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"2018-04-10T19:22:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe4-68a3-71c4-9cde-c820da4ef532", "title": "How the machinery of enablement works in American theatre.", "url": "https://monicacatherine.com/2018/03/28/a-case-study-of-how-the-machinery-of-enablement-works-in-american-theatre/", "published_at": "2018-03-28T13:52:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe4-68a3-71c4-9cde-c820db39a260", "title": "My comments to Durham City Council on behalf of independent artists.", "url": "https://monicacatherine.com/2018/03/20/my-comments-to-durham-city-council-on-behalf-of-independent-artists/", "published_at": "2018-03-20T20:19:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe4-68a3-71c4-9cde-c820db3a088a", "title": "Murph.", "url": "https://monicacatherine.com/2018/03/18/murph/", "published_at": "2018-03-18T13:43:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe7-a23b-7223-843f-3f518cec6997", "title": "I made a handy chart.", "url": "https://monicacatherine.com/2018/02/15/i-made-a-handy-chart/", "published_at": "2018-02-15T20:03:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe7-a23b-7223-843f-3f518d0eb0ee", "title": "You must stop reminiscing at every date.", "url": "https://monicacatherine.com/2018/02/12/you-must-stop-reminiscing-at-every-date/", "published_at": "2018-02-12T21:23:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe7-a23b-7223-843f-3f518dd16811", "title": "Instructions for the Age of Emergency.", "url": "https://monicacatherine.com/2018/02/08/instructions-for-the-age-of-emergency/", "published_at": "2018-02-08T16:03:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe7-a23b-7223-843f-3f518e335eb9", "title": "TEXAS! I am coming for you!", "url": "https://monicacatherine.com/2018/01/23/texas-i-am-coming-for-you/", "published_at": "2018-01-23T20:32:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe7-a23b-7223-843f-3f518ec5b7bd", "title": "So here’s the thing.", "url": "https://monicacatherine.com/2017/11/25/so-heres-the-thing/", "published_at": "2017-11-25T21:50:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe7-a23b-7223-843f-3f518fad370f", "title": "Please do not ask me to work for free.", "url": "https://monicacatherine.com/2017/07/02/please-do-not-ask-me-to-work-for-free/", "published_at": "2017-07-02T19:57:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe7-a23b-7223-843f-3f518fe5d80d", "title": "TOMORROW: June live video chat!", "url": "https://monicacatherine.com/2017/06/06/tomorrow-june-live-video-chat/", "published_at": "2017-06-06T19:41:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe7-a23b-7223-843f-3f51900ffb49", "title": "I am now a cyborg. Allow me to explain.", "url": "https://monicacatherine.com/2017/05/31/i-am-now-a-cyborg-allow-me-to-explain/", "published_at": "2017-05-31T22:38:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe7-a23b-7223-843f-3f51906a2dee", "title": "A home without a name.", "url": "https://monicacatherine.com/2017/05/24/the-unnameable-home/", "published_at": "2017-05-24T20:57:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe7-a23b-7223-843f-3f519152961c", "title": "Dear Microsoft: absolutely not.", "url": "https://monicacatherine.com/2017/04/05/dear-microsoft-no/", "published_at": "2017-04-06T00:21:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbeb-d7f9-7142-b670-27e421b5e67d", "title": "Heads up: D.C., VIRGINIA, and MARYLAND folks!", "url": "https://monicacatherine.com/2017/03/29/heads-up-d-c-virginia-and-maryland-folks/", "published_at": "2017-03-29T22:52:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbeb-d7f9-7142-b670-27e421dd9871", "title": "Six kinds of books.", "url": "https://monicacatherine.com/2017/02/22/six-kinds-of-books/", "published_at": "2017-02-22T20:22:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbeb-d7f9-7142-b670-27e4222fd546", "title": "THE LAST PUSH!", "url": "https://monicacatherine.com/2017/02/08/the-last-push/", "published_at": "2017-02-08T20:43:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbeb-d7f9-7142-b670-27e422fde6b6", "title": "My childhood lesson in nonviolence.", "url": "https://monicacatherine.com/2017/02/01/my-childhood-lesson-in-nonviolence/", "published_at": "2017-02-01T23:25:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbeb-d7f9-7142-b670-27e4236f746b", "title": "$3,012.", "url": "https://monicacatherine.com/2017/01/30/3012/", "published_at": "2017-01-31T04:07:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbeb-d7f9-7142-b670-27e4239c57af", "title": "Meet the day with dignity. ", "url": "https://monicacatherine.com/2017/01/20/meet-the-day-with-dignity/", "published_at": "2017-01-20T13:09:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbeb-d7f9-7142-b670-27e424218ca8", "title": "What is likely vs. what is possible, and why that distinction is imperative right now.", "url": "https://monicacatherine.com/2017/01/15/what-is-likely-vs-what-is-possible-and-why-that-distinction-is-imperative-right-now/", "published_at": "2017-01-16T03:39:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbeb-d7f9-7142-b670-27e424a5653c", "title": "House of Medici, 2016.", "url": "https://monicacatherine.com/2017/01/09/house-of-medici-2016/", "published_at": "2017-01-09T19:50:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbeb-d7f9-7142-b670-27e425a06542", "title": "Let me tell you about the future.", "url": "https://monicacatherine.com/2017/01/01/let-me-tell-you-about-the-future/", "published_at": "2017-01-01T23:44:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbeb-d7f9-7142-b670-27e42666ba6d", "title": "Even the very wise cannot see all ends.", "url": "https://monicacatherine.com/2016/12/28/even-the-very-wise-cannot-see-all-ends/", "published_at": "2016-12-28T17:28:24+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog

