Exploring the update through the eyes of someone who started their Animal Crossing journey with New Horizons 1.0
I started playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons at the beginning of 2020; I was bored and sad due to…well, everything. …
A reference sheet to the 12 basic classes in Dungeons and Dragons
In one of my last Dungeons and Dragons pieces, I covered the basic races that players can use to make their characters, and the benefits each one offered. So, now I thought it was time to cover the next big character-building block — classes.
Classes in D&D can define how…
A review of Saturn and Their Rings by S.N. Benenhaley.
I am an avid lover of all things space, and of all things poetry. So, when the lovely people at Nymeria Publishing asked if I’d like to review an ARC of a new poetry collection centering around the gorgeous Ringed Planet, I couldn’t say yes fast enough.
To all the other Shelley fans out there…our bad?
When I was 15, I was in a show called Murder By the Book. It was a fun murder mystery play based around literature, and I played the part of the young, flirty, slightly mad Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein. …
Setting up your readers for the big reveal.
There’s nothing better than being caught up in a book and suddenly having a plot twist change the entire story. A villain is revealed to be right behind the hero, or maybe the person we thought was our hero is the villain!
A good plot twist can shake up your…
VE Schwab thrills readers again with a brilliant combination of The Secret Garden and Coraline.
I am a massive fan of VE Schwab. I first got into her writing with The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, and have since been trying to get my hands on every book of hers I possibly can.
When I saw that I had the opportunity to read an ARC…
How a French book about a brilliant and terrifying opera house specter became a revered Broadway classic.
I’ll admit, when it comes to this particular piece, I am extraordinarily biased (but then again, aren’t I always in opinion pieces?). I’ve seen Phantom live three times — in Atlanta, Hamburg, and the West End during various travels. Wherever there’s a theater, I’ll try to see Phantom.
The show…
From classic sci-fi horror to practical day-to-day space living, here are some of the fun things I’ve learned about space as a scifi novelist.
One of the really fun things about being a scifi novelist is that I get to do tons of research about space. How it looks, how it sounds (or doesn’t), and what happens when things go wrong out there. It’s absolutely fascinating to learn about the vastness that exists outside…
The basic essentials for starting D&D as a player and as a DM
I have said it before and I’ll say it again — Dungeons and Dragons is a fantastic game to play. You have total creative control over a world of your own making, to explore, expand, save, or destroy as you see fit. It’s just you, your party, your rulebooks, and…
How to leave your personal fictional world and come back to it stronger.
You’ve got a fantastic idea. A whole, sprawling world in your mind tickles your imagination with dreams of intrigue and action, maybe even romance. You can’t think about anything else, so you sit down, and begin to write.
What happens when you stand up?
Novel writing is hard. It’s taking…
Cat Webling
Hello! I’m Cat, author and amateur fandom historian based out of Kansas. I write about literature, theater, gaming, and fandom. Personal work: catwebling.com.
