Rachel Kolar
@rachelkolar.bsky.social
Author of Mother Ghost: Nursery Rhymes for Little Monsters, co-host of the Wonderful World of Darklords podcast. Halloween, writing, and a surprising amount of TTRPGs. She/her
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Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of Benjamin König.
October 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of Benjamin König.
I did a school visit yesterday, and a student asked how old you had to be in order to be an author. I told her that you could be any age.
"Can you be an author if you're 100?"
"Yes, you can be an author if you're 100!"
"Can you be an author if you're 67?"
And I walked right into it.
"Can you be an author if you're 100?"
"Yes, you can be an author if you're 100!"
"Can you be an author if you're 67?"
And I walked right into it.
October 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I did a school visit yesterday, and a student asked how old you had to be in order to be an author. I told her that you could be any age.
"Can you be an author if you're 100?"
"Yes, you can be an author if you're 100!"
"Can you be an author if you're 67?"
And I walked right into it.
"Can you be an author if you're 100?"
"Yes, you can be an author if you're 100!"
"Can you be an author if you're 67?"
And I walked right into it.
I have a character from Salem thinking about the forests back home and wanted to include some specific trees, so I did a quick Google.
This is the dumbest timeline.
This is the dumbest timeline.
October 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I have a character from Salem thinking about the forests back home and wanted to include some specific trees, so I did a quick Google.
This is the dumbest timeline.
This is the dumbest timeline.
PSA for any Dresden Files readers whose library only has the version of Ghost Story that isn't narrated by James Marsters: Chirp has the proper one on sale for $6. www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/g...
Ghost Story
An explosive tale from a #1 New York Times bestselling author dubbed “the dean of contemporary urban fantasy” (Booklist): Wizard detective Harry Dresden has just been murdered. But not even death can ...
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October 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
PSA for any Dresden Files readers whose library only has the version of Ghost Story that isn't narrated by James Marsters: Chirp has the proper one on sale for $6. www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/g...
I was already kind of iffy on this book. Then they started praying the Luminous Mysteries of the rosary.
It's set in 1765.
It's set in 1765.
October 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I was already kind of iffy on this book. Then they started praying the Luminous Mysteries of the rosary.
It's set in 1765.
It's set in 1765.
Happy Bi Visibility Day to everyone who has seen Mask of Zorro youtu.be/kaJv6L8vF-Y?...
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September 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Happy Bi Visibility Day to everyone who has seen Mask of Zorro youtu.be/kaJv6L8vF-Y?...
It is so dangerous for me to go to Spirit Halloween with the kids.
"Mom, we should get this!"
"...we should, shouldn't we?"
"Mom, we should get this!"
"...we should, shouldn't we?"
September 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
It is so dangerous for me to go to Spirit Halloween with the kids.
"Mom, we should get this!"
"...we should, shouldn't we?"
"Mom, we should get this!"
"...we should, shouldn't we?"
I need a Green Bone Saga RPG, and I need it NOW.
September 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I need a Green Bone Saga RPG, and I need it NOW.
If you have a sudden need to read a fantasy novel about a Black girl kicking all the butt, I'm about 2/3 through A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney and it 100% fits the bill.
(I picked it up for Alice in Wonderland, but it feels more "10% Alice, 45% Buffy, 45% Sailor Moon." Which is JUST FINE.)
(I picked it up for Alice in Wonderland, but it feels more "10% Alice, 45% Buffy, 45% Sailor Moon." Which is JUST FINE.)
September 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
If you have a sudden need to read a fantasy novel about a Black girl kicking all the butt, I'm about 2/3 through A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney and it 100% fits the bill.
(I picked it up for Alice in Wonderland, but it feels more "10% Alice, 45% Buffy, 45% Sailor Moon." Which is JUST FINE.)
(I picked it up for Alice in Wonderland, but it feels more "10% Alice, 45% Buffy, 45% Sailor Moon." Which is JUST FINE.)
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For the record.
My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers.
I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."
My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers.
I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."
September 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
For the record.
My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers.
I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."
My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers.
I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."
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Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
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September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
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Me yelling to someone about art just now:
I don't care if they think it's cringe. I do not care. I have limited time on this earth and I made this.
Go take your nonchalant selves elsewhere, you're liable to melt in my presence.
I don't care if they think it's cringe. I do not care. I have limited time on this earth and I made this.
