How Writing a Novel is Like Baking a Cake How Writing a Novel is Like Baking a Cake By Megan Cutler | April 14, 2025 | Comments 0 Comment Everything is cake nowadays right? Well writing a novel is a lot like making a layer cake. I’ve used a lot of metaphors to talk about writing. The one that crops up most often is that writing and publishing is a lot like a mountain. If you look at the whole thing from the start, … Read More Read More
How I Learned to Boldly Embrace My Crafting Mistakes How I Learned to Boldly Embrace My Crafting Mistakes By Megan Cutler | March 31, 2025 | Comments 0 Comment I spent a significant amount of my life avoiding certain activities because I was nervous about messing up. Maybe this is one of the reasons why they say ‘perfection is the enemy of good.’ If you’re afraid to try something just because you won’t do it right the first time, you miss out on a … Read More Read More
A Long Awaited Cross Stitch Update A Long Awaited Cross Stitch Update By Megan Cutler | February 10, 2025 | Comments 0 Comment During the pandemic, I returned to an old hobby – cross stitching. I’m still not entirely sure why I originally set the practice aside, nor why I suddenly decided to pick it up again. I guess the need to fill time causes us to dredge up even the dustiest of our old hobbies. After the … Read More Read More
Game Features I Would Love to Encounter More Often Game Features I Would Love to Encounter More Often By Megan Cutler | January 27, 2025 | Comments 0 Comment When I was younger, I poured a lot of time and energy into gaming. I had the time to spare. So I didn’t think much of dumping a hundred plus hours into something to make a small amount of progress. But now that I’m older and I have a mortgage, among other bills, to pay, … Read More Read More
2025 Has Arrived! 2025 Has Arrived! By Megan Cutler | January 13, 2025 | Comments 0 Comment 2024 was quite a year. In fairness, I’ve felt most years since the pandemic started have been some kind of chaos. From the chaos of simply trying to fill the time to the chaos of resuming old hobbies while still maintaining new ones, the last few years have been an interesting mix. But no previous … Read More Read More
Once Upon a Dream is Finally Here! Once Upon a Dream is Finally Here! By Megan Cutler | December 16, 2024 | Comments 0 Comment I put off writing this story for a long time. It wasn’t procrastination; I simply didn’t feel skilled enough to put the story into words. Sometimes you encounter an idea that feels so big and so important, you just know you have to make it as close to perfect as you can get it. Which … Read More Read More
Why Puzzles Have Become My New Love Why Puzzles Have Become My New Love By Megan Cutler | December 2, 2024 | Comments 0 Comment Puzzles have become my obsession. Well, my new old obsession. I’ve always liked puzzles. I’ve had several stashed in my closet for practically ever. And I also have several bookmarks to digital puzzles I sometimes chip away at. The only problem is, once I start a puzzle, I feel driven to finish it. I don’t … Read More Read More
2024’s Oops Way Late Writing Update 2024’s Oops Way Late Writing Update By Megan Cutler | September 23, 2024 | Comments 0 Comment It appears to be time for my annual ‘oops, I forgot to write an update about my writing progress’ post. In fairness, I meant to write this post several times throughout this year. But every time I added it to the queue, something came up. Partly, I’ve been working around my hectic release schedule. (Which … Read More Read More
Final Thoughts on our Viking Cruise Final Thoughts on our Viking Cruise By Megan Cutler | September 9, 2024 | Comments 0 Comment As I mentioned during my last travel blog, Pompeii was the last shore excursion of our Viking cruise. It has taken me most of the year to document a journey that lasted only a week, but it has been well worth the effort to recall all the wondrous sites we witnessed along the way. Though … Read More Read More
In the Shadow of Mount Vesuvius In the Shadow of Mount Vesuvius By Megan Cutler | August 5, 2024 | Comments 1 comment I have been slowly making my way through all the stops on the Viking Cruise we took this past Christmas. We started out in Athens. Then we made our way to Turkey, where we visited the ancient city of Ephesus. Following our departure from Turkey, we spent 2 days at sea, one of which was … Read More Read More