RE: https://writing.exchange/@orionkidder/117490895256865145

#WritersCoffeeClub How do you make sure you deliver on your writerly promises?

Write the best damn story I can. Revise revise revise. Don't be in a rush to publish. Have my critique group's feedback help me get it right.

The rest (publishing) is up to everyone else. This, though, I can control.

I wrote a story, "Christmas Eve, Present" 20yrs ago... it finally found a home: the publisher loves it! Probs because I kept polishing that story (transgressive fiction) untl it was just right.

RE: https://pkm.social/@ike/117485736684916963

I’m actively prioritizing this and so should you. Check your password cache… it’s a good place to start culling your neglected accounts.

I can’t believe there’s a market for tools you can use to surveil your own neighbors. What kind of scum buys this stuff??? As if pervert glasses weren’t bad enough!

https://youtu.be/yIhB5RvRVgY?is=I0351bxoklQLyv8r

Just in case you're wondering... I've been publishing/producing media since the 1980s and will never use robots to do my creative work (not even to brainstorm). Learn more about my thoughts on using genAI here: https://tksellman.com/ai-declaration/

I just backed Green House of Doom for @hashtagspooky on @kickstarter.com 100% HUMAN MADE!!!!!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hashtagspooky/green-house-of-doom?ref=thanks-tweet

Just gonna put this here

F WORD ep4: “Ask me how I know about ultraconservatism”— Sometimes we grow up seeing monsters under the bed, are told they're nothing. 50 years pass and we see them, every one of us, sitting right in front of us. What is the John Birch Society and how did I know about them at age 10? https://buff.ly/E5eHxlN

I’m 61 today. If you want to help me celebrate, why not check out my new book at TrustFallBook.com? It’s all I want for my birthday, truly, just eyes on my book.

It's here!
📘
TRUST FALL: A Not-Very-Magical Fairy Tale About the F Word
by Tamara Kaye Sellman
publisher: Gnashing Teeth Publishing
Release date: September 15, 2026
https://buff.ly/fLiDpWa

Trust Fall news: So stoked to receive this positive review from Beck Duffield aka @BeckTheFeministLawyer in BookTok this week... she literally called it a "work of art!
https://www.tiktok.com/@beckduff/video/7682511913145601293?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc
Preorder now: https://gnashingteethpublishing.com/trust-fall-a-not-very-magical-fairy-tale-about-the-f-word/
Book launch: Sept 15, '26
#booktok #bookreview #feminist #civilrights #womanauthors

Horsehoe Fire west of Hood Canal Bridge closes SR 104 in both directions

https://share.watchduty.org/i/117847?ts=1787866525000

#3Things that bring me joy for SAT:

Day of Garlic & Mugwort

1. My excellent audiobook streak continues!
2. Deep discussion about the movie Obsession
3. 🫐 picking with my oldest today

RE: https://mastodon.world/@paninid/117027034137071625

I mean, this is quiet genius right here. Speak softly but carry a big stick.

Ugh I hate to see naval ships leaving the Sound at night. Sleek shadows with minimal lights and radar towers. Shades of post-911 anxiety. Public domain image posted here because the aircraft carrier that just slinked by my ferry was too stealth to catch on camera.

Come join us at the Seattle Public Library this Thursday (tomorrow night!) for local author G.G. Silverman's Witch & Stitch night! I'll be there with the Seattle chapter of the HWA, of which GG is a member. Enjoy conversation about her debut feminist horror collection, The Blood Year Daughter. Topics will focus on the intersection of Italian immigrant heritage, storytelling, and crafting as magical empowerment. Bring your own craft kit for a communal session of makerie!

#3Things that bring me joy for FRI: Day of Rose & Vanilla
1. Successfully averted an aphid outbreak in the greenhouse 💪🏽
2. I have the best neighbors
💚💜♥️💛🩷💙🧡
3. This rainbow sun catcher on my front door is peak portal energy

Where is my #GenX #writing fam? Am doing some #communitybuilding over here and looking for #writers #authors #poets #essayists #screenwriters capturing the world in the analog times of the 70s and 80s. #Writingcommunity

RE: https://mastodon.social/@gwaldby/116709967832536435

Exploitation is a mindset.

RE: https://sfba.social/@oldredsubby/116624574115986275

Good thing I’ve spent my life dealing with childhood trauma. I have the tools to survive this. Do you?

RE: https://journa.host/@Chrisblue/116536307388811794

not staggering

the South never stopped being White Supremacists