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.

I’ve been keeping a secret 🤭Secretly, I’ve been working on a new podcast season that’s going to knock your socks off 💥In...
06/14/2026

I’ve been keeping a secret 🤭

Secretly, I’ve been working on a new podcast season that’s going to knock your socks off 💥

Inspired by my novel Again, Only More Like You, it’s about next chapters, reinventions, and features amazing personal stories from some of the most incredible people I’ve had the chance to get to know. 🤩

If a near mid-century has taught me anything, it’s that you’re only as good as the story you tell yourself. And with this podcast season, I hope you’ll leave inspired and empowered to author your greatest chapter yet. 💫

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“A funny, uplifting, and at times heart-breaking exploration of female friendship and motherhood.” —Hannah Mary McKinnon...
06/11/2026

“A funny, uplifting, and at times heart-breaking exploration of female friendship and motherhood.” —Hannah Mary McKinnon, author of Only One Survives & The Christmas Countdown

Hannah Mary McKinnon Author 📚 was the first author to say yes to blurbing my book—at Christmastime, no less—and I will never forget that.

In addition to being one of the sweetest, most generous humans, she’s also a wonderfully versatile and fellow Canadian author, who happens to live not that far from me! We should definitely get together more often 😉

“Again, Only More Like You is a poignant, funny, uplifting, and at times heart-breaking exploration of female friendship and motherhood. Catalina Margulis’ writing will have your emotions in turmoil. Have a box of tissues at the ready!”

Thank you, Hannah, for this dream review of my book!

Hannah’s latest book A Killer Motive is out now.

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06/10/2026

Feeling stuck with your writing, or is it just me? 🎯

Sometimes it’s okay not to have all the answers. Just taking the next small step can change everything.

I used to feel bad about not having a clear linear path for my writing. But then I realized that life and stories aren’t about perfect plots and polished voices. Sometimes you just need to make the next choice and trust the process. 💫

George Saunders and many successful writers agree it’s about leaning into your individual way of writing—wild, offbeat, imperfect.

No one truly knows what will work for you. The most important thing is to keep writing your way through the chaos.

So keep going.
Trust your messy process.
And celebrate your offbeat voice. 🤩

Remember that some of the most memorable stories come from the most unexpected choices.

Share this with a fellow writer ✍🏼 who gets to hear you’re not alone.

Happy National Best Friends Day! Impossible to narrow it down to just one, but I guess that’s a good problem to have. So...
06/08/2026

Happy National Best Friends Day!

Impossible to narrow it down to just one, but I guess that’s a good problem to have.

So grateful for these besties (and a few others I’m missing selfies for, looking at you ), who most consistently show up in my DM’s , who make me laugh, who show up when it matters the most, who grow me guide me teach me inspire me. Who are always up for some shenanigans. And who make this life the most interesting and fun.

Most importantly, we don’t hide or hold back from one another, not even the strangest, messiest bits. And that’s what makes our friendships all the more extraordinary.

Together we laugh, we cry, we challenge and support one another. It’s such a great gift to know you. Thank you for being a great friend. 💞💕💗

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The mother’s existential dilemma. I remember looking across a sea of cubicles, and wondering where all the mothers had g...
06/04/2026

The mother’s existential dilemma.

I remember looking across a sea of cubicles, and wondering where all the mothers had gone. Freelance. Part-time. Off to start their own companies, to find a better work-life balance while raising children.

Soon I’d join them. But I’d never forget.

Mothers sacrifice a lot for their kids, not least of all, often the careers they worked their whole life to build.

There’s a movement now of women pushing back. Questioning. Challenging the status quo. But back then? There was just Carmen, wondering what happened to them all, and what she would do next.

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“So, leave.”

“It’s the same thing everywhere,” Carmen says, shaking her head, and hoisting a still crying Teo on to her lap. “I’ve hit the glass ceiling. There’s nothing more I can do until the kids are grown up. I just can’t give it any more time. And my time is all they want.”

 —Again, Only More Like You. In bookstores now 📚

Recital season 🤩Always a spectacular show. Always more than a few tears watching these beauties grow up before our eyes....
05/31/2026

Recital season 🤩

Always a spectacular show. Always more than a few tears watching these beauties grow up before our eyes.

Watching all the dancers move with such purpose, emotion, love and joy. This is art. And why art is so important. What a gift. 💝

Writing ✍🏼Making up for inconsistent weeks of writing with a mini writing retreat today. I know I coach others on this, ...
05/24/2026

Writing ✍🏼

Making up for inconsistent weeks of writing with a mini writing retreat today.

I know I coach others on this, but I also know that sometimes, often, writing is so hard…because of the time it takes, but also just the sheer mental exercise of it all.

And yet when I’m in it, I love this book so fu***ng much. Perhaps that’s why it’s taking so long for me to bring it forth.

90s nostalgia. Kafka’s Metamorphosis. Secrets, and desire. And most of all, love. Love. Love.

I know my friends in heaven that I am writing this story for are excited to see us so close to the finish line. I’ve always wanted to write you the happy ending you deserved, and now it’s almost there. I’m coming! We’re coming!

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Prom! 🥹What an emotional few days. We’ve reached the stage where my son is the age that I still feel I am 🤯 I feel like ...
05/23/2026

Prom! 🥹

What an emotional few days. We’ve reached the stage where my son is the age that I still feel I am 🤯 I feel like my own prom was just yesterday, though we didn’t look nearly as glamorous 🥴

How is this my baby?! 😩😭😭

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