SFFSat – A Spectral Encounter SFFSat – A Spectral Encounter By Megan Cutler | November 7, 2015 | Comments 6 comments Switching gears this week, our new snippet comes from Crossroads of Frozen Eternity, the second book of the Mystic Island Trilogy. … Her gaze snapped upward. Her breath caught in her throat. Heart pounding, knees weak, she stumbled, trying to put the tree between her and the specter. In the starlight, he looked solid. The … Read More Read More
Getting Inside a Character’s Head – Part 3: Answers with Catilen Getting Inside a Character’s Head – Part 3: Answers with Catilen By Megan Cutler | November 2, 2015 | Comments 1 comment A few weeks back I used my own suggested character exercises with Domerin. I enjoyed stretching my creative muscles and I thought it might be fun to repeat the exercise with a character from Island of Lost Forevers. So let’s take a look at our leading lady; Catilen. Where does your character live? Go with … Read More Read More
SFFSat – Magic’s Many Uses SFFSat – Magic’s Many Uses By Megan Cutler | October 31, 2015 | Comments 4 comments Continuing from last week, this excerpt comes from Island of Lost Forevers, the first book in the Mystic Island Trilogy. Again, we leap a slight bit further into the sequence to see how Damian deals with the mess he made. … Guards with heavy wooden staves waited for him at the top of the stairs. … Read More Read More
SFFSat – Elegance Versus Force SFFSat – Elegance Versus Force By Megan Cutler | October 24, 2015 | Comments 6 comments Continuing from last week, this excerpt comes from Island of Lost Forevers, the first book in the Mystic Island Trilogy. It does not directly follow last week’s snippet, but comes slightly later in the same sequence. … On the sixth floor, Catilen’s path ran into a wall. Damian’s mage sight revealed a faint line of … Read More Read More
SFFS – A Touch of Magic SFFS – A Touch of Magic By Megan Cutler | October 17, 2015 | Comments 13 comments My excerpt this week comes from Island of Lost Forevers, the first book in the Mystic Island Trilogy. Breathing deep to steady his nerves, Damian lowered his defenses. He couldn’t sense emotional echoes the way Catilen did, but he had other ways of tracking people. Everyone left a distinctive energy signature. With a bit of … Read More Read More
The Setting as a Character The Setting as a Character By Megan Cutler | May 18, 2015 | Comments 0 Comment One characteristic of epic fantasy is the scale of its setting. Epic tales take place in vast worlds, full of interesting cities, cultures and landmarks. Somehow, the characters become aware of these details throughout their adventure and it becomes clear that the world is active even when the characters aren’t present. Rebellions may take place … Read More Read More
Crossroads of Frozen Eternity Available Now! Crossroads of Frozen Eternity Available Now! By Megan Cutler | April 21, 2015 | Comments 0 Comment The time has finally come for the adventures of Catilen Taylor and Damian Cooke to continue. Crossroads of Frozen Eternity is now available at your resident Amazon store (amazon.com, amazon.ca and amazon.uk to name a few). It’s also available on Smashwords and DriveThru Fiction (both of which offer multiple file formats, in case you don’t … Read More Read More
Character Introduction: The Sorcerer Character Introduction: The Sorcerer By Megan Cutler | April 20, 2015 | Comments 1 comment A few weeks ago, I reminisced about the creation of Island of Lost Forevers‘s leading lady, Catilen Taylor. Every protagonist needs at least one plucky companion, don’t they? We originally considered Catilen’s closest friend (and fellow kook), Damian Cooke, the story’s main character. Until we realized the character most impacted by the book’s events, the … Read More Read More
Coming Soon – Crossroads of Frozen Eternity Coming Soon – Crossroads of Frozen Eternity By Megan Cutler | April 6, 2015 | Comments 3 comments Just shy of a year ago, I announced the publication of my first novel Island of Lost Forevers. Real life has presented some real challenges since then (such as moving across an ocean and a continent), but I’m finally ready to share my novel’s sequel with you. In fact, the book’s release will coincide with … Read More Read More
Character Introduction: The Empath Character Introduction: The Empath By Megan Cutler | March 9, 2015 | Comments 0 Comment As I chip away at the final book in the trilogy, telling the end of a story I started more than ten years ago, my mind drifts back to the days when the Mystic Island was nothing but a couple of wispy ideas. I don’t think I’ve devoted enough time to discussing the conception and … Read More Read More