Symphony of the Stars is Finally Here! Symphony of the Stars is Finally Here! By Megan Cutler | December 13, 2021 | Comments 2 comments 2021 has been an exciting year for me. For the first time, I managed put out six new books. (One every other month.) It has taken a lot of ups and downs, but I finally seem to have found my publishing groove. But the most exciting release for me is the one I’m writing this … Read More Read More
4 Myths about National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) 4 Myths about National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) By Megan Cutler | December 6, 2021 | Comments 0 Comment When I was a teenager, my mom had a friend who introduced me to a radical idea. Once a year, she said, she sat down to write an entire novel. She spent a great deal of time preparing for this event, even making a meal plan so that she would be able to devote the … Read More Read More
3 Ways to Organize Your Tea Collection 3 Ways to Organize Your Tea Collection By Megan Cutler | November 22, 2021 | Comments 3 comments I wouldn’t say I have a tea problem. (You can never have too much tea!) But I do have something of an obsession. Before we moved house at the end of 2019, my tea stash took up half a kitchen cupboard. After we moved into our newer, bigger space, it quickly spread to encompass an … Read More Read More
The Challenges of Writing Strong Female Characters The Challenges of Writing Strong Female Characters By Megan Cutler | November 8, 2021 | Comments 0 Comment People have been talking about strong female characters for a long time. It’s become something of a buzzword since I started reading as a teenager. But what does it mean? In the beginning, I believe the idea of a strong female character was any woman who wasn’t a damsel in distress, a character granted their … Read More Read More
After the Nightmare is Available Now! After the Nightmare is Available Now! By Megan Cutler | October 18, 2021 | Comments 0 Comment When I first started writing full-time, I struggled to write every day. I got to the end of most days feeling like a complete failure because, although I had a myriad of ideas, I never made progress. I thought cramming words into breaks and evenings while I was working full time should have been way … Read More Read More
What I’ve Been Up to in 2021 What I’ve Been Up to in 2021 By Megan Cutler | October 4, 2021 | Comments 1 comment I realized this morning it’s been a year since I wrote an update about my writing projects. (Oops!) There’s a reason why it hasn’t occurred to me to say something sooner. (More on that in a moment.) But still, I should rectify that situation. I don’t think I’ve mentioned it on my blog before, but … Read More Read More
When the Summer Brings Smoke When the Summer Brings Smoke By Megan Cutler | September 20, 2021 | Comments 4 comments On a normal day, when I glance out the window in my office, I’m greeted by a series of graceful swoops framed against a bright blue sky. I have come to love these mountains, though they can’t compare to the craggy majesty of the mountains we saw in Scotland. Smaller and blunter though our mountains … Read More Read More
Tales of the Exiles is Now Available! Tales of the Exiles is Now Available! By Megan Cutler | August 23, 2021 | Comments 0 Comment Way back when I release Secrets of the Past – the third book in the Eternity’s Empire series – I was still releasing the series chapter by chapter. So each of the five main characters received a special blog post detailing their mythological origins. It seems only fair that the secondary set of characters – … Read More Read More
A Taste of Ten Thirst-Quenching Iced Teas A Taste of Ten Thirst-Quenching Iced Teas By Megan Cutler | August 9, 2021 | Comments 2 comments It’s been entirely too long since I talked about tea! And I’m going to admit – I have a tea problem. Not that I have too much tea. You can NEVER have too much tea! (*wink*) But I do have an organization problem. My tea takes up two full cupboard shelves and is starting to … Read More Read More
Weird is the New Normal Weird is the New Normal By Megan Cutler | July 26, 2021 | Comments 1 comment It’s been awhile since I wrote a blog specifically about what’s been going on in my life. Mostly because what’s been going on in my life has been the same as what’s been going on in everyone’s life. Lockdown, isolation, trying to keep safe as the pandemic numbers swing back and forth, waiting for the … Read More Read More