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Cat Webling
Nov 26, 20203 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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
Oct 16, 20202 min read
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, 20208 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20192 min read
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, 20192 min read
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, 20195 min read
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, 20193 min read
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, 20192 min read
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, 20192 min read
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, 20193 min read
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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