An Introduction to the Magical World of Aruvalia An Introduction to the Magical World of Aruvalia By Megan Cutler | November 18, 2024 | Comments 0 Comment One piece of advice writers get early and often is to develop a ten second pitch for your book. This is one or two sentences you can rattle off in a hurry whenever anyone asks what you’re working on. Also known as ‘the elevator pitch.’ It’s a good idea to develop an elevator pitch for … Read More Read More
Introducing Heart of a Kingdom – Available Now! Introducing Heart of a Kingdom – Available Now! By Megan Cutler | October 21, 2024 | Comments 0 Comment Every novel series has its expansion story. Most start as a single book and expand outward as the writer develops them. This has happened to me so many times, I’ve ceased to be surprised. In fact, I expect it. And I nod sagely and knowingly every time I hear another author talk about the subject. … Read More Read More
2024’s Oops Way Late Writing Update 2024’s Oops Way Late Writing Update By Megan Cutler | September 23, 2024 | Comments 0 Comment It appears to be time for my annual ‘oops, I forgot to write an update about my writing progress’ post. In fairness, I meant to write this post several times throughout this year. But every time I added it to the queue, something came up. Partly, I’ve been working around my hectic release schedule. (Which … Read More Read More
Introducing Key to All Doors – Available Now! Introducing Key to All Doors – Available Now! By Megan Cutler | June 17, 2024 | Comments 0 Comment Every time I release a new book, I try to think of something significant to say about it. Something that will make people as happy about the fact that you can finally read it as I am about the fact that I wrote it. Over the years, I’ve introduced a lot of characters, settings and … Read More Read More
Meet the Aruvalia Crew Meet the Aruvalia Crew By Megan Cutler | May 20, 2024 | Comments 0 Comment Whenever I start publishing a new series, I like to introduce the main characters. It’s a good starting point for people to determine whether or not they think they might enjoy the story. But there’s a certain poetic justice to it too. I’ve made no secret of the fact that I write character-centric fiction. Characters … Read More Read More
Know the Colossal Danger Caused by Missing your Story’s Middle Know the Colossal Danger Caused by Missing your Story’s Middle By Megan Cutler | March 25, 2024 | Comments 0 Comment I talk about writing a lot. Probably because it’s what I devote the majority of my time to. Writing novels is my full-time gig after all. And I wouldn’t have it any other way. Because stories and how we tell them have fascinated me for as long as I can remember. When I was younger, … Read More Read More
Introducing Eyes of a Stranger – Now Available! Introducing Eyes of a Stranger – Now Available! By Megan Cutler | February 19, 2024 | Comments 0 Comment I first introduced the Aruvalia Chronicles on my blog in April of 2019, shortly after I wrote the outline for the first trilogy. But the story has been banging around in my head since 2011. And some of the characters it features have been lurking in my head even longer than that (more on that … Read More Read More
Goodbye 2023, Welcome 2024! Goodbye 2023, Welcome 2024! By Megan Cutler | January 8, 2024 | Comments 0 Comment As is tradition, I like to start each new year with a look back at the previous year’s goals. One of the biggest reasons is because it helps me realize just how much I do each year. Otherwise, the work is so spread out, it’s easy to feel like most of the year passes without … Read More Read More
Top 7 Prompts of the Fifth Year Top 7 Prompts of the Fifth Year By Megan Cutler | December 11, 2023 | Comments 0 Comment On July 31st 2015, I posted my first writing prompt. It kicked off a weekly tradition of writing for fun and practice. My schedule no longer accommodates weekly prompts, so it takes awhile to hit the ‘year’ mark (when I’ve written 52 new prompts). The
How is the Aruvalia Chronicles Progressing? How is the Aruvalia Chronicles Progressing? By Megan Cutler | October 16, 2023 | Comments 0 Comment Somehow, a year and a half has managed to pass since I wrote an update on this project. Oops! From the start, the Aruvalia Chronicles was intended to be a 15 book (5 trilogy) epic. The story has been hanging about my head since 2011. But I didn’t start writing it until 2019 (right around … Read More Read More