Katharine Coldiron
@ferrifrigida.bsky.social
like you wouldn't want to iron your clothes with a cold iron. if anyone wants me I'll be in my room. patreon.com/KatharineColdiron
Thank you for writing this. It stunned me.
October 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Thank you for writing this. It stunned me.
In fact you are not! Still haven’t affirmatively placed the MS!
September 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
In fact you are not! Still haven’t affirmatively placed the MS!
fwiw National Socialists had incredible tailors
August 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
fwiw National Socialists had incredible tailors
I developed a mini-specialty in ragging on this book in the late 2010s, to the point that a guy who wrote a biography of the author emailed me to mansplain what I’d written
August 20, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I developed a mini-specialty in ragging on this book in the late 2010s, to the point that a guy who wrote a biography of the author emailed me to mansplain what I’d written
So here I am in the back of this fleet car. Tired and disheartened, only cried out for the moment. Not willing to give up, but not gonna lie about how shitty it is sometimes to be an indie author. /end
August 20, 2025 at 2:07 AM
So here I am in the back of this fleet car. Tired and disheartened, only cried out for the moment. Not willing to give up, but not gonna lie about how shitty it is sometimes to be an indie author. /end
By GOD I don’t want to damn either of the two events I have remaining on this tour, and I’m sorry to complain when I do have the resources to get myself out of this kind of emotional mess. But this month has been so hard. So extremely hard. 12/
August 20, 2025 at 2:04 AM
By GOD I don’t want to damn either of the two events I have remaining on this tour, and I’m sorry to complain when I do have the resources to get myself out of this kind of emotional mess. But this month has been so hard. So extremely hard. 12/
My flight tomorrow is at 7 am. I won’t get to the hotel I’m staying at tonight until 10:30 or so. I am exhausted and disheartened and sick to death of talking to strangers. And I’m a few days away from putting on a happy face and trying to sell more books. 11/
August 20, 2025 at 2:04 AM
My flight tomorrow is at 7 am. I won’t get to the hotel I’m staying at tonight until 10:30 or so. I am exhausted and disheartened and sick to death of talking to strangers. And I’m a few days away from putting on a happy face and trying to sell more books. 11/
That basically meant I had to ask a limo service to come get me, and to accept their schedule and rate for a 90-minute ride to the airport.
The earliest they could get me was 9 pm. The cost was $170 plus gratuity. I said yes. 10/
The earliest they could get me was 9 pm. The cost was $170 plus gratuity. I said yes. 10/
August 20, 2025 at 2:00 AM
That basically meant I had to ask a limo service to come get me, and to accept their schedule and rate for a 90-minute ride to the airport.
The earliest they could get me was 9 pm. The cost was $170 plus gratuity. I said yes. 10/
The earliest they could get me was 9 pm. The cost was $170 plus gratuity. I said yes. 10/
See, getting to and from Chautauqua is challenging. It’s 90 minutes away from the Buffalo airport, not near any train stations or bus stops. No regular shuttles. Uber and Lyft barely operate in the area, and there are minimal taxi services. 9/
August 20, 2025 at 2:00 AM
See, getting to and from Chautauqua is challenging. It’s 90 minutes away from the Buffalo airport, not near any train stations or bus stops. No regular shuttles. Uber and Lyft barely operate in the area, and there are minimal taxi services. 9/
In the afternoon I decided that rather than going all the way home to CA and then to BR, I’d just go to BR a few days early and spend some time alone in a Vrbo. So I shifted my flight around, booked a room, and called around to various car services. 8/
August 20, 2025 at 1:57 AM
In the afternoon I decided that rather than going all the way home to CA and then to BR, I’d just go to BR a few days early and spend some time alone in a Vrbo. So I shifted my flight around, booked a room, and called around to various car services. 8/
Everything felt different at CHQ, for a variety of reasons, and I was lonely and worn out. But I decided to stick it out and try to rally.
Today, Tuesday, was not great either. Too hard to explain. I wound up crying on a public bench like a total grownup woman. 7/
Today, Tuesday, was not great either. Too hard to explain. I wound up crying on a public bench like a total grownup woman. 7/
August 20, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Everything felt different at CHQ, for a variety of reasons, and I was lonely and worn out. But I decided to stick it out and try to rally.
Today, Tuesday, was not great either. Too hard to explain. I wound up crying on a public bench like a total grownup woman. 7/
Today, Tuesday, was not great either. Too hard to explain. I wound up crying on a public bench like a total grownup woman. 7/
I booked an entire week in CHQ, hoping to relax, read, maybe write a little. The event was Monday, and I thought seriously of going home. My next event is in Baton Rouge on Sunday, and I was booked to go from Buffalo to Louisiana on Saturday. But a few days at home sounded good. 6/
August 20, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I booked an entire week in CHQ, hoping to relax, read, maybe write a little. The event was Monday, and I thought seriously of going home. My next event is in Baton Rouge on Sunday, and I was booked to go from Buffalo to Louisiana on Saturday. But a few days at home sounded good. 6/
After I was finished, someone walked up and asked if I’d sewed my own jacket, implying that it looked homemade. This was not an ideal comment at this time. 5/
August 20, 2025 at 1:54 AM
After I was finished, someone walked up and asked if I’d sewed my own jacket, implying that it looked homemade. This was not an ideal comment at this time. 5/
Plus there was another author event going on at a different location at the same time. So nine people showed up.
While I talked, four left.
No one bought a book. 4/
While I talked, four left.
No one bought a book. 4/
August 20, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Plus there was another author event going on at a different location at the same time. So nine people showed up.
While I talked, four left.
No one bought a book. 4/
While I talked, four left.
No one bought a book. 4/
I set up an event in Chautauqua, NY, which is one of my favorite places on earth. They’re a literate crowd in CHQ; I brought 20 books to sell.
The event occurred just after a big speech by Doris Kearns Goodwin, while ppl were still in the signing line. 3/
The event occurred just after a big speech by Doris Kearns Goodwin, while ppl were still in the signing line. 3/
August 20, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I set up an event in Chautauqua, NY, which is one of my favorite places on earth. They’re a literate crowd in CHQ; I brought 20 books to sell.
The event occurred just after a big speech by Doris Kearns Goodwin, while ppl were still in the signing line. 3/
The event occurred just after a big speech by Doris Kearns Goodwin, while ppl were still in the signing line. 3/
This month I’ve been touring around the east and south of the US: Philly, Baltimore, Richmond, Dallas. It has been going badly. Handfuls of people at the events, ones of books sold. 2/
August 20, 2025 at 1:48 AM
This month I’ve been touring around the east and south of the US: Philly, Baltimore, Richmond, Dallas. It has been going badly. Handfuls of people at the events, ones of books sold. 2/
Well, are you? 😛
August 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Well, are you? 😛
Some highlights:
August 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Some highlights: