
Donald Trump seen appearing to mock reporter’s disability
In a speech in South Carolina, Trump said: ‘Poor guy, you oughta see this guy,’ and gestured in a jerky fashion as if imitating reporter’s movements
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
So you people forgot DJT shamed/mocked a disabled man 10yrs ago but now you're shocked/angry that he bodyshamed a female reporter today? Sorry, I drew that line in the sand 10yrs ago. Why didn't you? For his next trick, he'll shame poor white men. Wait for it.
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/d...
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/d...
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How it feels to work past 4pm now that it's dark
November 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
How it feels to work past 4pm now that it's dark
#3Things for TUES: Day of Thistle & Ginger
1. Inventoried my fiction:
- stories ready to go
- “ for reprint
- “ in final rev
- “ in progress/dev
- new concepts
- novel WIPs
- chapbook/collex concepts
- other longform ready to sub
2. Realized I’m 40 years pub’d!
3. Art at West Sea library #IYKYK
1. Inventoried my fiction:
- stories ready to go
- “ for reprint
- “ in final rev
- “ in progress/dev
- new concepts
- novel WIPs
- chapbook/collex concepts
- other longform ready to sub
2. Realized I’m 40 years pub’d!
3. Art at West Sea library #IYKYK
November 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
#3Things for MON: Day of Jasmine & Moonflower
1. I did not realize “being awash in floods of sensory memory” would be on my *age 60 bingo card* 🌊
2. Don’t hate me, but my holiday shopping is done
3. I don’t have a dog, but if did, this would be the norm around here
1. I did not realize “being awash in floods of sensory memory” would be on my *age 60 bingo card* 🌊
2. Don’t hate me, but my holiday shopping is done
3. I don’t have a dog, but if did, this would be the norm around here
November 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
#3Things for MON: Day of Jasmine & Moonflower
1. I did not realize “being awash in floods of sensory memory” would be on my *age 60 bingo card* 🌊
2. Don’t hate me, but my holiday shopping is done
3. I don’t have a dog, but if did, this would be the norm around here
1. I did not realize “being awash in floods of sensory memory” would be on my *age 60 bingo card* 🌊
2. Don’t hate me, but my holiday shopping is done
3. I don’t have a dog, but if did, this would be the norm around here
Great thread. I still wonder/worry about those who have all their social eggs in Meta's AI-incubating basket. Do those people not realize they are teaching LLM with every post, including images of their families etc? Blech.
This video from a year ago — and it's been a hell of a year — is really worth the watch.
The giant social media reshuffling that happened about a year ago — people leaving FB, small Discord groups forming, people moving to bluesky...
1/n
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuFl...
The giant social media reshuffling that happened about a year ago — people leaving FB, small Discord groups forming, people moving to bluesky...
1/n
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuFl...
The Internet is Worse Than Ever – Now What?
YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Great thread. I still wonder/worry about those who have all their social eggs in Meta's AI-incubating basket. Do those people not realize they are teaching LLM with every post, including images of their families etc? Blech.
I'm so glad I'm retired from this kind of bullshite.
November 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I'm so glad I'm retired from this kind of bullshite.
now this is the kind of transparency we need in publishing!
Our yearly finance report for Radon is out. It also serves as a public showcase of exactly how much it takes to produce a genre journal.
I remember when I was younger wondering why no one ever made detailed public posts on this topic. And wanting to see some. So now I make one each year
I remember when I was younger wondering why no one ever made detailed public posts on this topic. And wanting to see some. So now I make one each year
How Much It Costs to Run a Literary Journal – 2025
Radon Journal is a not-for-profit science fiction publisher committed to transparency. This is our yearly public financial thread. We also want to show aspiring editors the true costs of running a semi-pro journal. #writingcommunity (1/10)
Radon Journal is a not-for-profit science fiction publisher committed to transparency. This is our yearly public financial thread. We also want to show aspiring editors the true costs of running a semi-pro journal. #writingcommunity (1/10)
November 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
now this is the kind of transparency we need in publishing!
is it just me, or are the scams coming at us these days like a nonstop barrage of false hope bullets? Probably all of them automated and generated by AI.
Important to note— I will never contact anyone.
If you reach out to my agent for a blurb, anything else, if you don’t see a direct response from them or I, don’t believe it.
writerbeware.blog/2025/11/14/i...
If you reach out to my agent for a blurb, anything else, if you don’t see a direct response from them or I, don’t believe it.
writerbeware.blog/2025/11/14/i...
If a Famous Author Calls, Hang Up: Anatomy of an Impersonation Scam - Writer Beware
You open your email program one morning. The usual work stuff. Some spam (annoying that it got past your filters!). A couple of newsletters (maybe later). You sip your coffee, scroll down. Wait. What’...
writerbeware.blog
November 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
is it just me, or are the scams coming at us these days like a nonstop barrage of false hope bullets? Probably all of them automated and generated by AI.
one of the hardest working people in book business!
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
one of the hardest working people in book business!