Freebie Mondays: The Tale of Forg the Werefrog Part 2 Freebie Mondays: The Tale of Forg the Werefrog Part 2 By Megan Cutler | April 15, 2024 | Comments 0 Comment Part 1 of this silly little story can be found here! 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 the city) hunts vampires until he gets to … Read More Read More
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
Know the Colossal Danger Caused by Missing your Story’s Middle Know the Colossal Danger Caused by Missing your Story’s Middle By Megan Cutler | March 25, 2024 | Comments 0 Comment I talk about writing a lot. Probably because it’s what I devote the majority of my time to. Writing novels is my full-time gig after all. And I wouldn’t have it any other way. Because stories and how we tell them have fascinated me for as long as I can remember. When I was younger, … 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
Introducing Eyes of a Stranger – Now Available! Introducing Eyes of a Stranger – Now Available! By Megan Cutler | February 19, 2024 | Comments 0 Comment I first introduced the Aruvalia Chronicles on my blog in April of 2019, shortly after I wrote the outline for the first trilogy. But the story has been banging around in my head since 2011. And some of the characters it features have been lurking in my head even longer than that (more on that … 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
Why it’s Important for Reoccurring Characters to Inhabit your World Why it’s Important for Reoccurring Characters to Inhabit your World By Megan Cutler | February 5, 2024 | Comments 0 Comment Writing any story involves a complex balancing act between various different elements. Plot and pacing are two of the bigger ones, so they receive a lot of conversation. But lots of things contribute to the overall quality of the composition. Atmosphere is also important, and usually balanced according to individual scenes. Characters are another of … 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