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
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
The Final Eternity’s Empire Box Set is Available Now! The Final Eternity’s Empire Box Set is Available Now! By Megan Cutler | April 24, 2023 | Comments 0 Comment As I’ve released the various installations of the Eternity’s Empire series, I’ve tried to discuss interesting aspects of the story’s development. In many cases, this involved inspirations for the various characters and events in the story. (Though I also talked about the re-writes and cover development, in case you’re interested in the more mechanical aspects … 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
One Year of Twitch Streaming Later One Year of Twitch Streaming Later By Megan Cutler | February 6, 2023 | Comments 0 Comment I started streaming on my personal Twitch channel on November 5th, 2021. It happened on a whim, a test to see if there would be any interest in sharing my writing sessions. Prior to that day, I did a handful of streams on my husband’s channel, largely relying on his audience to visit while I … Read More Read More
Farewell to 2022, Hello and Welcome 2023 Farewell to 2022, Hello and Welcome 2023 By Megan Cutler | January 9, 2023 | Comments 0 Comment When I opened last year’s blog to start this one, I couldn’t help noticing my first line was ‘I hoped 2021 would be less crazy.’ I suppose I’ve given up believing that things ever get less crazy than they have been. I’m not sure if this was always normal and I just notice more after … Read More Read More