My Favorite Types of Puzzles for Relaxing Days My Favorite Types of Puzzles for Relaxing Days By Megan Cutler | November 10, 2025 | Comments 0 Comment During the pandemic I rediscovered two hobbies I allowed to fall by the wayside. The first was cross stitch. And the second was assembling jigsaw puzzles. I’ve always liked puzzles. I enjoy taking chaos and slowly enforcing order on it. It isn’t just seeing the pictures come together either. There’s something about the process that … Read More Read More
Introducing Life Beyond Time Introducing Life Beyond Time By Megan Cutler | October 27, 2025 | Comments 0 Comment Endings are hard. In fact, they might be the hardest part of telling a story. We tend to stress out about beginnings. The first few lines of the first chapter tend to get the most editing compared to the rest of a novel. It’s critically important those opening words catch the attention of the reader … Read More Read More
You Should Love What You Do But that Won’t Make it Easy You Should Love What You Do But that Won’t Make it Easy By Megan Cutler | October 13, 2025 | Comments 0 Comment I try never to shy away from big topics when they come up on stream. Especially where the craft of writing is involved. The more we talk about our processes and our struggles, the easier it is for new writers to find their feet and gain their balance. I certainly wish I had a forum … Read More Read More
2025’s Writing Update 2025’s Writing Update By Megan Cutler | September 29, 2025 | Comments 0 Comment It’s that time again! Here’s the post where I remember to write about the thing I actually spend all of my time doing. Plus how it happens to be going so far this year. Knowing how often to blog about my projects is challenging. I try not to write about writing every week. (Though for … Read More Read More
The Science of Liminal Space The Science of Liminal Space By Megan Cutler | September 15, 2025 | Comments 0 Comment One of the things my Winds of Chaos guest character Yfema is best known for is her obsession with liminal space. She has a propensity for jumping between worlds and being aware of anachronisms. So it makes a certain amount of sense that she knows a touch about alternate dimensions and astral projection. (Or at … Read More Read More
Introducing Anyone’s Crazy Aunt – Available Now! Introducing Anyone’s Crazy Aunt – Available Now! By Megan Cutler | September 1, 2025 | Comments 0 Comment When I first introduced the Everyone’s Child project on my blog, I mentioned that I first started writing it in college. I’ve made no secret of the fact that I used to take two notebooks with me to every class, even back in high school. One was for taking class notes and the other was … Read More Read More
I’ve Reached My 40th Year and it Feels Weird I’ve Reached My 40th Year and it Feels Weird By Megan Cutler | August 11, 2025 | Comments 0 Comment When I was young, every time we played pretend, I always chose to be 18. I can’t tell you why, because I don’t know. But at the time it seemed like the perfect mix of adulthood and youth. At 18, I knew I would be able to move out on my own. I would be … Read More Read More
The Cycle of Long-Running Shows Raising their Stakes (A Follow Up) The Cycle of Long-Running Shows Raising their Stakes (A Follow Up) By Megan Cutler | July 28, 2025 | Comments 0 Comment Never in the history of this blog have I written a follow-up so fast. Just a few short weeks ago, I asked whether or not the constant raising of stakes serves long-running TV shows. And almost as if the universe was trying to answer, I’ve discovered an example that so strongly fits my premise, I … Read More Read More
Introducing Words Beyond Reason Introducing Words Beyond Reason By Megan Cutler | June 23, 2025 | Comments 0 Comment I’ve mentioned before, but every time I write one of these release notifications, it gets just a little harder to do so without spoilers. When I first start a shiny new series, there’s lots to talk about. I can get away with sharing little details about the world building and characters without giving away what … Read More Read More
Should Long TV Shows Stop Raising Their Stakes? Should Long TV Shows Stop Raising Their Stakes? By Megan Cutler | June 9, 2025 | Comments 1 comment I’m relatively new to the idea of comfort shows. When I was younger, I never really watched anything over and over. Usually it was music that accompanied me endlessly. I definitely had several comfort albums for any given situation. In recent years, my comfort show has become whatever I happen to be watching when I … Read More Read More