Cat Rambo
@catrambo.bsky.social
They/she. My cats' names are Bruce, Clark, & BabyBear. Nebula award winning F&SF writer/editor/teacher. Snark at your own risk. Located in South Bend, IN. Sometimes I swear. linktr.ee/catrambo
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Cat Rambo
@catrambo.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Hello! I'm now 61! I write F&SF and sometimes lean literary. Midwesterner, feminist, tattooed enby. Finding fellow spirits who also like:
reading
ttrpgs
cats
fantasy, SF, and horror
rock hunting
gardening
spiders
enamel pins
libraries
hopeful things
overthrowing the patriarchy
dismantling capitalism
reading
ttrpgs
cats
fantasy, SF, and horror
rock hunting
gardening
spiders
enamel pins
libraries
hopeful things
overthrowing the patriarchy
dismantling capitalism
Teaching my class on Writing Killer Descriptions in about a half hour, last chance to get in on this if you're interested.
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Writing Killer Descriptions | The World of Cat Rambo
Learn tips and techniques for writing descriptions that pull a reader in without getting them lost in the words.
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January 4, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Teaching my class on Writing Killer Descriptions in about a half hour, last chance to get in on this if you're interested.
www.catrambo.com/classes/writ...
www.catrambo.com/classes/writ...
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They spread before us their riches of gold and silver, of ivory and ebony, and we spread before them our hearts and our spirits.
And yet they deem themselves the hosts and us the guests.
And yet they deem themselves the hosts and us the guests.
January 4, 2026 at 4:25 AM
They spread before us their riches of gold and silver, of ivory and ebony, and we spread before them our hearts and our spirits.
And yet they deem themselves the hosts and us the guests.
And yet they deem themselves the hosts and us the guests.
Are you a writer looking for an online community that offers co-writing sessions, classes, discussion groups, author talks, motivation sessions, and more? Check out the Rambo Academy for Wayward Writers. Scholarships available.
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January 4, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Are you a writer looking for an online community that offers co-writing sessions, classes, discussion groups, author talks, motivation sessions, and more? Check out the Rambo Academy for Wayward Writers. Scholarships available.
www.patreon.com/c/catrambo
www.patreon.com/c/catrambo
Being able to see tracks in the snow has revealed that the possum is living under my front steps, which I think I'm actually okay with.
January 3, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Being able to see tracks in the snow has revealed that the possum is living under my front steps, which I think I'm actually okay with.
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Happy #sciencefiction day #readsky! Support your favorite sci-fi authors wherever they sell their stories! 📚💙🪐 #booksky
January 2, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Happy #sciencefiction day #readsky! Support your favorite sci-fi authors wherever they sell their stories! 📚💙🪐 #booksky
This Saturday I'm starting my online short story writing workshop, which goes for six sessions, and is aimed at refining your storytelling skills and learning how to submit stories. Full and partial scholarships still available. Please spread the word!
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Short Story Workshop | The World of Cat Rambo
Learn how to write, refine, and submit short stories in a workshop that combines lecture, discussion, in-class writing exercises, and critiquing each other's stories. Over the course of this class you...
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January 1, 2026 at 10:31 PM
This Saturday I'm starting my online short story writing workshop, which goes for six sessions, and is aimed at refining your storytelling skills and learning how to submit stories. Full and partial scholarships still available. Please spread the word!
www.catrambo.com/classes/shor...
www.catrambo.com/classes/shor...
My Short Story Workshop starts Jan 3, and will run for 6 sessions online. There's still room in the class, including full and partial scholarships.
www.catrambo.com/classes/shor...
www.catrambo.com/classes/shor...
www.catrambo.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
My Short Story Workshop starts Jan 3, and will run for 6 sessions online. There's still room in the class, including full and partial scholarships.
www.catrambo.com/classes/shor...
www.catrambo.com/classes/shor...
This was one of my favorite interviews EVER and I'll be putting it up in early January. :)
I'll be interviewing @beatriceiker.bsky.social about their debut novel, I'LL MAKE A SPECTACLE OF YOU, which is terrific Southern gothic horror, for my YouTube channel today. Got any questions you want me to ask them?
December 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This was one of my favorite interviews EVER and I'll be putting it up in early January. :)
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The only thing ChatGPT ever does.
August 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The only thing ChatGPT ever does.
I'll be interviewing @beatriceiker.bsky.social about their debut novel, I'LL MAKE A SPECTACLE OF YOU, which is terrific Southern gothic horror, for my YouTube channel today. Got any questions you want me to ask them?
December 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I'll be interviewing @beatriceiker.bsky.social about their debut novel, I'LL MAKE A SPECTACLE OF YOU, which is terrific Southern gothic horror, for my YouTube channel today. Got any questions you want me to ask them?
Sometimes I feel like a bit of a slacker, but I was just setting up my Jan-April calendar for the Wayward Academy and realized I do 20-30 events every month for it. Which I like - it's all stuff I enjoy - but it's also nice to be reminded I didn't just read & play board games online all month.
