Leaping into the World of Full-Time Professional Writing
If you'd told me a year ago that I was going to be making the sharp, terrifying transition into becoming a full-time professional writer...
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Cat Webling
- Sep 7, 2020
- 8 min
Why Counselors Should Advise a Career in the Arts
I’ve always been academically gifted. I was a straight-A student in a school where the lowest A-grade score was 94 out of 100. I held...
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Cat Webling
- Jul 4, 2020
- 2 min
Independence Day.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable...
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Cat Webling
- Jun 21, 2020
- 3 min
Father's Day.
My self-esteem reached its all-time low in middle school. I was a fat, tall, acne-prone girl with big, thick glasses and too-long hair,...
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Cat Webling
- Jun 7, 2020
- 3 min
Black Lives Matter: Resources to Learn More and to Help.
There have been protests in the streets across the country and in countries around the world for over a week, and I have been vocal on...
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Cat Webling
- May 21, 2020
- 3 min
Visiting The Park
When I was a kid, I lived in the neighborhood behind our local hospital. It was a quiet neighborhood, and everyone kept extremely to...
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Cat Webling
- May 10, 2020
- 3 min
Mother's Day
Some years ago, I can't remember exactly when, my mom took me out shopping for my birthday. We went out for lunch, then went to my...
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Cat Webling
- May 5, 2020
- 3 min
The "Business" of Being An Author.
I have spent the majority of my quarantined experience holed up in my little rectangle of a bedroom, connecting to the world through my...
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Cat Webling
- Apr 19, 2020
- 3 min
Happiness in the Smallest of Places
One of the most common conversations in my house starts with the click of an electric kettle, and the soft bubble of the water inside as...
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Cat Webling
- Mar 31, 2020
- 3 min
Filling The Time.
Quarantine. Self-isolation. Shelter At Home. Social Distancing. These are not phrases that were part of the popular lexicon last month,...
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Cat Webling
- Dec 31, 2019
- 2 min
The Legacy of Stars (On Fireworks and New Year's Eve)
Ages ago, when we were still discovering the art of record keeping and the building of societies, people looked up into the sky at night...
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Cat Webling
- Aug 27, 2019
- 2 min
Departures
The airport in Denver, Colorado is bustling. Bright, clear signs with neon orange letters proclaim the destinations and times of...
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Cat Webling
- Jul 25, 2019
- 5 min
Why I Love "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"
(Spoiler warning for the 2014 stage production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame) Paris is on fire. Flames lick at the crowds that gather,...
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Cat Webling
- Jun 18, 2019
- 3 min
Publication Day
Last August, having written, re-written, edited, re-edited, re-re-edited, and generally fretted over my first official manuscript, I was...
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Cat Webling
- Mar 19, 2019
- 2 min
Writing Specialties.
When I write, I feel the most at home writing descritions. I love dropping my audience headfirst into a scene, tumbling through...
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Cat Webling
- Feb 28, 2019
- 2 min
Cosmically Important
Have some late-night inspiration a little earlier in the evening than usual: The universe is billions of years old. No matter how you...
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Cat Webling
- Feb 12, 2019
- 3 min
How To Be A "Real" Writer.
There's a fairly new coffee shop that I've begun to frequent in my town. It's about a five minute drive from my house with no traffic, in...
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Cat Webling
- Jan 15, 2019
- 4 min
Storytelling - Acting versus Writing
I love stories. I love diving into fictional worlds and falling in love with these characters, watching their story play out. As an...
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Cat Webling
- Dec 30, 2018
- 2 min
The Clock Strikes Twelve.
2018. A year of laughter, and tears, and screams of anger, and soft smiles. In this year, I finished my associate's degree, found love,...
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Cat Webling
- Dec 29, 2018
- 2 min
Five Minute Call.
I've toyed around with the idea of creating a website for myself for ages now. It seemed like a logical step: begin acting career, have...
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