Freebie Mondays: Six Word Stories (Part 3) Freebie Mondays: Six Word Stories (Part 3) By Megan Cutler | September 13, 2021 | Comments 0 Comment Several years ago, while I was looking for content for my (now defunct) Tumblr feed, I stumbled upon a 52 week 6 Word Story challenge. Since Tumblr seemed to favor bite-sized content, I thought this would be the perfect way to generate quick, creative content for my Tumblr feed. I quickly learned the error of … Read More Read More
Freebie Mondays: Six Word Stories (Part 2) Freebie Mondays: Six Word Stories (Part 2) By Megan Cutler | July 12, 2021 | Comments 0 Comment Several years ago, while I was looking for content for my (now defunct) Tumblr feed, I stumbled upon a 52 week 6 Word Story challenge. Since Tumblr seemed to favor bite-sized content, I thought this would be the perfect way to generate quick, creative content for my Tumblr feed. I quickly learned the error of … Read More Read More
Freebie Mondays: Six Word Stories (Part 1) Freebie Mondays: Six Word Stories (Part 1) By Megan Cutler | May 17, 2021 | Comments 3 comments Several years ago, while I was looking for content for my (now defunct) Tumblr feed, I stumbled upon a 52 week 6 Word Story challenge. Since Tumblr seemed to favor bite-sized content, I thought this would be the perfect way to generate quick, creative content for my Tumblr feed. I quickly learned the error of … Read More Read More
Freebie Mondays: Love Is… (Pt 1) Freebie Mondays: Love Is… (Pt 1) By Megan Cutler | March 22, 2021 | Comments 1 comment Way back in college, while I was bored in class one day, I decided to doodle some story details in my notebook. I was still searching for my narrative voice at the time, looking for ways to better express differences between characters. I decided to pick a simple prompt and write an answer for the … Read More Read More
Once Upon a Dream – Book Three First Draft Complete Once Upon a Dream – Book Three First Draft Complete By Megan Cutler | March 23, 2020 | Comments 0 Comment I have finished penning the first draft of Once Upon a Dream – Domerin‘s first official trilogy. This report on the third and final installment comes a little late because, like everything else in my life, it has been heavily affected by our recent move. As I mentioned during my update about the second installment, … Read More Read More
Once Upon a Dream – Book Two First Draft Complete Once Upon a Dream – Book Two First Draft Complete By Megan Cutler | January 20, 2020 | Comments 0 Comment I forgot how much I hate moving. There was a time we seemed to move every other year and I got used to it. In fact, I was eager for our last move. It brought us back to Canada from England – back to the familiar and easy to navigate. I had checklists and backup … Read More Read More
Five Random Facts about Aruvalia – A Modern Fantasy World Five Random Facts about Aruvalia – A Modern Fantasy World By Megan Cutler | July 22, 2019 | Comments 0 Comment When I announced my newest project – tentatively titled Once Upon a Dream – I promised I would share more details as the project came together. I spent about a month outlining, making notes for both the plot and the world where it takes place. Now that I’ve had some time to let those seeds … Read More Read More
Lock Picking 101 Lock Picking 101 By Megan Cutler | April 12, 2019 | Comments 0 Comment Following the trend of catching up with characters I haven’t written in awhile, it’s been absolute ages since we heard from Silkfoot! Silkfoot can be hard to write in short form because he’s usually working on plots among plots. His stories often need to be written in layers, and it’s hard to weave those layers … Read More Read More
The Best of My Favorite Character’s Soundtracks The Best of My Favorite Character’s Soundtracks By Megan Cutler | February 18, 2019 | Comments 0 Comment I’ve mentioned before how big a role music plays in the creative process. I have different soundtracks for different tasks and novel projects, depending on what I’m working on at the time. Sometimes I use music to get in the mood, sometimes to find a character’s voice, and sometimes to set the tone of a … Read More Read More
Who Should I Be Today? Who Should I Be Today? By Megan Cutler | May 11, 2018 | Comments 0 Comment This is something of a call-back to the first prompt I ever wrote (which starts with the same line). I thought it would make an interesting juxtaposition since Cazella and Silkfoot achieve basically the same thing via two drastically different methods. Cazella makes herself into the person she thinks others want her to be by … Read More Read More