3 Reasons I Abandoned the Last Book I Read 3 Reasons I Abandoned the Last Book I Read By Megan Cutler | February 11, 2019 | Comments 4 comments Abandoning books midway through is still new to me. Until recently, I was devoted to seeing a book all the way through to its end. No matter how garbage it turned out to be. But then I realized life is short. There are a million books I want to read, and I don’t get a … Read More Read More
The Oracle’s Game – A Random Picture Prompt The Oracle’s Game – A Random Picture Prompt By Megan Cutler | February 8, 2019 | Comments 1 comment When I started writing prompts based on random photos found during my many stock photo combing sessions, I figured they’d all stand alone. After all, the idea shows up, you write it down and you move on with your life. But one day a sequel just so happened to show up. And when the muse … Read More Read More
Man of the Mountain Man of the Mountain By Megan Cutler | February 1, 2019 | Comments 0 Comment This is part two of the story I started in Child of the Plains. I got the idea for this particular story during our drive to Calgary. It was my first time passing through the Canadian Rockies and I was stunned by the majesty and diversity of the mountain faces. In fact, the more I … Read More Read More
Master of the House; A Tale of Lust Master of the House; A Tale of Lust By Megan Cutler | January 25, 2019 | Comments 0 Comment Back when I started the Seven Deadly Sins project, I joked that there were probably enough off-shoots of Domerin that I could write a prompt for each sin featuring him. It’s taken some time but I have, indeed, found a Domerin for every sin. So far we’ve covered Wrath, Pride, Envy and Sloth, Gluttony and … Read More Read More
How to Prune Passive Voice How to Prune Passive Voice By Megan Cutler | January 21, 2019 | Comments 0 Comment I’ve been editing for friends for several years now, which is one of the reasons I’ve decided to start editing as a service. As a result, I see a lot of the same errors over and over. As soon as I started noticing them in the work of others, I found them in my own … Read More Read More
Child of the Plains Child of the Plains By Megan Cutler | January 18, 2019 | Comments 6 comments Since I’m about to wrap up the 7 Deadly Domerins series, it’s time to start a new one. I’m really enjoying these little serials, actually. It’s giving me a chance to explore the grey space between short and long fiction. A lot of these ideas might eventually make their way into novels but, for now, … Read More Read More
What NaNoWriMo Can Do For Experienced Writers What NaNoWriMo Can Do For Experienced Writers By Megan Cutler | January 14, 2019 | Comments 1 comment Anyone who’s ever strung more than ten words of story together has heard of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). It’s been around as long as I’ve been on the Internet. It probably isn’t going anywhere any time soon. For those unfamiliar, NaNoWriMo takes place in November. The idea is to write an entire novel (50,000 … Read More Read More
The War God’s Collection; A Tale of Greed The War God’s Collection; A Tale of Greed By Megan Cutler | January 11, 2019 | Comments 0 Comment Back when I started the Seven Deadly Sins project, I joked that there were probably enough off-shoots of Domerin that I could write a prompt for each sin featuring him. It’s taken some time but I have, indeed, found a Domerin for every sin. So far we’ve covered Wrath, Pride, Envy and Sloth, and Gluttony. … Read More Read More
A List of Goals for 2019! A List of Goals for 2019! By Megan Cutler | January 7, 2019 | Comments 3 comments 2018 was a busy and exciting year. But it pales in comparison with what I have planned for 2019. I usually use my first post of the year to look forward at my goals as well as backwards at my accomplishments. But I had so much to say about 2018, I decided to split the … Read More Read More
Farewell 2018 Farewell 2018 By Megan Cutler | January 1, 2019 | Comments 2 comments I admit, 2018 feels like a blur. The kind where you dig your fingers into a project, get super involved and look up an hour later to find that, actually, three weeks have passed. I set a lot of ambitious goals for 2018, despite my focus on healthy work habits. That meant accepting from the … Read More Read More