Go take your nonchalant selves elsewhere, you're liable to melt in my presence.
September 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Me yelling to someone about art just now:
I don't care if they think it's cringe. I do not care. I have limited time on this earth and I made this.
Go take your nonchalant selves elsewhere, you're liable to melt in my presence.
I don't care if they think it's cringe. I do not care. I have limited time on this earth and I made this.
Go take your nonchalant selves elsewhere, you're liable to melt in my presence.
Finally watching Wicked with the kids.
🎵What is this feeling so sudden and new
I felt the moment I laid eyes on you?🎵
12yo: Love.
🎵My pulse is rushing
My head is reeling
My face is flushing
What is this feeling?🎵
12yo: Love.
🎵Fervent as a flame
Does it have a name?🎵
12yo: JUST KISS ALREADY!
🎵What is this feeling so sudden and new
I felt the moment I laid eyes on you?🎵
12yo: Love.
🎵My pulse is rushing
My head is reeling
My face is flushing
What is this feeling?🎵
12yo: Love.
🎵Fervent as a flame
Does it have a name?🎵
12yo: JUST KISS ALREADY!
September 6, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Finally watching Wicked with the kids.
🎵What is this feeling so sudden and new
I felt the moment I laid eyes on you?🎵
12yo: Love.
🎵My pulse is rushing
My head is reeling
My face is flushing
What is this feeling?🎵
12yo: Love.
🎵Fervent as a flame
Does it have a name?🎵
12yo: JUST KISS ALREADY!
🎵What is this feeling so sudden and new
I felt the moment I laid eyes on you?🎵
12yo: Love.
🎵My pulse is rushing
My head is reeling
My face is flushing
What is this feeling?🎵
12yo: Love.
🎵Fervent as a flame
Does it have a name?🎵
12yo: JUST KISS ALREADY!
Oh, this is cool! I love how Utena adjacent the third one is. Given how complex Utena is on gender, that feels perfect.
September 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Oh, this is cool! I love how Utena adjacent the third one is. Given how complex Utena is on gender, that feels perfect.
Well. Crap. This is appalling.
Takeaways:
1) If you're a podcaster and you accept ad revenue, find out if your host does this.
2) If you're a listener and a podcast you like has uncharacteristically awful ads, contact the host; they might not even know.
Suddenly very glad not to have ads.
Takeaways:
1) If you're a podcaster and you accept ad revenue, find out if your host does this.
2) If you're a listener and a podcast you like has uncharacteristically awful ads, contact the host; they might not even know.
Suddenly very glad not to have ads.
I'm supremely mad and I'm going to rant about it.
I have a podcast. It's hosted by ACast. They do dynamic insertion ads prior to the show, which I've enabled. These are basically the commercials you might hear before the show starts.
I have a podcast. It's hosted by ACast. They do dynamic insertion ads prior to the show, which I've enabled. These are basically the commercials you might hear before the show starts.
September 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Well. Crap. This is appalling.
Takeaways:
1) If you're a podcaster and you accept ad revenue, find out if your host does this.
2) If you're a listener and a podcast you like has uncharacteristically awful ads, contact the host; they might not even know.
Suddenly very glad not to have ads.
Takeaways:
1) If you're a podcaster and you accept ad revenue, find out if your host does this.
2) If you're a listener and a podcast you like has uncharacteristically awful ads, contact the host; they might not even know.
Suddenly very glad not to have ads.
Me: okay, the kids are all at school, time to do some podcast stuff
Coraline: I'M NOT AT SCHOOL MOM
MOM, LET ME RUB MY FACE ALL OVER THE POP FILTER
MOM, I'M GOING TO WALK ON CRINKLY PAPER RIGHT NEXT TO YOU, IS THAT OKAY?
MOM, YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH MY CLAWS NEED SHARPENING
Coraline: I'M NOT AT SCHOOL MOM
MOM, LET ME RUB MY FACE ALL OVER THE POP FILTER
MOM, I'M GOING TO WALK ON CRINKLY PAPER RIGHT NEXT TO YOU, IS THAT OKAY?
MOM, YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH MY CLAWS NEED SHARPENING
September 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Me: okay, the kids are all at school, time to do some podcast stuff
Coraline: I'M NOT AT SCHOOL MOM
MOM, LET ME RUB MY FACE ALL OVER THE POP FILTER
MOM, I'M GOING TO WALK ON CRINKLY PAPER RIGHT NEXT TO YOU, IS THAT OKAY?
