My Contrary Love Affair with Action Movies My Contrary Love Affair with Action Movies By Megan Cutler | May 29, 2017 | Comments 0 Comment Action movies are a dime a dozen; Hollywood pumps them out at an astonishing rate. Of all the movie genres, I find action movies to be the most formulaic. They often feature the same faces and rely on about a dozen or so plots, constantly redressed. The more explosions and gun fights you can pack … Read More Read More
The Blue Rose The Blue Rose By Megan Cutler | May 26, 2017 | Comments 0 Comment This is an old piece that I found while digging around on my hard drive (so it may be a bit rougher than usual). Several years ago (probably close to a decade now), my husband and I were coming home from dinner out on Valentine’s Day and we encountered a flower seller in the subway … Read More Read More
Very Few Are Left (Revisited) Very Few Are Left (Revisited) By Megan Cutler | May 19, 2017 | Comments 3 comments A while back I decided to re-do a prompt with the same character in the same universe, but at a different part of their life. As usual, Domerin had a lot to offer. But I thought his idea was rather cheaty – since it actually involved a different version of himself (even if he does … Read More Read More
Introducing Operation Child Soldier Introducing Operation Child Soldier By Megan Cutler | May 15, 2017 | Comments 0 Comment One of my favorite things about being an Indie author is getting to meet and help out fellow Indies. So I’m very pleased today to be able to host Jaci Wheeler as she unveils her novel Operation Child Soldier! Purchase Links: Amazon | Signed Paperback . Book Blurb: I was trained from birth to be … Read More Read More
Icebound Isle Icebound Isle By Megan Cutler | May 12, 2017 | Comments 0 Comment I returned to my first world, dismayed to find it dying. Everything I built remained; the high tower, the markers, the secret place. Winter claimed the rest. Rolling green hills shrouded in snow. Warm, sandy beaches became mud traps. Withered trees shuddered in violent winds, shriveled branches reaching for the sky with no leaves to … Read More Read More
Liquid Productivity; A Tale of Lust Liquid Productivity; A Tale of Lust By Megan Cutler | May 5, 2017 | Comments 0 Comment Continuing with my seven deadly sins series, here’s round two of Lust featuring Veronika (who is new to this blog). . . . Secret organizations, especially those located in underground bunkers, didn’t tend to afford their staff a lot of free time. This particular underground office was luxurious enough that Veronika could almost forget she … Read More Read More
The Other Side of the Coin The Other Side of the Coin By Megan Cutler | May 1, 2017 | Comments 0 Comment Way in the long ago, a friend and I discussed how interesting it would be to pluck Domerin out of the world he’s familiar with and plunk him in the middle of a new one where everyone he knew was an evil version of themselves. Basically the fantasy equivalent of the evil goatee universe for … Read More Read More
Family is Forever Family is Forever By Megan Cutler | April 28, 2017 | Comments 1 comment I apologize that it took me so long to return to this particular story; I actually thought I had written more about this and it turns out I hadn’t ^^;; This is the long-awaited continuation of the story from You Don’t Have to Be Honest With Me and it also ties in nicely with the … Read More Read More
Never the Time; A Tale of Sloth Never the Time; A Tale of Sloth By Megan Cutler | April 21, 2017 | Comments 0 Comment Continuing with my seven deadly sins series, here’s round two of Sloth featuring Zita. . . . Every Imatria library existed in a state of organized chaos. Some of the shelves were full of neatly ordered books, arranged according to an alphabet or dates or locations. Other shelves contained stacks of paper, rolled scrolls and … Read More Read More
How to Get the Best Beta Reader Feedback How to Get the Best Beta Reader Feedback By Megan Cutler | April 17, 2017 | Comments 1 comment You finally finished your novel. You squeezed the words out of your brain and onto the page even when they didn’t want to go. You went back over each chapter five times, killing your darlings and polishing your prose. Now what? It’s time to share your work with someone. You need a fresh set of … Read More Read More