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 5 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
A Very Disney New Year A Very Disney New Year By Megan Cutler | February 27, 2017 | Comments 1 comment As I mentioned last week, we rang in the new year down in Disney World this year. It was a spectacular trip from beginning to end. Since I’ve already written quite a bit about past Disney trips, I thought this time I would stick to the trip’s highlights. The Magic Kingdom Knowing that the Magic … Read More Read More
The Fanny Pack Fiasco Revisited The Fanny Pack Fiasco Revisited By Megan Cutler | February 20, 2017 | Comments 1 comment By far the most popular article I’ve ever written on this blog was a little piece called The Fanny Pack Fiasco, which detailed my first trip to Universal Studios in Florida. The short version is that a small fanny pack which accompanied us to every single park in Orlando caused us problems in exactly one … Read More Read More
On Social Media and Media Bias Filters On Social Media and Media Bias Filters By Megan Cutler | February 13, 2017 | Comments 0 Comment Way back in the long ago, what feels like forever now, I wrote a post about whose responsibility it is to protect our privacy on social media. While Facebook does have the ability to prevent us from posting our credit card information, that doesn’t excuse us from acting intelligently and responsibly. Fast forward to the … Read More Read More
A Taste of DavidsTea A Taste of DavidsTea By Megan Cutler | February 6, 2017 | Comments 0 Comment I’ve spent a lot of time talking about the delicious Adiago blends (orchard herbals, green rooibos and teas of Japan) that my mother-in-law sent me for my birthday. This really opened the door to loose leaf tea for me and I’ve quickly become a fanatic. While visiting a DavidsTea at our local mall, one of … Read More Read More
Chrono Trigger; a Perfect Guide to Foreshadowing Chrono Trigger; a Perfect Guide to Foreshadowing By Megan Cutler | January 23, 2017 | Comments 0 Comment Last year, a group of my favorite youtubers hosted a twenty-seven hour stream of Chrono Trigger to celebrate the game’s twentieth anniversary. Since it’s my husband’s favorite game, we both camped out as long as we could. Alas, we both needed to sleep at some point. Though my husband knows Chrono Trigger better than the … Read More Read More