5 Inspirational Quotes that get me Through the Bad Times 5 Inspirational Quotes that get me Through the Bad Times By Megan Cutler | July 31, 2023 | Comments 0 Comment After a rough bout with the universe recently, I shared a conversation with a friend about quotes that keep us going. I’ve never considered myself a huge inspirational quote person. I don’t really collect them. My walls aren’t plastered with inspirational posters. I used to put quotes in my digital day planner every month. But … Read More Read More
My Top Writing Life Hack: Draft Cycling My Top Writing Life Hack: Draft Cycling By Megan Cutler | July 17, 2023 | Comments 1 comment Writing is a highly personalized endeavor. The process that works for one writer might not work for another. That’s why it’s so important to test widely and discover what works best for you. Some people like to spend months creating a detailed plan before they write a single word of first draft. Others like to … Read More Read More
Introducing Careless Electronica – Book 8 in the Celestial Serenade! Introducing Careless Electronica – Book 8 in the Celestial Serenade! By Megan Cutler | June 19, 2023 | Comments 0 Comment It’s release time again! I always pen these release notices with a certain amount of disbelief. I’ve never struggled to come up with ideas for stories. Many of my novels have arrived in the form of dreams and I simply explored the unexplained portions of the visions in order to fill in the story. I … Read More Read More
I have Forgotten How Awful it Feels to be Sick I have Forgotten How Awful it Feels to be Sick By Megan Cutler | June 12, 2023 | Comments 1 comment Perhaps the biggest silver lining of the pandemic lockdown was that I didn’t get sick for 3 years. Sure, there was a lot about that time that sucked. So I don’t really look back on it with a ton of nostalgia. Especially since my husband hated working from home and, in many ways, we both … Read More Read More
Video Games I Recently Fell in Love with Playing Video Games I Recently Fell in Love with Playing By Megan Cutler | May 29, 2023 | Comments 2 comments I’ve been writing this blog since 2011. In fact, the day I wrote this post was only 4 days from its 10 year anniversary. Since this blog has been around for so long, I’ve been working through the archives on my various social media platforms. If I have all these thoughts, I may as well … Read More Read More
Our Second Try at a Christmas Vacation Worked like a Charm Our Second Try at a Christmas Vacation Worked like a Charm By Megan Cutler | May 15, 2023 | Comments 1 comment It’s been awhile since I wrote a life update, hasn’t it? Back in December, we were supposed to fly back east, to Ontario, to visit with family. It would have been our first Christmas trip since 2018. Ironically, we bought a new house in 2019. We moved so close to Christmas it felt wiser to … Read More Read More
What Does Deep Focus Sound Like to You? What Does Deep Focus Sound Like to You? By Megan Cutler | April 17, 2023 | Comments 1 comment I’ve been tracking my word counts for 8 years now. I first started tracking how many words I wrote, edited or outlined in order to prove to myself how much work I actually finish in a day, week or month. At the time I struggled with the idea that I was wasting time by trying … Read More Read More
Announcing a New Project – Everyone’s Child! Announcing a New Project – Everyone’s Child! By Megan Cutler | April 3, 2023 | Comments 1 comment Early in 2022, I finished writing my Eternity’s Empire series. I started it in 2014, shortly before we returned to Canada from England. It was meant to be a transitionary series. Something to fill the space while I learned enough about self-publishing to tackle more serious projects. It was a testing series, meant to teach … Read More Read More
4 Uncomfortable Truths All Writers Must Eventually Accept 4 Uncomfortable Truths All Writers Must Eventually Accept By Megan Cutler | March 6, 2023 | Comments 0 Comment If there’s one thing writers lament it’s people not understanding that writing is hard work. Some people seem to have the impression that writers spend the majority of their day sitting by the pool sipping martinis and maybe an hour on weekends making the magic happen. And since many writers also work day jobs, I … Read More Read More
Introducing Smooth Jazz – Book 7 in the Celestial Serenade! Introducing Smooth Jazz – Book 7 in the Celestial Serenade! By Megan Cutler | February 13, 2023 | Comments 1 comment Once upon a time, I sat down to write a story. The plan was to write a singular book but, by the time I was finished, that book had become a trilogy. And by the time I was finished polishing that trilogy, it had grown a sequel, bringing the total number of books in the … Read More Read More