Gerard Way wasn’t being taken seriously enough as a graphic artist and was living in his mother’s basement when 9/11 happened. He was on commute from Jersey to New York where he worked at a job he wasn’t feeling fulfilled with and was battling depression, drug and alcohol abuse and was at one point suicidal.
Author: catfiction
“It’s just a few blocks- You don’t drive?” “Driving is so easy!” “Does it bother you that you don’t drive?” “The bus sucks though!” “You’ll need your license if you live on your own.” “It’s good to have in case of an emergency!” Above are some examples of comments I’d heard on a loop for
‘If Only it Were True’ – Marc LevyI understand that this book sold millions of copies, but it was definitely not for me. I actually laughed out loud at the sad parts because it was too melodramatic for my liking. If anything though, this book gave me the confidence to work toward completing my novel,
Here’s a bit of flashback post I typed up in November after I saw ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’. As a Queen fan I thought the film was pretty good. Alright, I’ve thought about it and I think that if you don’t know much about Queen then ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ is perfect. For me personally, I found the storytelling a bit choppy because the timeline was off at parts
So, here’s a story. When I was younger I wanted to pierce my tongue. Split my tongue, actually. Like a snake. I had seen it done on TV – probably on some TLC show. TLC used to have the best weird stuff. I lived for shows like ‘Miami Ink’ and ‘My Strange Addiction’. Well I
Please note that I am absolutely an amateur writer, but have been asked by a few people over the years for story writing advice. So the snippets of advice I’ll give you here are things I too learned while stumbling along in my own writing. (Still stumbling). I will be referencing original characters in the
On October 2nd, 2014, I met Frank Iero. Like, THE Frank Iero. Pencey Prep & My Chemical Romance & LeATHERMOUTH & Death Spells & frnkiero andthe cellabration & Frank Iero and the Patience Something that you should know about me is that I have a bucket list. It started off as a joke with friends
“Hey, Cat, what’re you writing?” These words literally made my heart race and my face flush in high school. Because how do you explain fan fiction to someone who doesn’t know what fan fiction is? Or knows and thinks fan fiction is bizarre? Well, guess what, I did a whole presentation on fan fiction in
There is a reason Winnipeg is known as Winterpeg. Our winters generally start near the end of November and last into April. We’ve even had snow in May. As a child I loved snow, but not so much as an adult. Fun fact: children don’t really feel temperature. Did you know that? -40 and they’re
I’m going to talk about a local band I’ve liked for literal years now. Because that’s what a supportive fan does, right? And it’s mindboggling to me that more people don’t know about them yet. The band is FINALLY starting to tour outside of Winnipeg so if you haven’t heard their name yet, you might