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2024

Petsit X: Night of the Living Pet.original ↗

7 Oct 2024

October postcard: Musical chairs.original ↗

2 Oct 2024

September’s work: The kitty and the clutch.original ↗

1 Oct 2024

“Parasocial” is LIVE!original ↗

27 Sept 2024

song 3 : yosemite original ↗

20 Sept 2024

The summer I got my pilot’s license.original ↗

13 Sept 2024

Only EIGHT spots left for my online creative writing workshop!original ↗

6 Sept 2024

September postcard: How my first stick shift driving lesson went.original ↗

3 Sept 2024

August’s work: Sunsets, rainbows, and giardia.original ↗

2 Sept 2024

A thousand orientations.original ↗

22 Aug 2024

The Taiwan Garbage Truck Song.original ↗

14 Aug 2024

The Actual Star reading groups start TODAY!original ↗

7 Aug 2024

GREAT NEWS: I’m teaching an online creative writing workshop! Finally!original ↗

23 Jul 2024

A prayer for right use of power.original ↗

12 Jul 2024

June’s work: Swamp ass, Shiba Inus, and good plain rice.original ↗

1 Jul 2024

A postmortem on the querying process.original ↗

29 Jun 2024

My new agent: Jim McCarthy!original ↗

25 Jun 2024

Say hello to my new literary agent!original ↗

20 Jun 2024

A Father’s Day singalong.original ↗

16 Jun 2024

The dog with blue spectacles.original ↗

13 Jun 2024

June postcard: Three hundred steps.original ↗

4 Jun 2024

May’s work.original ↗

31 May 2024

Dusk on Doi Suthep.original ↗

27 May 2024

Q: Can an author make a living from royalties?original ↗

16 May 2024

Voicemail from Chiang Mai (with birdsong!).original ↗

10 May 2024

May postcard: The allure of futility.original ↗

2 May 2024

April’s work.original ↗

30 Apr 2024

Chale chalo.original ↗

21 Apr 2024

Want a postcard from India?original ↗

17 Apr 2024

The First Annual Lip Balm Liberation Day.original ↗

10 Apr 2024

April postcard: Resurrection blues.original ↗

1 Apr 2024

March’s work.original ↗

30 Mar 2024

That time I snuck into The Two Towers world premiere party in New York.original ↗

