How to Perfect Your Novel’s Pacing – A Powerful Guide How to Perfect Your Novel’s Pacing – A Powerful Guide By Megan Cutler | January 24, 2022 | Comments 2 comments Pacing is one of the most discussed story structure elements. Everyone knows about it. (We learn about it in high school English class along with tone and atmosphere.) But even if we didn’t study it, it’s an intrinsic piece of storytelling we subconsciously recognize. How many times have you walked out of a movie and … Read More Read More
Freebie Mondays: Let Down Your Long Stair Freebie Mondays: Let Down Your Long Stair By Megan Cutler | January 17, 2022 | Comments 0 Comment This is an indirect follow up to Mirror, Mirror On the Wall, which tells the story of what happened to the evil queen’s magic mirror after the events of Snow White and The Spindle of a Spinning Wheel, which features a follow up to the item post Sleeping Beauty. Possibly my favorite installment, If the … Read More Read More
Freebie Mondays: A Mistborn Faerie Tale Freebie Mondays: A Mistborn Faerie Tale By Megan Cutler | January 10, 2022 | Comments 0 Comment Shortly after writing my Elven Funeral Song, I decided to take another stab at epic poetry writing. This time I wanted to write a nursery rhyme, something that might be recited by children at play. To go about it, I started jotting down all my ideas so that I could then condense them into a … Read More Read More
The Old Year’s Triumphs and the New Year’s Goals The Old Year’s Triumphs and the New Year’s Goals By Megan Cutler | January 3, 2022 | Comments 3 comments I’m sure I’m not the only person who hoped 2021 would be a little easier than 2020. In retrospect, it really wasn’t. At least not here in British Columbia. A hot, dry spring allowed wild fires to ravage much of the province during the equally hot summer. And in the wake of the first round … Read More Read More
Symphony of the Stars is Finally Here! Symphony of the Stars is Finally Here! By Megan Cutler | December 13, 2021 | Comments 2 comments 2021 has been an exciting year for me. For the first time, I managed put out six new books. (One every other month.) It has taken a lot of ups and downs, but I finally seem to have found my publishing groove. But the most exciting release for me is the one I’m writing this … Read More Read More
4 Myths about National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) 4 Myths about National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) By Megan Cutler | December 6, 2021 | Comments 0 Comment When I was a teenager, my mom had a friend who introduced me to a radical idea. Once a year, she said, she sat down to write an entire novel. She spent a great deal of time preparing for this event, even making a meal plan so that she would be able to devote the … Read More Read More
Freebie Mondays: Ashes in the Attic Freebie Mondays: Ashes in the Attic By Megan Cutler | November 29, 2021 | Comments 0 Comment Way back in college, I took one singular writing class. We had to put together three different short stories. The singular goal was to say something about the human condition. I have already shared the other two stories I wrote for that class elsewhere on the sight. My final story was A Glimpse of God. … Read More Read More
Freebie Mondays: Night’s Disruptions Freebie Mondays: Night’s Disruptions By Megan Cutler | November 15, 2021 | Comments 1 comment This is an indirect follow up to Mirror, Mirror On the Wall, which tells the story of what happened to the evil queen’s magic mirror after the events of Snow White and The Spindle of a Spinning Wheel, which features a follow up to the item post Sleeping Beauty. Possibly my favorite installment, If the … Read More Read More
The Challenges of Writing Strong Female Characters The Challenges of Writing Strong Female Characters By Megan Cutler | November 8, 2021 | Comments 0 Comment People have been talking about strong female characters for a long time. It’s become something of a buzzword since I started reading as a teenager. But what does it mean? In the beginning, I believe the idea of a strong female character was any woman who wasn’t a damsel in distress, a character granted their … Read More Read More
Freebie Mondays: Elven Funeral Song Freebie Mondays: Elven Funeral Song By Megan Cutler | November 1, 2021 | Comments 0 Comment I recently planned the third installment in the Aruvalia Chronicles series. There are a number of powerfully emotional scenes looming in the near future. One in particular involves a funeral. The more this particular scene coalesces in my head, the more I want there to be some kind of funeral dirge this particular culture uses … Read More Read More