Freebie Mondays: To the Queen of the Night Freebie Mondays: To the Queen of the Night By Megan Cutler | April 1, 2024 | Comments 0 Comment I discovered Game of Tomes in November of 2021, shortly after I started streaming on Twitch. Members of the writing community participating in the extra NaNoWriMo challenge encouraged me to join the community and participate in the game. But I was too shy and inexperienced to jump in until April of the next year (during … Read More Read More
Freebie Mondays: Charity Stream Sonnets! Freebie Mondays: Charity Stream Sonnets! By Megan Cutler | March 11, 2024 | Comments 0 Comment Back in August of 2023, amidst a hot, dry and largely rainless summer, a forest fire jumped the lake near where we live and ignited frightfully close to our house. I’ve detailed our experience with the fire in a pair of previous posts. Though thankfully, the flames never reached our neighborhood, and we were never … Read More Read More
Freebie Mondays: Charity Stream Haikus and Limericks! Freebie Mondays: Charity Stream Haikus and Limericks! By Megan Cutler | February 26, 2024 | Comments 0 Comment Back in August of 2023, amidst a hot, dry and largely rainless summer, a forest fire jumped the lake near where we live and ignited frightfully close to our house. I’ve detailed our experience with the fire in a pair of previous posts. Though thankfully, the flames never reached our neighborhood, and we were never … Read More Read More
Freebie Mondays: The Tale of Forg the Werefrog Freebie Mondays: The Tale of Forg the Werefrog By Megan Cutler | February 12, 2024 | Comments 0 Comment It isn’t very often I write something full silly, but it’s always a ton of fun when I do. The idea for this short story came from two friends of mine (Jchillyy and Karly5123) and arose out of a random conversation during Jchillyy’s stream. The final prompt was thus: “Werefrog man (who fights crime in … Read More Read More
Freebie Mondays: Humpty Dumpty – A Random Picture Prompt Freebie Mondays: Humpty Dumpty – A Random Picture Prompt By Megan Cutler | January 29, 2024 | Comments 0 Comment I decided to do a random picture prompt but with a bit of a twist. I shared the picture in my discord and invited my Twitch chat to participate if they wanted to. (The picture I chose is the background of the splash image for this post.) My immediate thought when I looked at this … Read More Read More
Freebie Mondays: The Birth of a Wood’s Witch (Flash Fiction) Freebie Mondays: The Birth of a Wood’s Witch (Flash Fiction) By Megan Cutler | January 15, 2024 | Comments 0 Comment As I mentioned last week, I don’t often write flash fiction. I have trouble with short. Most of my stand-alone novels grow into at least trilogies, and most of my trilogies turn into longer series. Even the shorts I share on my blog here rarely ring in at under 1,000 words. But every now and … 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
Freebie Mondays: A Brief History of Darfinfaelar (Flash Fiction) Freebie Mondays: A Brief History of Darfinfaelar (Flash Fiction) By Megan Cutler | December 4, 2023 | Comments 0 Comment I don’t often write flash fiction. I have trouble with short. Most of my stand-alone novels grow into at least trilogies, and most of my trilogies turn into longer series. Even the shorts I share on my blog here rarely ring in at under 1,000 words. But every now and then I feel the itch. … Read More Read More
Freebie Mondays: Meet the Lost One Freebie Mondays: Meet the Lost One By Megan Cutler | November 20, 2023 | Comments 0 Comment Not all who wander are lost… Every traveler knows to be wary when passing through Quequena, especially in winter. Though the forest grows thick and lush during the summer months, and rains fall gentle during spring and fall, snow makes the pathways treacherous. And when they fall into their long months of hibernation, the trees … Read More Read More
Freebie Mondays: Meet the Trickster Freebie Mondays: Meet the Trickster By Megan Cutler | November 6, 2023 | Comments 0 Comment Many speak of Emorad and the various forms he takes… They speak of him as handsome, charming and stylish. They speak of him as wild beneath stars and moon. They speak of his fluid ability to shift like the wind, taking form as beast or man – whichever suits his needs. But the most defining … Read More Read More