Tamara Oh
@tamara0h.bsky.social
Independent writer, editor, and communications consultant.
Word Chef. Mom to Noogie. Grammar grumpypants. F1 nut. Here for the cat pics and puns.
Word Chef. Mom to Noogie. Grammar grumpypants. F1 nut. Here for the cat pics and puns.
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Thanks for thinking of me, but unfortunately I don't have capacity to take on same-day turnaround projects at present."
"Thanks for thinking of me, but unfortunately I don't have capacity to take on same-day turnaround projects at present."
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Cool, so is final delivery 16:9 for YouTube or 9:16 for socials, or do we need to supply for both?"
"Cool, so is final delivery 16:9 for YouTube or 9:16 for socials, or do we need to supply for both?"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Alright people, tools down."
"Alright people, tools down."
February 8, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Thanks for thinking of me, but unfortunately I don't have capacity to take on same-day turnaround projects at present."
"Thanks for thinking of me, but unfortunately I don't have capacity to take on same-day turnaround projects at present."
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Unsolicited writing advice, no. 712:
Male writers: if you're uncomfortable writing women characters, then write them as men, and flip them in edit. Too many otherwise excellent male writers seem distracted by boobs, and forget that women have exactly the same range of character types as men do.
Male writers: if you're uncomfortable writing women characters, then write them as men, and flip them in edit. Too many otherwise excellent male writers seem distracted by boobs, and forget that women have exactly the same range of character types as men do.
February 7, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 712:
Male writers: if you're uncomfortable writing women characters, then write them as men, and flip them in edit. Too many otherwise excellent male writers seem distracted by boobs, and forget that women have exactly the same range of character types as men do.
Male writers: if you're uncomfortable writing women characters, then write them as men, and flip them in edit. Too many otherwise excellent male writers seem distracted by boobs, and forget that women have exactly the same range of character types as men do.
Finally got to paint my Christmas biscuits with my husband, mid-Jan. These are my four, painted earlier this week. My toddler has already eaten three of them 😂
January 22, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Finally got to paint my Christmas biscuits with my husband, mid-Jan. These are my four, painted earlier this week. My toddler has already eaten three of them 😂
When it's your 19th wedding anniversary but you have a toddler and it's a public holiday and you have no help for the day and your husband is crippled after a knee op and can't really do much... Family home spa ftw.
December 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
When it's your 19th wedding anniversary but you have a toddler and it's a public holiday and you have no help for the day and your husband is crippled after a knee op and can't really do much... Family home spa ftw.
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D.E.I. shot the serif, but I will not shoot no Calibri
December 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
D.E.I. shot the serif, but I will not shoot no Calibri
WHAT IS IT WITH OLD MEN AND FEELING THE NEED TO WATCH VIDEOS ON THEIR PHONES IN PUBLIC AT FULL VOLUME WITH NO HEADPHONES ON??? I CANNOT.
Just needed to yell that into the void. Seemed a better life choice than assault.
Just needed to yell that into the void. Seemed a better life choice than assault.
December 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM
WHAT IS IT WITH OLD MEN AND FEELING THE NEED TO WATCH VIDEOS ON THEIR PHONES IN PUBLIC AT FULL VOLUME WITH NO HEADPHONES ON??? I CANNOT.
Just needed to yell that into the void. Seemed a better life choice than assault.
Just needed to yell that into the void. Seemed a better life choice than assault.
Would love to know who's currently being treated at Sunninghill Hospital. Lobby is overrun with burly bodyguards and there's a row of six matte black BMWs with blue lights mounted on them lined up in the parking lot, next to a black Bentley with a driver hanging around 👀
December 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Would love to know who's currently being treated at Sunninghill Hospital. Lobby is overrun with burly bodyguards and there's a row of six matte black BMWs with blue lights mounted on them lined up in the parking lot, next to a black Bentley with a driver hanging around 👀
Now is the time for Gauteng criminals to may hay, given that our entire police force is apparently spread along the G20 route closures. As long as you keep away from main arterial routes, the province is yours.
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Now is the time for Gauteng criminals to may hay, given that our entire police force is apparently spread along the G20 route closures. As long as you keep away from main arterial routes, the province is yours.
At OR Tambo International Airport and there's a massive power outage. Sitting in the lounge, which has no lights and also no water (because pumps are off) and you can spot the international travellers from a mile off. They're the only ones not just carrying on as usual, phone torch in hand 😂
November 11, 2025 at 9:31 AM
At OR Tambo International Airport and there's a massive power outage. Sitting in the lounge, which has no lights and also no water (because pumps are off) and you can spot the international travellers from a mile off. They're the only ones not just carrying on as usual, phone torch in hand 😂
The most entertaining part of being a ghostwriter is always sitting in the audience at a client's fancy book launch and hearing them field questions about the writing process or why they close particular words 🙃
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The most entertaining part of being a ghostwriter is always sitting in the audience at a client's fancy book launch and hearing them field questions about the writing process or why they close particular words 🙃
Typos today courtesy of my new keyboard. I'm so used to typing on my banged-up, decade-old one with the keys that require different pressures that I can't quite manage with the fully functional new one yet 😂
November 6, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Typos today courtesy of my new keyboard. I'm so used to typing on my banged-up, decade-old one with the keys that require different pressures that I can't quite manage with the fully functional new one yet 😂
I know I am very late to this party, but I have just watched Mission Impossible Final Reckoning and would just like to check if AI was the villain or the scriptwriter because wow, three hours of my life I will never get back.
