An Infuriating and Frustrating Customer Service Trend An Infuriating and Frustrating Customer Service Trend By Megan Cutler | February 8, 2021 | Comments 3 comments I’ve noticed a somewhat disturbing trend lately. The only way to get a company’s customer service department to actually help me is to get mad on Twitter. In the years before my life aligned in a way that allowed me to write stories full time, I worked as an IT specialist doing inter-company support for … Read More Read More
More Adventures in Map Making More Adventures in Map Making By Megan Cutler | January 25, 2021 | Comments 0 Comment Last year I published 4 brand new books (across two different series). Which feels like a lot when you consider that in 2019 I published absolutely nothing new. For each of my new releases, I try to devote blog time to the project’s development. I like allowing readers to glimpse inside my brain at various … Read More Read More
Must Watch Episodes from Star Trek TOS Season 3 Must Watch Episodes from Star Trek TOS Season 3 By Megan Cutler | November 23, 2020 | Comments 3 comments When Star Trek the original series first aired interest was low. When the series failed to garner desired ratings, it was canceled after just three seasons. The series didn’t become a hit until reruns aired via broadcast syndication. It picked up traction throughout the 1970’s and eventually achieved cult classic status. Star Trek spawned 8 … Read More Read More
Must Watch Episodes from Star Trek TOS Season 2 Must Watch Episodes from Star Trek TOS Season 2 By Megan Cutler | November 9, 2020 | Comments 4 comments When I originally sat down to write a list of recommended episodes from the original Star Trek series, I thought I’d be able to fit all 3 seasons in a singular post. It wasn’t until I started going back through the list of episodes that I remembered how great much of the original series is. … Read More Read More
Must Watch Episodes from Star Trek ToS Season 1 Must Watch Episodes from Star Trek ToS Season 1 By Megan Cutler | October 26, 2020 | Comments 9 comments I think I’ve well established my love for Star Trek at several different points since I started this blog. So it might come as a surprise to my readers that I actually hated Star Trek the first time I tried to watch it. Have you ever had a show you really loved and wanted to … Read More Read More
Four Amazing Frootlicious Teas I received as a Gift Four Amazing Frootlicious Teas I received as a Gift By Megan Cutler | September 28, 2020 | Comments 0 Comment For my birthday, my mother-in-law (who knows about my tea obsession) bought me a pack of four ‘frootlicious’ teas from DavidsTea. I suspect the main reason she chose that one was because it came with a blue perfect spoon (blue is my favorite color). But also because we have something of an inside joke when … Read More Read More
A Behind the Scenes Look at My First Fantasy Cosmology A Behind the Scenes Look at My First Fantasy Cosmology By Megan Cutler | September 14, 2020 | Comments 0 Comment One of the big things writers like to talk about in regards to novels is theme. Some writers suggest determining theme early in the writing process so you can make everything fit it. But this has never been my approach. I usually allow my stories to develop a theme while I’m working on them. Once … Read More Read More
The Family You Choose is Now Available! The Family You Choose is Now Available! By Megan Cutler | August 24, 2020 | Comments 0 Comment A few weeks ago, a friend of mine sent a text to let me know he had finished reading The Bond Between Sisters – the fourth installment in the Eternity’s Empire series. He became interested in the series after reading Dreamers Do Lie and, to my elation, he tore through the whole thing. He said … Read More Read More
Transforming Inspiration into a Fantastic Novel Setting Transforming Inspiration into a Fantastic Novel Setting By Megan Cutler | August 17, 2020 | Comments 1 comment One of my biggest inspirations for Dreamers Do Lie was Dante’s Inferno, as I mentioned a few weeks ago when I reviewed the anatomy of Dante’s Hell. There were several reasons I ultimately simplified my fantasy version of Hell, though I kind of ran out of room to talk about them last time. So I … Read More Read More
The Anatomy of Hell in Dreamers Do Lie The Anatomy of Hell in Dreamers Do Lie By Megan Cutler | August 3, 2020 | Comments 0 Comment A significant chunk of my early preparations for Dreamers Do Lie was devoted to designing the world in which the story took place and defining the rules by which it functioned. It was really the first time I ever did anything like that. The setting for Island of Lost Forevers revealed itself to me as … Read More Read More