Family is Forever Family is Forever By Megan Cutler | April 28, 2017 | Comments 1 comment I apologize that it took me so long to return to this particular story; I actually thought I had written more about this and it turns out I hadn’t ^^;; This is the long-awaited continuation of the story from You Don’t Have to Be Honest With Me and it also ties in nicely with the … Read More Read More
Never the Time; A Tale of Sloth Never the Time; A Tale of Sloth By Megan Cutler | April 21, 2017 | Comments 0 Comment Continuing with my seven deadly sins series, here’s round two of Sloth featuring Zita. . . . Every Imatria library existed in a state of organized chaos. Some of the shelves were full of neatly ordered books, arranged according to an alphabet or dates or locations. Other shelves contained stacks of paper, rolled scrolls and … Read More Read More
Then and Now Then and Now By Megan Cutler | April 14, 2017 | Comments 2 comments I’ve come across this writing exercise several times but recently it struck a spark of inspiration. The idea is this; describe your character twice. Once to fall in love and once to be repulsed. I don’t tend to have my characters describe themselves, I usually have other characters describe them. These three elements were the … Read More Read More
Blood of the Chosen; A Tale of Wrath Blood of the Chosen; A Tale of Wrath By Megan Cutler | April 7, 2017 | Comments 0 Comment To an outside observer, the altar looked like nothing more than charred remains peeking from the ruins of some long forgotten temple. It was only when Reianna entered the timestream that she could see the walls gleaming almost iridescent with tiny pinpricks of glittering gold shining in the light. Blue-green torches flared on either side … Read More Read More
Star Myth (A World Building Prompt) Star Myth (A World Building Prompt) By Megan Cutler | March 31, 2017 | Comments 0 Comment Here’s another one that comes from Tumblr’s writing community; Pick out a constellation, name it and write its myth. You can choose the culture whose star myth you are writing, or create one of your own. Okay, not exactly a constellation, but I had toyed with this idea before and liked the idea of expanding … Read More Read More
Let It Go; A Tale of Envy Let It Go; A Tale of Envy By Megan Cutler | March 24, 2017 | Comments 0 Comment I have a lot more characters than there are classic ‘deadly sins,’ so I’ve decided to do a second round of these and let some of my less often appearing characters get a shot. First up is Kail! . . . Kail answered his phone before it had a chance to get through the first … Read More Read More
A Reverse Fairy Tale A Reverse Fairy Tale By Megan Cutler | March 17, 2017 | Comments 0 Comment Over on Tumblr I participate in the #writeblr community. Some have started posting spontaneous prompts and so far I’ve really enjoyed answering them. So much so that I wanted to share my responses here. These are written off the cuff, without any planning. Today’s prompt was a reverse fairy tale. . . . Rose had … Read More Read More
The Assassin’s Guild and their Dragon-Marked Master The Assassin’s Guild and their Dragon-Marked Master By Megan Cutler | March 13, 2017 | Comments 0 Comment I realize, despite previous promises, I haven’t introduced many of my worlds yet. Let’s fix that, shall we? I’ve written excerpts from several worlds drifting around in my head in the writing prompts section, and it might be nice to have a little context for them. I have rather generic names that I use to … Read More Read More
The Blessings of Marriage The Blessings of Marriage By Megan Cutler | March 10, 2017 | Comments 1 comment Every time I hit a multiple of ten with these writing prompts, I like to do something special. This time, I decided to re-write a prompt with the same character, in the same world, but at a different point in their timeline. And it just so happened I was struck by inspiration while I was … Read More Read More
Alien Sacrifices Alien Sacrifices By Megan Cutler | March 3, 2017 | Comments 1 comment Over on Tumblr I participate in the #writeblr community. Some have started posting spontaneous prompts and so far I’ve really enjoyed answering them. So much so that I wanted to share my responses here. These are written off the cuff, without any planning. Today’s prompt was: “The local aliens keep bringing their injured people to … Read More Read More