Confidence Can Be Found In Unexpected Places Confidence Can Be Found In Unexpected Places By Megan Cutler | June 26, 2017 | Comments 0 Comment A few weeks ago (as I write this, rather than as you read it), we had to file our taxes. Everyone dreads tax time, of course. Who wants to discover they owe the government money? Even if you’re getting a return, tax time is a stressful mix of gathering all the relevant information and hoping … Read More Read More
How Parents Can Help Their Adolescent Child Cope with Anxiety How Parents Can Help Their Adolescent Child Cope with Anxiety By Megan Cutler | June 12, 2017 | Comments 0 Comment As you can probably tell, anxiety is a topic that strikes close to home for me. I’ve written several times about methods I’ve used to overcome and control my anxiety. But these were techniques I discovered later in life. A record number of children today suffer from anxiety and many of them go untreated. Today, … Read More Read More
My Contrary Love Affair with Action Movies My Contrary Love Affair with Action Movies By Megan Cutler | May 29, 2017 | Comments 0 Comment Action movies are a dime a dozen; Hollywood pumps them out at an astonishing rate. Of all the movie genres, I find action movies to be the most formulaic. They often feature the same faces and rely on about a dozen or so plots, constantly redressed. The more explosions and gun fights you can pack … Read More Read More
Six Silly Dragon Stories (from My Real Life) Six Silly Dragon Stories (from My Real Life) By Megan Cutler | May 22, 2017 | Comments 0 Comment I used to collect dragons. I started in high school when my grandmother purchases me a hand-blown glass dragon as a birthday gift. For awhile, everywhere I went, I came home with a new dragon. Unfortunately, any type of figure collecting is expensive, and my husband and I agree we’ve run out of places to … Read More Read More
Not Everyone Likes the Same Things You Do Not Everyone Likes the Same Things You Do By Megan Cutler | April 24, 2017 | Comments 0 Comment I just finished watching the new season of BBC’s Sherlock with my husband. This was a show we loved when it premiered. I was so excited about the fourth season, I made my husband re-watch the entire show with me so we would have all the details fresh in our minds. It’s a good thing … Read More Read More
How to Get the Best Beta Reader Feedback How to Get the Best Beta Reader Feedback By Megan Cutler | April 17, 2017 | Comments 1 comment You finally finished your novel. You squeezed the words out of your brain and onto the page even when they didn’t want to go. You went back over each chapter five times, killing your darlings and polishing your prose. Now what? It’s time to share your work with someone. You need a fresh set of … Read More Read More
What Does Success Actually Mean to You? What Does Success Actually Mean to You? By Megan Cutler | April 10, 2017 | Comments 3 comments Three years ago, I pressed publish for the first time, releasing Island of Lost Forevers into the wild. I was alone in my living room in England at the time. I was nervous, excited and maybe a bit sick to my stomach. Sometimes I’m not certain how I found the courage to click the button; … Read More Read More
I Am an Immigrant I Am an Immigrant By Megan Cutler | March 27, 2017 | Comments 1 comment I’m not what most people think of when they think of an immigrant. And most people have something in mind when they talk about immigrants; an idea that’s less than kind. But immigrant I am. I grew up in a small town in central Pennsylvania. At age 18, I married a Canadian and moved to … Read More Read More
4 Recurring Dreams and How to Interpret Them 4 Recurring Dreams and How to Interpret Them By Megan Cutler | March 20, 2017 | Comments 1 comment Last night, I had one of those epic dream sequences that continued every time I woke up and fell back asleep. These dream journeys have provided me with several novel plots, so I’m not complaining. Unfortunately, last night’s dream didn’t take me to any awesome fantasy lands and it didn’t involve new or interesting characters. … Read More Read More
Honor Your Limits and Forgive Yourself For It Honor Your Limits and Forgive Yourself For It By Megan Cutler | March 6, 2017 | Comments 4 comments I’m convinced I started this year on fire. I’ve had two weeks of glorious, non-stop productivity, wherein I’ve met my writing goals every day, without fail. Part of me is convinced it can’t last. The rest of me hopes there’s some way it can. When I woke up this morning, the room started spinning before … Read More Read More