Sympathy for the Devil - A Review of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
I'm not usually a huge fan of prequels to a completed series. When this book was announced, I'll admit, I was intrigued but not...
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Cat Webling
- Dec 29, 2020
- 1 min
Introducing My New Short Story Collection!
This is a book of beginnings. Some are familiar. The beginning of a gothic cautionary tale, the beginning that they never tell of a...
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Cat Webling
- Dec 24, 2020
- 1 min
Happy Holidays
In a time during which nothing else is certain, you would think that the marked passing of time in the form of annual holidays would...
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Cat Webling
- Dec 20, 2020
- 2 min
Taking a Guided Tour of the Fangirl Universe
Having been active in fandoms for nearly a decade now, I'm always interested in learning more about the weird, fun subculture that is...
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Cat Webling
- Dec 12, 2020
- 3 min
Books to Curl Up With on Cold Days
There's something about curling up on the couch when it's cold outside, a cup of tea in one hand and a favorite book in the other. Maybe...
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Cat Webling
- Dec 10, 2020
- 2 min
The Drop of the Ball
The year is finally, finally drawing to a close. It has felt for me, as I'm sure it's felt for many people, as if it would never end and...
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Cat Webling
- Dec 1, 2020
- 5 min
My First NaNoWriMo In Review
I participated in NaNoWriMo for the first time. Here's how it went.
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Cat Webling
- Nov 26, 2020
- 3 min
I Am Grateful.
Right now, I want to talk about the things that have kept me going when it felt like the ground was slipping out from under my feet.
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Cat Webling
- Nov 7, 2020
- 2 min
In the Eye of a Hurricane
There has been a passage from a song in the musical Hamilton playing in my head today. In the eye of a hurricane There is quiet For just...
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Cat Webling
- Nov 5, 2020
- 2 min
Remember, Remember the Fifth of November - A Brief History of Guy Fawkes Day
The Gunpowder Plot's legacy lies on one man and a mask, a hundred years later.
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Cat Webling
- Nov 3, 2020
- 2 min
Introducing My New Novel!
“Endeavor 101 to Oasis 8, permission to dock in station five?” Static and silence. “Endeavor 101 to Oasis 8, do you copy?” “Are you...
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Cat Webling
- Oct 27, 2020
- 1 min
Here it is!
Sometimes the voices of the past are like ghosts in your future. Always waiting in the shadows to see you again. This collection of poems...
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Cat Webling
- Oct 16, 2020
- 2 min
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
- Aug 24, 2020
- 3 min
I Remember Addie - A Review of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
What would you sell your soul for? I want to believe that my answer is “nothing.” That I would never break down and trade the core of who...
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Cat Webling
- Aug 18, 2020
- 4 min
The Who, What, and Why of Fandoms.
How Fans Identify Themselves and Their Communities. In the early part of 2020, I posted a survey on all of my social media accounts...
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Cat Webling
- Aug 11, 2020
- 1 min
A Cup of Tea
That your sounds should be so sharp And yet so tenderly accepted More a falcon's cry than harp With taught pulled strings directed By the...
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Cat Webling
- Jul 22, 2020
- 4 min
A Review of V. E. Schwab's A Darker Shade of Magic
“You know so little of war. Battles may be fought from the outside in, but wars are won from the inside out.” ― V.E. Schwab, A Darker...
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Cat Webling
- Jul 16, 2020
- 2 min
The Unexpected Benefits of Keeping a Reading Log
Recently, I started keeping a reading log. It's not something I ever worried about doing befor