Cat Margulis

Cat Margulis I'm a Toronto author and super (tired) mom of four, working on my next novel, and generally trying to be, do, have it all.

AGAIN, ONLY MORE LIKE YOU, coming April 29.

“Dreaming isn’t something we earn after we’ve done the work. Dreaming IS the work.”My latest, now on Substack. (Link in ...
10/01/2026

“Dreaming isn’t something we earn after we’ve done the work. Dreaming IS the work.”

My latest, now on Substack. (Link in bio.)

So what part of your day can you reclaim to dream? And what do you want to dream about anyway?

One of my favourite Hollywood stories…Before My Big Fat Greek Wedding became a phenomenon, Nia Vardalos found another wa...
09/24/2026

One of my favourite Hollywood stories…

Before My Big Fat Greek Wedding became a phenomenon, Nia Vardalos found another way to get her story in front of people: she performed it as a one-woman show.

Nia had already written the screenplay but had no one to send it to so she turned it into a play that she performed on stage.

When the show started selling out, she spent $500 on a one-time newspaper ad.
Rita Wilson saw it.

Rita, who is also Greek, had just come back from New York, where she had fallen in love with theatre. She promised her husband, Tom Hanks, that they would see more shows when they were back home in LA. Then she came across Nia’s ad.

And we know what happened next.

As Nia’s story shows, it sure can pay off to bet on yourself, even when the odds are against you. You might even find that God has beat you to it and made a way for you there.

PS: Thanks to The Writers Lab for this fun challenge that kicked my screenwriting butt into high gear. Excited for what comes next 🤩

I gave myself 48 hours to do something I could’ve taken years to do.I wrote a screenplay.A contest deadline came across ...
09/23/2026

I gave myself 48 hours to do something I could’ve taken years to do.

I wrote a screenplay.

A contest deadline came across my radar and, instead of telling myself there wasn’t enough time, I decided to run at the wall.

Of course it helped that it was a story I’ve been working on for years now and had mostly figured out.

Still, I don’t know if they’ll pick me. I’m sure it’s a long shot.

What I do know is that the 48-hour deadline forced me to stop thinking about doing it and actually do it.
 
Whatever happens with the contest, I’ve already won.

I now have something I didn’t have before: a screenplay I can refine, workshop and pitch.

Here’s to running at your dreams 💫

Back to school this year just hits different 😢😭PS: I’m not short. He’s just tall 😂
09/09/2026

Back to school this year just hits different 😢😭

PS: I’m not short. He’s just tall 😂

End of summer shenanigans 😎 ☀️        ♥️
09/08/2026

End of summer shenanigans 😎

☀️ ♥️

If PJ Harvey and Fiona Apple had a book baby…After five years of writing and rewriting, stripping it back down to its pa...
09/06/2026

If PJ Harvey and Fiona Apple had a book baby…

After five years of writing and rewriting, stripping it back down to its parts and building it back up again, falling in and out of love, arguing and pleading with God, reassembling reconfiguring, rediscovering…

I finally know what this book is. And I have come out the other side a much better person for it.

Thank you. This has been a most wonderful adventure.🙏

❤️

Can’t help falling in love with this story all over again 😍Dumped. Pregnant. Fired. For best friends Carmen and Ally, th...
08/12/2026

Can’t help falling in love with this story all over again 😍

Dumped. Pregnant. Fired. For best friends Carmen and Ally, the approach of their 40th birthdays is anything but a celebration. Yet, it might be exactly what they need to set their lives on the right path.

In the bustling heart of New York, Carmen has it all - a high-profile career, a loving family, and a home straight out of a magazine. But as her 40th looms, her life begins to unravel. A surprise pregnancy, a shocking job loss, and the unwelcome sight of crow’s feet force her to rethink her perfect life and what it means to truly have it all.

Meanwhile, in the quiet of Maine, Carmen’s best friend Ally, a spirited marine biologist, confronts her own crisis as she faces the fallout from a doomed affair with her boss. With her romantic life in shambles and her professional life no better, Ally relocates to Portland, Oregon, hoping for a fresh start and one last chance at love.

As their individual journeys to happiness lead them in different directions, the strength of their friendship is tested. Tragedy strikes, bringing hidden resentments to the surface and forcing them to confront their past - and each other. In the process, they must answer a pivotal question: Are their best years really behind them, or is this just the beginning of their greatest adventures?

📚

Just beachy ☀️⛱️Nothing like a week at the beach house. For the record, we are still on vacation 😎   ❤️  ❤️
08/10/2026

Just beachy ☀️⛱️

Nothing like a week at the beach house. For the record, we are still on vacation 😎

❤️ ❤️

How do you say delicious?How do you say delovely?How do you say delectable?Divine?Degroovy!Deee-Lite!Happy birthday to m...
07/31/2026

How do you say delicious?
How do you say delovely?
How do you say delectable?
Divine?
Degroovy!
Deee-Lite!

Happy birthday to my sweet girl, the greatest gift in the world. No shade to my boys of course, but she is my favourite!

👑 ❤️ 🌎❤️

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