MOM, YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH MY CLAWS NEED SHARPENING
Coraline: I'M NOT AT SCHOOL MOM
MOM, LET ME RUB MY FACE ALL OVER THE POP FILTER
MOM, I'M GOING TO WALK ON CRINKLY PAPER RIGHT NEXT TO YOU, IS THAT OKAY?
MOM, YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH MY CLAWS NEED SHARPENING
I had a dream that we had the votes to get him out of office. The process hadn't started yet, but we had the votes.
Then my alarm went off.
Sigh.
Then my alarm went off.
Sigh.
August 18, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I had a dream that we had the votes to get him out of office. The process hadn't started yet, but we had the votes.
Then my alarm went off.
Sigh.
Then my alarm went off.
Sigh.
I walked into the food pantry and had the sudden urge to announce my presence with "I'm here, I'm queer, I'm a volunteer" and now that urge will never leave me
August 13, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I walked into the food pantry and had the sudden urge to announce my presence with "I'm here, I'm queer, I'm a volunteer" and now that urge will never leave me
My 12yo: I like animals better than people. That means that when I grow up, I'm either going to solve climate change or become a supervillain.
Y'know, she knows herself.
Y'know, she knows herself.
July 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
My 12yo: I like animals better than people. That means that when I grow up, I'm either going to solve climate change or become a supervillain.
Y'know, she knows herself.
Y'know, she knows herself.
Daughter is getting a haircut & telling stylist about her Warrior Cats fanfic. Stylist has never heard of Warrior Cats & now knows about how daughter's OC mated with Tigerstar in the Dark Forest & their kits have superpowers because they were conceived in hell. Anyway she's getting a very big tip.
July 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Daughter is getting a haircut & telling stylist about her Warrior Cats fanfic. Stylist has never heard of Warrior Cats & now knows about how daughter's OC mated with Tigerstar in the Dark Forest & their kits have superpowers because they were conceived in hell. Anyway she's getting a very big tip.
So, just to be clear, the federal government is pardoning an ACTUAL felon who was here illegally in order to pursue their vendetta against an innocent man who was here legally, just so they don't have to admit they made a mistake.
Despicable. wapo.st/40i4Ttt
Despicable. wapo.st/40i4Ttt
Star witness against Kilmar Abrego García was due to be deported. Now he’s being freed.
Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes is a three-time felon released early from federal prison to a halfway house in exchange for testifying against Kilmar Abrego García.
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June 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
So, just to be clear, the federal government is pardoning an ACTUAL felon who was here illegally in order to pursue their vendetta against an innocent man who was here legally, just so they don't have to admit they made a mistake.
Despicable. wapo.st/40i4Ttt
Despicable. wapo.st/40i4Ttt
We have tickets to see Les Miz on with our older kids Saturday and are watching the PBS concert version to familiarize them with it.
14yo: "I simultaneously lost my mind laughing at the Thenardiers and hope they burn in hell forever."
14yo: "I simultaneously lost my mind laughing at the Thenardiers and hope they burn in hell forever."
June 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
We have tickets to see Les Miz on with our older kids Saturday and are watching the PBS concert version to familiarize them with it.
14yo: "I simultaneously lost my mind laughing at the Thenardiers and hope they burn in hell forever."
14yo: "I simultaneously lost my mind laughing at the Thenardiers and hope they burn in hell forever."
Android users: is it just me, or has autocorrect gotten WAY more aggressive about rewriting real words to be what it thinks you mean? I just had to change "cast majority" bc I guess not enough people say "vast" for Android to think I mean it. (Also I had to change "cast" to "vast" in THIS VERY POST)
June 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Android users: is it just me, or has autocorrect gotten WAY more aggressive about rewriting real words to be what it thinks you mean? I just had to change "cast majority" bc I guess not enough people say "vast" for Android to think I mean it. (Also I had to change "cast" to "vast" in THIS VERY POST)
Please take a break from doomscrolling to admire this glorious potato butt
June 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Please take a break from doomscrolling to admire this glorious potato butt
Oh dang, I'm excited. Whalefall made me cry.
June 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Oh dang, I'm excited. Whalefall made me cry.