Freebie Mondays: My Little Domerin – Episode 2: Act 1 Freebie Mondays: My Little Domerin – Episode 2: Act 1 By Megan Cutler | October 20, 2025 | Comments 0 Comment I promised my twitch chat I would take Domerin, the grumpy elf main character from the Aruvalia Chronicles, and turn him into a pony if they helped me pay for my replacement computer. I never thought we’d reach that goal – but of course we did. Because my twitch chat continues to be the most … Read More Read More
Freebie Mondays: My Little Domerin – Episode 1: Act 2 Freebie Mondays: My Little Domerin – Episode 1: Act 2 By Megan Cutler | October 6, 2025 | Comments 0 Comment I promised my twitch chat I would take Domerin, the grumpy elf main character from the Aruvalia Chronicles, and turn him into a pony if they helped me pay for my replacement computer. I never thought we’d reach that goal – but of course we did. Because my twitch chat continues to be the most … Read More Read More
Freebie Mondays: My Little Domerin – Episode 1: Act 1 Freebie Mondays: My Little Domerin – Episode 1: Act 1 By Megan Cutler | September 22, 2025 | Comments 0 Comment I promised my twitch chat I would take Domerin, the grumpy elf main character from the Aruvalia Chronicles, and turn him into a pony if they helped me pay for my replacement computer. I never thought we’d reach that goal – but of course we did. Because my twitch chat continues to be the most … Read More Read More
The Science of Liminal Space The Science of Liminal Space By Megan Cutler | September 15, 2025 | Comments 0 Comment One of the things my Winds of Chaos guest character Yfema is best known for is her obsession with liminal space. She has a propensity for jumping between worlds and being aware of anachronisms. So it makes a certain amount of sense that she knows a touch about alternate dimensions and astral projection. (Or at … Read More Read More
The Cycle of Long-Running Shows Raising their Stakes (A Follow Up) The Cycle of Long-Running Shows Raising their Stakes (A Follow Up) By Megan Cutler | July 28, 2025 | Comments 0 Comment Never in the history of this blog have I written a follow-up so fast. Just a few short weeks ago, I asked whether or not the constant raising of stakes serves long-running TV shows. And almost as if the universe was trying to answer, I’ve discovered an example that so strongly fits my premise, I … Read More Read More
Introducing Words Beyond Reason Introducing Words Beyond Reason By Megan Cutler | June 23, 2025 | Comments 0 Comment I’ve mentioned before, but every time I write one of these release notifications, it gets just a little harder to do so without spoilers. When I first start a shiny new series, there’s lots to talk about. I can get away with sharing little details about the world building and characters without giving away what … Read More Read More
Should Long TV Shows Stop Raising Their Stakes? Should Long TV Shows Stop Raising Their Stakes? By Megan Cutler | June 9, 2025 | Comments 1 comment I’m relatively new to the idea of comfort shows. When I was younger, I never really watched anything over and over. Usually it was music that accompanied me endlessly. I definitely had several comfort albums for any given situation. In recent years, my comfort show has become whatever I happen to be watching when I … Read More Read More
Game Features I Would Love to Encounter More Often Game Features I Would Love to Encounter More Often By Megan Cutler | January 27, 2025 | Comments 0 Comment When I was younger, I poured a lot of time and energy into gaming. I had the time to spare. So I didn’t think much of dumping a hundred plus hours into something to make a small amount of progress. But now that I’m older and I have a mortgage, among other bills, to pay, … Read More Read More
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
Final Thoughts on our Viking Cruise Final Thoughts on our Viking Cruise By Megan Cutler | September 9, 2024 | Comments 0 Comment As I mentioned during my last travel blog, Pompeii was the last shore excursion of our Viking cruise. It has taken me most of the year to document a journey that lasted only a week, but it has been well worth the effort to recall all the wondrous sites we witnessed along the way. Though … Read More Read More