Life in a Wildfire Evacuation Alert Zone (Part 2) Life in a Wildfire Evacuation Alert Zone (Part 2) By Megan Cutler | September 18, 2023 | Comments 0 Comment Fire is a natural part of a forest’s life cycle. I’ve mentioned this before. If you live anywhere near a forested area – and certainly in Canada where forest makes up a large portion of the landscape between cities – you’ll be familiar with wildfires. They’re a threat every summer. And the level of risk … Read More Read More
Freebie Mondays: Life in a Wildfire Evacuation Alert Zone Freebie Mondays: Life in a Wildfire Evacuation Alert Zone By Megan Cutler | September 11, 2023 | Comments 3 comments Though I do consider this to be a piece of creative writing, composed with specific intention, this is not a work of fiction. The events described actually took place. … It’s been a rough body week. They happen sometimes. It’s reached the point where I just want to shut off my brain and relax for … Read More Read More
Freebie Mondays: Poetry Hour Freebie Mondays: Poetry Hour By Megan Cutler | September 4, 2023 | Comments 1 comment My good friend Joe, who goes by Jchillyy on twitch recently created a wheel of mayhem for one of his streams. He asked the community to contribute fun ideas for random, crazy antics he could get up to should the wheel land on them. Since he is a fellow writer, I thought it might be … Read More Read More
Introducing Someone’s Suffering Child – Now Available! Introducing Someone’s Suffering Child – Now Available! By Megan Cutler | August 28, 2023 | Comments 0 Comment Last year when I both started streaming and finished my Eternity’s Empire project, I needed to decide what to do with the available time. I thought it might be interesting to stream the creation of a project from start to finish in order to chronicle the process. It turned out I couldn’t stream the entire … Read More Read More
5 Dating Sims I Highly Recommend 5 Dating Sims I Highly Recommend By Megan Cutler | August 14, 2023 | Comments 0 Comment A few weeks ago, when I wrote about video games I’ve recently enjoyed, I mentioned that I could probably do an entire post about dating sims. Now feels like a good time to fulfill that promise. For those unfamiliar, dating sims are exactly what they sound like they should be. You play a character looking … Read More Read More
Freebie Mondays: Meet the Seed Matron Freebie Mondays: Meet the Seed Matron By Megan Cutler | August 7, 2023 | Comments 0 Comment How does a Cryptonian goddess gain ascendency? Smoke billowed from the necks of beakers and liquid bubbled inside thin vials as Tauldar surveyed her latest set of handiwork. She checked the temperature dials of her instruments and made tiny adjustments, all while humming to herself. Here she sprinkled a small pinch of dust and there … Read More Read More
5 Inspirational Quotes that get me Through the Bad Times 5 Inspirational Quotes that get me Through the Bad Times By Megan Cutler | July 31, 2023 | Comments 0 Comment After a rough bout with the universe recently, I shared a conversation with a friend about quotes that keep us going. I’ve never considered myself a huge inspirational quote person. I don’t really collect them. My walls aren’t plastered with inspirational posters. I used to put quotes in my digital day planner every month. But … Read More Read More
Freebie Mondays: The End of Death Freebie Mondays: The End of Death By Megan Cutler | July 24, 2023 | Comments 0 Comment This tragic tale relates the details of the Reaper’s Death according to the Celestial Mother… “Pardon my intrusion, great mother, but I have come to ask a pressing question.” Agos’s voice, though quiet, echoed through the Celestial Mother’s grand sanctum when he spoke. But his was not an unknown or unwelcome presence within this hallowed … Read More Read More
My Top Writing Life Hack: Draft Cycling My Top Writing Life Hack: Draft Cycling By Megan Cutler | July 17, 2023 | Comments 0 Comment Writing is a highly personalized endeavor. The process that works for one writer might not work for another. That’s why it’s so important to test widely and discover what works best for you. Some people like to spend months creating a detailed plan before they write a single word of first draft. Others like to … Read More Read More
Freebie Mondays: Meet the Horned God of War Freebie Mondays: Meet the Horned God of War By Megan Cutler | July 10, 2023 | Comments 0 Comment Not all the gods were born divine… The Reaper is fascinated by all mortal life. This is why, eventually, they add all living things to their collection. This practice causes no end of despair to the Celestial Mother, whose love for all her creations is enormous. But there are those among her creations that Aleonath … Read More Read More