December 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Sometimes I feel like a bit of a slacker, but I was just setting up my Jan-April calendar for the Wayward Academy and realized I do 20-30 events every month for it. Which I like - it's all stuff I enjoy - but it's also nice to be reminded I didn't just read & play board games online all month.
Want to take your story from just an idea to a full draft?Here's a class on that, and it's on sale fo $10 through Jan 1 catrambo.teachable.com/p/moving-you...
Moving From Idea to Finished Draft
How to Take a Story from the Basic Idea to a Complete Story
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December 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Want to take your story from just an idea to a full draft?Here's a class on that, and it's on sale fo $10 through Jan 1 catrambo.teachable.com/p/moving-you...
100% this.
Per Craig Ferguson: When you're about to say something, ask yourself
1. Does this need to be said
2. Does this need to be said by me
3. Does this need to be said by me right now
It's amazing how asking these will get keep you out of trouble (that is, if you actually have sense to begin with)
1. Does this need to be said
2. Does this need to be said by me
3. Does this need to be said by me right now
It's amazing how asking these will get keep you out of trouble (that is, if you actually have sense to begin with)
I’ve been trying very hard to not be an asshole as I get older. Often, that just means keeping my mouth shut and nodding along.
December 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
100% this.
Want some tips, tools, and tricks for creating an immersive world for your reader? My class on that is on sale this month for $10 - catrambo.teachable.com/p/dunking-yo...
Dunking Your Reader in the Details
Toolsets for Creating an Immersive World
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December 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Want some tips, tools, and tricks for creating an immersive world for your reader? My class on that is on sale this month for $10 - catrambo.teachable.com/p/dunking-yo...
Three months ago, my dear friend Hani was murdered while trying to feed his family.
His sister Faten has cancer, and sleeps in a freezing tent with her hands, feet, and eyes swelling more and more every day.
I love this family with all my heart. I can’t keep watching them die.
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His sister Faten has cancer, and sleeps in a freezing tent with her hands, feet, and eyes swelling more and more every day.
I love this family with all my heart. I can’t keep watching them die.
gofund.me/2550fc5e2
December 23, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Here's my latest newsletter, complete with two typos (that I've spotted so far). Wrapping up the year!
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Fast Away the Old Year Passes
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December 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Here's my latest newsletter, complete with two typos (that I've spotted so far). Wrapping up the year!
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Here's some of my favorite reading from 2025: aqueductpress.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
The Pleasures of Reading, Viewing, and Listening in 2025, pt. 10: Cat Rambo
2025 Reading Pleasures by Cat Rambo 2025 treated me well, and there was a good bit of tra...
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December 21, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Here's some of my favorite reading from 2025: aqueductpress.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
In adulthood, I get to correspond with so many of the people whose games and books and art I devoured as a kid and young adult, and I gotta say, this is SUCH a joy and somewhere my teenage self just squeals with glee every once in a while. #bestlife
December 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
In adulthood, I get to correspond with so many of the people whose games and books and art I devoured as a kid and young adult, and I gotta say, this is SUCH a joy and somewhere my teenage self just squeals with glee every once in a while. #bestlife
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It's always a great fuckin day to read my FREE short story about a plague that kills billionaires ✨️ #NessPromo
Escape Pod 1003: Billionaire’s Tears
I wake up to the sound of screaming, and know I’m going to die. I shoot out of bed, calling for my mother. First thing I’ve spoken clearly in two days. “Maria!” My mother bursts into my room. “Baby…
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December 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
It's always a great fuckin day to read my FREE short story about a plague that kills billionaires ✨️ #NessPromo
I have video of my mail carrier encountering a possum on my Ring camera and this alone made the whole system worth it. He was so chill. "Hey little dude. What's your name? I'm Jeff."
December 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I have video of my mail carrier encountering a possum on my Ring camera and this alone made the whole system worth it. He was so chill. "Hey little dude. What's your name? I'm Jeff."
Getting down to 4 degrees tonight. To my Canadian friends, that's -15.
December 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Getting down to 4 degrees tonight. To my Canadian friends, that's -15.
It is flipping cold here, and I'm sore from falling on the ice yesterday. Today I am not leaving the house.
December 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
It is flipping cold here, and I'm sore from falling on the ice yesterday. Today I am not leaving the house.
It's the holidays so I must remind you of this sale, because I gotta feed my cats somehow in 2026 ;)
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December Sale | Cat Rambo
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December 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
It's the holidays so I must remind you of this sale, because I gotta feed my cats somehow in 2026 ;)
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This is such an amazing piece by @anthonymoser.com .
It should be spread far and wide, and read far and wide.
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
It should be spread far and wide, and read far and wide.
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
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August 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This is such an amazing piece by @anthonymoser.com .
It should be spread far and wide, and read far and wide.
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
It should be spread far and wide, and read far and wide.
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...