29 Mar 2024

Back to the year 2068.original ↗

18 Mar 2024

The trouble with travel writing.original ↗

14 Mar 2024

Psssssssst BIG SALE!original ↗

11 Mar 2024

March postcard: The goddess at the end of the world.original ↗

8 Mar 2024

February’s work.original ↗

29 Feb 2024

Nineteen hours of gentleness.original ↗

17 Feb 2024

The end of art as we know it.original ↗

14 Feb 2024

Real talk. (Please read.)original ↗

12 Feb 2024

The art of query letters.original ↗

6 Feb 2024

February postcard: In praise of autorickshaws.original ↗

1 Feb 2024

January’s work.original ↗

31 Jan 2024

Process Diary: Can drugs help you write?original ↗

22 Jan 2024

Proof of life: Bengaluru.original ↗

17 Jan 2024

Petsit IX: The Rise of Petsitting.original ↗

10 Jan 2024

January postcard: End-of-life fantasy.original ↗

1 Jan 2024

2023

December’s work.original ↗

31 Dec 2023

Tar poo Christmas.original ↗

24 Dec 2023

Monica’s (very subjective!) Ten Rules for Crowdfunding.original ↗

18 Dec 2023

Q: How do you pack for a life on the road?original ↗

8 Dec 2023

Yet another transformation.original ↗

4 Dec 2023

Duke Chronicle article on Jay O’Berski.original ↗

23 May 2023

On Jay O’Berski / Jack O’Berski.original ↗

9 Feb 2023

2022

A dramatic reading of my one-star reviews.original ↗

27 Feb 2022

The Valentine candy incident.original ↗

14 Feb 2022

The Durham Arts Funding Reform Proposal: what happened two years ago?original ↗

5 Feb 2022

Nominate The Actual Star for the Hugo and Nebula Awards!original ↗

17 Jan 2022

2021

THE ACTUAL STAR: A conversation with Hal Stern.original ↗

27 Sept 2021

Want me to visit your book club? Just ask!original ↗

24 Aug 2021

Back to the future.original ↗

20 Aug 2021

Hello loves. It’s been awhile.original ↗

17 Aug 2021

2020

The five (actual) factors of success for an artist.original ↗

28 Feb 2020

2019

Final independent artists’ remarks to Durham City Council IX, December 19, 2019.original ↗

31 Dec 2019

Independent artists’ remarks to Durham City Council VIII, December 5, 2019.original ↗

9 Dec 2019

Independent artists’ remarks to Durham City Council VII, November 21, 2019.original ↗

22 Nov 2019

Independent artists’ remarks to Durham City Council VI, November 7, 2019.original ↗

20 Nov 2019

Independent artists’ remarks to Durham City Council V, October 24, 2019.original ↗

3 Nov 2019

Independent artists’ remarks to Durham City Council IV, October 10, 2019.original ↗

21 Oct 2019

Independent artists’ remarks to Durham City Council III, September 19, 2019.original ↗

26 Sept 2019

Independent artists’ remarks to Durham City Council II, September 5, 2019.original ↗

7 Sept 2019

Independent artists’ remarks to Durham City Council, August 22, 2019.original ↗

23 Aug 2019

2018

American Theatre Magazine does the right thing.original ↗

22 Aug 2018

Blue Nowruz.original ↗

29 Jun 2018

Carpenter bee.original ↗

29 Apr 2018

My response to TCG and American Theatre Magazine.original ↗

10 Apr 2018

How the machinery of enablement works in American theatre.original ↗

28 Mar 2018

My comments to Durham City Council on behalf of independent artists.original ↗

20 Mar 2018

Murph.original ↗

18 Mar 2018

I made a handy chart.original ↗

15 Feb 2018

You must stop reminiscing at every date.original ↗

12 Feb 2018

Instructions for the Age of Emergency.original ↗

8 Feb 2018

TEXAS! I am coming for you!original ↗

23 Jan 2018

2017

So here’s the thing.original ↗

25 Nov 2017

Please do not ask me to work for free.original ↗

2 Jul 2017

TOMORROW: June live video chat!original ↗

6 Jun 2017

I am now a cyborg. Allow me to explain.original ↗

31 May 2017

A home without a name.original ↗

24 May 2017

Dear Microsoft: absolutely not.original ↗

6 Apr 2017

Heads up: D.C., VIRGINIA, and MARYLAND folks!original ↗

29 Mar 2017

Six kinds of books.original ↗

22 Feb 2017

THE LAST PUSH!original ↗

8 Feb 2017

My childhood lesson in nonviolence.original ↗

1 Feb 2017

$3,012.original ↗

31 Jan 2017

Meet the day with dignity. original ↗

20 Jan 2017

What is likely vs. what is possible, and why that distinction is imperative right now.original ↗

16 Jan 2017

House of Medici, 2016.original ↗

9 Jan 2017

Let me tell you about the future.original ↗

1 Jan 2017

2016

Even the very wise cannot see all ends.original ↗

28 Dec 2016