Getting Inside a Character’s Head – Part 3: Answers with Catilen Getting Inside a Character’s Head – Part 3: Answers with Catilen By Megan Cutler | November 2, 2015 | Comments 1 comment A few weeks back I used my own suggested character exercises with Domerin. I enjoyed stretching my creative muscles and I thought it might be fun to repeat the exercise with a character from Island of Lost Forevers. So let’s take a look at our leading lady; Catilen. Where does your character live? Go with … Read More Read More
SFFSat – Magic’s Many Uses SFFSat – Magic’s Many Uses By Megan Cutler | October 31, 2015 | Comments 4 comments Continuing from last week, this excerpt comes from Island of Lost Forevers, the first book in the Mystic Island Trilogy. Again, we leap a slight bit further into the sequence to see how Damian deals with the mess he made. … Guards with heavy wooden staves waited for him at the top of the stairs. … Read More Read More
An Overheard Remark An Overheard Remark By Megan Cutler | October 30, 2015 | Comments 1 comment “You don’t have to use the window, you know.” “Hello to you too, darling.” Silkfoot tossed the cream-colored waves of his hair over one shoulder. He didn’t normally leave signs of his entry, but this particular friend was sensitive to intrusions. Not that Crescent hadn’t smelled him the moment he opened the door. “You just … Read More Read More
Ye Olde York Ye Olde York By Megan Cutler | October 26, 2015 | Comments 0 Comment Our first experience with York in England was a both lacklustre and whirlwind. We stopped briefly on our way to Edinburgh on a family road trip. We only had time to catch lunch and visit the Jorvik Viking Centre before we hit the road again. My husband and I both agreed we wanted to see … Read More Read More
SFFSat – Elegance Versus Force SFFSat – Elegance Versus Force By Megan Cutler | October 24, 2015 | Comments 6 comments Continuing from last week, this excerpt comes from Island of Lost Forevers, the first book in the Mystic Island Trilogy. It does not directly follow last week’s snippet, but comes slightly later in the same sequence. … On the sixth floor, Catilen’s path ran into a wall. Damian’s mage sight revealed a faint line of … Read More Read More
This Will Be the Last Time This Will Be the Last Time By Megan Cutler | October 23, 2015 | Comments 0 Comment Dearest Little Star, This will be the last letter I have chance to write before we reach Abregia’s court. If we cannot talk some sense into him, I fear this war will be lost. The Kar’Shi are more relentless than we imagined. If they had spoken with such silver tongues before the council, we may … Read More Read More
Celebrate Your Success Celebrate Your Success By Megan Cutler | October 19, 2015 | Comments 1 comment The life of a writer is not for the faint of heart. Every profession has its up and downs but, I think, those related to artistic professions are particularly poignant. I’ve never met another writer who didn’t question if they should give up. I’ve never met another writer that claimed with absolute confidence their work … Read More Read More
SFFS – A Touch of Magic SFFS – A Touch of Magic By Megan Cutler | October 17, 2015 | Comments 13 comments My excerpt this week comes from Island of Lost Forevers, the first book in the Mystic Island Trilogy. Breathing deep to steady his nerves, Damian lowered his defenses. He couldn’t sense emotional echoes the way Catilen did, but he had other ways of tracking people. Everyone left a distinctive energy signature. With a bit of … Read More Read More
Getting Dressed Getting Dressed By Megan Cutler | October 16, 2015 | Comments 1 comment This is what it looks like when a princess rebels. Every dress I own was strewn across my bed, a tangle of silk and sequence. The high-necked navy and turquoise dress with the peacock feather train. The form-fitting emerald dress with silver ivy brocade. There were splashes of ruby silk and velvet black dotted with … Read More Read More
Getting Inside a Character’s Head – Part 2: Answers with Domerin Getting Inside a Character’s Head – Part 2: Answers with Domerin By Megan Cutler | October 12, 2015 | Comments 2 comments When I wrote a few weeks ago about exercises for getting into a character’s head, I flashed back to my old Livejournal days. There, I answered many a questionnaire about my characters. I thought it might be fun to do it again. So I’ve used my own exercises (in brief) with one of my favourite … Read More Read More