November 1, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I know I am very late to this party, but I have just watched Mission Impossible Final Reckoning and would just like to check if AI was the villain or the scriptwriter because wow, three hours of my life I will never get back.
Bought this dress for R135 (just less than 8USD) in the kids' section of the thrift market and it makes me feel like Alice in Wonderland.
October 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Bought this dress for R135 (just less than 8USD) in the kids' section of the thrift market and it makes me feel like Alice in Wonderland.
I never imagined I'd be the one on the community WhatsApp group offering free rye sourdough starters to a good home, but here we are. Sharing a good thing is the yeast one can do.
October 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I never imagined I'd be the one on the community WhatsApp group offering free rye sourdough starters to a good home, but here we are. Sharing a good thing is the yeast one can do.
Reminding myself that the worst scenarios often make for the best stories later on. Today's will be "The time my husband accidentally gave my dad's car keys away to a homeless person".
September 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Reminding myself that the worst scenarios often make for the best stories later on. Today's will be "The time my husband accidentally gave my dad's car keys away to a homeless person".
Cute things my almost-two-year-old says:
Bumblebee = grumble bee
Bumblebee = grumble bee
August 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Cute things my almost-two-year-old says:
Bumblebee = grumble bee
Bumblebee = grumble bee
My toddler, waving quite a hard sourdough bread crust at me: "Bread bone, Mama!"
Me: "Hmmm... I guess a crust is a bit like a bread bone, you clever boy."
Me, 30 sec later: "Although... technically, a crust is more like a bread exoskeleton."
Me: "Hmmm... I guess a crust is a bit like a bread bone, you clever boy."
Me, 30 sec later: "Although... technically, a crust is more like a bread exoskeleton."
a man wearing a hoodie is making a funny face with a calculator on his face .
ALT: a man wearing a hoodie is making a funny face with a calculator on his face .
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July 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
My toddler, waving quite a hard sourdough bread crust at me: "Bread bone, Mama!"
Me: "Hmmm... I guess a crust is a bit like a bread bone, you clever boy."
Me, 30 sec later: "Although... technically, a crust is more like a bread exoskeleton."
Me: "Hmmm... I guess a crust is a bit like a bread bone, you clever boy."
Me, 30 sec later: "Although... technically, a crust is more like a bread exoskeleton."
Am at the specialist vet and there's a dog here named Prozac. Love it!
July 7, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Am at the specialist vet and there's a dog here named Prozac. Love it!
I have my in-laws with us for the weekend and my MIL told me how horrified she is that I would stir her tea with the same spoon I used to stir my FIL's coffee. Then she left 3 used tissues (Kleenex, for the Americans) in various spots on the kitchen counter during the day, which I had to dispose of.
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Alt: a close up of a woman wearing headphones and a black hat, looking unimpressed
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May 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I have my in-laws with us for the weekend and my MIL told me how horrified she is that I would stir her tea with the same spoon I used to stir my FIL's coffee. Then she left 3 used tissues (Kleenex, for the Americans) in various spots on the kitchen counter during the day, which I had to dispose of.
After the shenanigans earlier this month of trying to cut off our electricity because of an admin snafu on their part, City of Jhb came and cut off our water today. When we eventually got through to their call centre, they told us our account is NOT in arrears (as we've been saying!)...
May 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
After the shenanigans earlier this month of trying to cut off our electricity because of an admin snafu on their part, City of Jhb came and cut off our water today. When we eventually got through to their call centre, they told us our account is NOT in arrears (as we've been saying!)...
Made Korean fried chicken for the first time tonight and can confirm we will be making it again 😋
May 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Made Korean fried chicken for the first time tonight and can confirm we will be making it again 😋
Is anyone else as smug about their profession as engineers? Asking for me*
*Daughter, sibling and spouse to engineers
*Daughter, sibling and spouse to engineers
May 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Is anyone else as smug about their profession as engineers? Asking for me*
*Daughter, sibling and spouse to engineers
*Daughter, sibling and spouse to engineers
I've been supporting another writer with her projects while she spent time with her husband, who had pancreatic cancer. He passed away last week, and I've basically picked up all her projects while she's off. It's been intense, but today I helped win her a pitch she hadn't yet started. So chuffed!
May 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I've been supporting another writer with her projects while she spent time with her husband, who had pancreatic cancer. He passed away last week, and I've basically picked up all her projects while she's off. It's been intense, but today I helped win her a pitch she hadn't yet started. So chuffed!