It’s Time to Destroy Your Inner Gatekeepers It’s Time to Destroy Your Inner Gatekeepers By Megan Cutler | December 9, 2019 | Comments 4 comments My husband likes to listen to podcasts in the car. Recently he discovered the Revisionist History Podcast. It’s perfect for him since he’s a huge history nerd. I haven’t gotten a chance to listen to much of the podcast myself yet. But the first episode did happen to play in the background one morning while … Read More Read More
Savoring My Summer’s Moments of Gold Savoring My Summer’s Moments of Gold By Megan Cutler | November 25, 2019 | Comments 1 comment With everything we’ve had going on this year, much of 2019 feels like a blur. Still, we’ve managed to claim a few precious moments to enjoy time with friends and family. And all the things going on the day I wrote this post remind me how important it is to pause and treasure those good … Read More Read More
Freebie Mondays: Selected Poems Round 2 Freebie Mondays: Selected Poems Round 2 By Megan Cutler | November 18, 2019 | Comments 0 Comment When I decided to go back through my poetry folder, I learned a lot of things about myself. First, I had forgotten how moody I was as a teenager. Maybe all teenagers are moody. Maybe that’s normal. But there are a lot of things I wrote back then that still make me cringe. The second … Read More Read More
Once Upon a Dream – Book One First Draft Complete Once Upon a Dream – Book One First Draft Complete By Megan Cutler | November 4, 2019 | Comments 0 Comment Back in April I announced a new project. Once Upon a Dream is a series that has been kicking around in my head since 2011, so it’s been great to finally get the words on the page. I devoted a month to planning earlier in the year, in hopes the time between outlining and starting … Read More Read More
An Exciting Adventure in Pike Place Market An Exciting Adventure in Pike Place Market By Megan Cutler | October 7, 2019 | Comments 3 comments Back in March, we took a trip to visit friends and ended up spending an absolutely fantastic day in Seattle. We filled the morning with a food tour featuring Pike Place Market and the afternoon with segways, which turned out to be way more awesome than we anticipated. Since then, my husband and I have … Read More Read More
My 8 Favorite Okanagan Wineries and Distilleries My 8 Favorite Okanagan Wineries and Distilleries By Megan Cutler | September 9, 2019 | Comments 1 comment We knew when we moved to the Okanagan valley in BC that we were moving to wine country. There was just one problem – neither my husband nor I were big wine drinkers. Or drinkers at all really. Though my husband did have a soft spot for whiskey. Lucky for us, lots of our friends … Read More Read More
Freebie Fridays: Selected Poems from the Past Freebie Fridays: Selected Poems from the Past By Megan Cutler | August 19, 2019 | Comments 0 Comment A few weeks ago, I posted Distant Whispers – a song I wrote for a novel when my characters decided it was going to be important. I will admit, I hoped writing that song would rekindle an old love of poetry. I used to doodle a few lines of poetry almost every day, just whenever … Read More Read More
Can Science Actually Validate our Personal Experiences? Can Science Actually Validate our Personal Experiences? By Megan Cutler | August 5, 2019 | Comments 2 comments When my husband and I first got married, we lived in a small basement apartment. I was trying to immigrate to Canada at the time, so I couldn’t work. I hadn’t figured out my life yet (still not really a skill I’ve mastered), so I spent a lot of time sleeping in after my husband … Read More Read More
Maintaining A Healthy Lifestyle Can Be Difficult Maintaining A Healthy Lifestyle Can Be Difficult By Megan Cutler | June 17, 2019 | Comments 4 comments I’ve talked a lot over the past few years about trying to lead a healthy lifestyle. It became important to me when I noticed a persistent numbness in the last two fingers of my left hand. As time went on, the numbness grew worse. Eventually, it spread to my right hand, which led me to … Read More Read More
Writing is Editing So Editing is Writing Writing is Editing So Editing is Writing By Megan Cutler | June 10, 2019 | Comments 0 Comment Editing is an inescapable part of the writing process. People might try to debate it, but it can’t be denied. Lots of people think that editing just means going through your manuscript and looking for typos – or hiring someone to do it for you. But that’s only one small part of the editing process. … Read More Read More