Archive for the ‘ Cate Whines ’ Category

In which I complain and talk nonsense, as usual.

  Clementine, Clementine, Clementine! She is still not finished. I think part of me doesn’t want to finish – because then I’d have to stop spending time with her. Also part of me (a big, big part) is lazy. I have no discipline in my life. I’m working on that. I think I need to [ READ MORE ]

Actually, green is a great color on me.

Aw maaaaaaaaaaan. I want Roald Dahl stamps! Stupid Royal Mail and their cool stuff. Stupid USPS. *kicks rocks*[ READ MORE ]

In which I brag and complain, muse and rant.

Back when I was a happy-go-lucky MFA student with no cares in the world and no idea how horrible it would be to graduate and leave the MFA community – however infuriating it was at times – behind, a member of my thesis board suggested that I take up blogging. Of course I was already [ READ MORE ]

It’s like deja vu all over again!

My boyfriend Joe and I watched an awesome new TV show last night called Spartacus: Blood and Sand. And by “awesome,” I mean, “terrible.” And by “new,” I mean, “basically a rip-off of every other like-minded TV show or movie that’s come before it.” Don’t get me wrong: this happens all the time and I’m [ READ MORE ]

The light, the tunnel…?

I don’t want to get ahead of myself here, but I think…I mean, I hope…that is, I’ve made it my goal…um…well. I think this may be the weekend during which I actually finish* my Thesis. I think it’s time. Past time, really. Like a baby that refuses to be born… So this is the weekend [ READ MORE ]

MY PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED.

My favorite writer who doesn’t really write rides again: Patterson Signs 17-Book Deal with Hachette (via PW). Here’s a quote: …the prolific author has just inked a new 17-book deal that will keep him with publisher Hachette through 2012. The deal includes 11 adult titles, to be published in hardcover by Little, Brown and Company [ READ MORE ]

Book-learnin’? Who needs it!

There’s been a bit of a kerfluffle lately (around the blogs I read, anyway) about how kids are taught about books in school (the originator, and some responses). It seems there’s a hefty population that received less-than-stellar English education, taking classes in high school and earlier that sucked all the fun out of books and [ READ MORE ]

What makes a “beach book?”

The voting is over and NPR’s list of the 100 Best Beach Books Ever (ever!) has been released. While I understand compiling “the best of (anything) ever” is a risky undertaking in itself, some of the final 100 make me scratch my head a little. I’ll read anything anywhere, so I suppose there’s no such [ READ MORE ]

Well. Here I am.

I’ve been in kind of a rut lately. Oh, I know, I never stop complaining. Everything was great for a few days after I finished my Thesis rough draft* and then it sort of…stopped being so great. By and large I feel dissatisfied with my life. On the surface, I shouldn’t: I’m doing well in [ READ MORE ]

Ugh. Gross.

I’ll be the first to admit, I don’t really “get” Twitter. I don’t see the point and I don’t take part and yadda yadda yadda. I’m sure that some Twitterers (Twits?) are up to interesting stuff, but here’s two things I heard about today that make me sad inside: 1. via Nathan Bransford, via comments [ READ MORE ]

Meet Cate

I'm a 27-year-old writer living and writing in Pittsburgh, PA. I finished my MFA in December 2009 and now I flounder through life as I struggle to figure out what it means to be a "writer in the world" as opposed to a "writer in school."

Can't get enough of how awesome I am? Check out my romance novel blog, Romance Recap.

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Submissions – 2012

Stories Out: 1
Accepted: 0
Rejected: 0
Total Submissions: 0

Submissions – 2011

Stories Out: 1
Accepted: 0
Rejected: 1
Total Submissions: 1

Submissions – 2010

Stories Out: 2
Accepted: 4
Rejected: 14
Total Submissions: 20

Published Work – 2010

"Follow the Signs"
The Wanderlust Review: Volume I, Issue 1 (print)

"The Coming Storm"
greatest lakes review: Online

"The Road to Clara"
The Linnet's Wings: Summer 2010, Online

"Harold Upstairs"
shady side review: Fall 2010, Online

"Tyrannosaurus Rex as Evolutionary Ideal"
shady side review: Fall 2010, Online

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