An Aruvalia Chronicles Project Update An Aruvalia Chronicles Project Update By Megan Cutler | April 11, 2022 | Comments 0 Comment Time is a slippery thing these days. It feels like every time I blink, a couple months slide through my fingers before I notice. That means some of my regular updates have fallen by the wayside, though that was never my intention. For example, I haven’t written a proper Aruvalia Chronicles update since March of … Read More Read More
Freebie Mondays: Mirror Mirror On the Wall (Part 2) Freebie Mondays: Mirror Mirror On the Wall (Part 2) By Megan Cutler | April 4, 2022 | Comments 0 Comment Some time ago, I wrote a random picture prompt called Mirror Mirror on the Wall that kicked off my Darkling Faerie tales series. I always wanted to come back and revisit that story with a part 2, and now I finally have. I wrote this story on stream late last year! . . . After … Read More Read More
Make Your OTP (One True Pairing)! Make Your OTP (One True Pairing)! By Megan Cutler | March 21, 2022 | Comments 0 Comment I put my first book each year out in February. This year, I hoped to coordinate that release with Valentine’s day. (Sadly, it didn’t work out. I needed an extra week to polish the book properly.) But I had already come up with a cute idea for a Valentine’s themed stream to promote the new … Read More Read More
Freebie Mondays: The Ballad of Striker and Vinyl Freebie Mondays: The Ballad of Striker and Vinyl By Megan Cutler | March 14, 2022 | Comments 0 Comment Back in November, I started streaming my writing sessions. I did it as part of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) and in part because I met a lot of other writers streaming for the same event. I had no idea what to expect, but the Twitch writing community came out in force to support me. … Read More Read More
Should You Write Every Day? Should You Write Every Day? By Megan Cutler | March 7, 2022 | Comments 0 Comment Writing advice is an interesting wormhole. There is so much out there, and much of it is contradictory. Add to that the fact that writing advice often gets condensed into ‘helpful’ shorthand that makes it easy to misinterpret, and it can be difficult to know which advice you should actually follow. But the writing advice … Read More Read More
Freebie Mondays: Symphony of the Stars Deleted Scenes Freebie Mondays: Symphony of the Stars Deleted Scenes By Megan Cutler | February 28, 2022 | Comments 0 Comment A few weeks ago I shared a look at some older drafts of Dreamers Do Lie. It’s interesting to see just how much a story changes during the writing process. One thing I hear writers talk about a lot is deleted content. I keep separate draft files for all of my manuscripts in case I … Read More Read More
Introducing Duality – Book 4 in the Celestial Serenade! Introducing Duality – Book 4 in the Celestial Serenade! By Megan Cutler | February 21, 2022 | Comments 1 comment Every time I’ve tried to write a standalone novel, it grows a sequel mid-way through the first draft. Not that I’m complaining. I’ve always been a fan of fantasy and sci-fi series – my bookshelves can attest to that. I just never anticipated I would write anything longer than one book or, maybe, three. Of … Read More Read More
Freebie Mondays: A Wordless Bond Freebie Mondays: A Wordless Bond By Megan Cutler | February 14, 2022 | Comments 0 Comment Back in November, I started streaming my writing sessions. I did it as part of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) and in part because I met a lot of other writers streaming for the same event. I had no idea what to expect, but the Twitch writing community came out in force to support me. … Read More Read More
A Taste of David’s Tea’s 24 Days of Matcha A Taste of David’s Tea’s 24 Days of Matcha By Megan Cutler | February 7, 2022 | Comments 1 comment Remember when I said you can never have too much tea? One of the ways I build my tea collection is sample packs. Loose leaf tea is expensive enough that it helps to have a small taste ahead of time so you know exactly what to expect when you buy 25 – 50 grams of … Read More Read More
Freebie Mondays: the Phases of Dreamers Do Lie Freebie Mondays: the Phases of Dreamers Do Lie By Megan Cutler | January 31, 2022 | Comments 2 comments I decided to do something interesting (and a tiny bit dangerous). I opened an old draft of one of my novels and used Word’s comparison feature to examine how much it changed. For those that aren’t familiar with this particular feature, it essentially highlights in red every change made between the different versions of the … Read More Read More