Chris Cutler
@chriscutler.bsky.social
Independent author of historical fiction, including the dual timeline Cartwright family series.
www.chriscutlerauthor.com
www.chriscutlerauthor.com
A question on Bluesky etiquette. Comments on my posts I generally reply to and follow. If someone randomly follows me, I check their profile. If we have things in common, e.g., writing, I follow back. Often, I get an immediate "high Chris" PM. Am I a curmudgeon if I ignore them?
December 11, 2024 at 4:40 PM
A question on Bluesky etiquette. Comments on my posts I generally reply to and follow. If someone randomly follows me, I check their profile. If we have things in common, e.g., writing, I follow back. Often, I get an immediate "high Chris" PM. Am I a curmudgeon if I ignore them?
It's Dec 1st, so I'm starting a #histfic #writingprompt. Intro.
Brunissende is the youngest daughter of Roger-Bernard de Foix. Whilst Pèire Autier launches a last-ditch bid to save the Cathars she seduces the Archbishop, makes him Pope and brings the Papal See to France. #TheWomanWhoCouldNotBeLoved
Brunissende is the youngest daughter of Roger-Bernard de Foix. Whilst Pèire Autier launches a last-ditch bid to save the Cathars she seduces the Archbishop, makes him Pope and brings the Papal See to France. #TheWomanWhoCouldNotBeLoved
December 1, 2024 at 6:38 PM
It's Dec 1st, so I'm starting a #histfic #writingprompt. Intro.
Brunissende is the youngest daughter of Roger-Bernard de Foix. Whilst Pèire Autier launches a last-ditch bid to save the Cathars she seduces the Archbishop, makes him Pope and brings the Papal See to France. #TheWomanWhoCouldNotBeLoved
Brunissende is the youngest daughter of Roger-Bernard de Foix. Whilst Pèire Autier launches a last-ditch bid to save the Cathars she seduces the Archbishop, makes him Pope and brings the Papal See to France. #TheWomanWhoCouldNotBeLoved
Passer une chouette journée au marché de Noël à Vaunac. Plusieurs exemplaires de Celle qui s'est enfin trouvée vendues. Si vous n'étais pas là, vous pouvez acheter chez Amazon mybook.to/V6kNEyy
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December 1, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Passer une chouette journée au marché de Noël à Vaunac. Plusieurs exemplaires de Celle qui s'est enfin trouvée vendues. Si vous n'étais pas là, vous pouvez acheter chez Amazon mybook.to/V6kNEyy
#WritingQ
What was the last thing you Googled and why? Mine was a fruitless search for references to bisexuality between the Ancient Greeks and Freud. #betareading #writing
What was the last thing you Googled and why? Mine was a fruitless search for references to bisexuality between the Ancient Greeks and Freud. #betareading #writing
November 26, 2024 at 8:19 AM
#WritingQ
What was the last thing you Googled and why? Mine was a fruitless search for references to bisexuality between the Ancient Greeks and Freud. #betareading #writing
What was the last thing you Googled and why? Mine was a fruitless search for references to bisexuality between the Ancient Greeks and Freud. #betareading #writing
Writers, when & where is your wip set? #WritingQ (credit @eliseswritings.bsky.social)
So far, all my books are set in France. 1st is ww2, 2nd us ww1, WIP is mediaeval set during the last days of the Cathars. A common 2nd timeline runs through the series.
chriscutlerauthor.com
So far, all my books are set in France. 1st is ww2, 2nd us ww1, WIP is mediaeval set during the last days of the Cathars. A common 2nd timeline runs through the series.
chriscutlerauthor.com
Chris Cutler Author
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November 25, 2024 at 6:44 AM
Writers, when & where is your wip set? #WritingQ (credit @eliseswritings.bsky.social)
So far, all my books are set in France. 1st is ww2, 2nd us ww1, WIP is mediaeval set during the last days of the Cathars. A common 2nd timeline runs through the series.
chriscutlerauthor.com
So far, all my books are set in France. 1st is ww2, 2nd us ww1, WIP is mediaeval set during the last days of the Cathars. A common 2nd timeline runs through the series.
chriscutlerauthor.com
#pennedpossibilities 184 — Do any of your characters believe in soulmates?
John was convinced Cathy was The One. Even her affair did not shake this belief, so he solved the problem by taking her to France, only to fall on love with Francine.
chriscutlerauthor.com/books/the-wo...
John was convinced Cathy was The One. Even her affair did not shake this belief, so he solved the problem by taking her to France, only to fall on love with Francine.
chriscutlerauthor.com/books/the-wo...
The Woman Who Found Herself – Chris Cutler Author
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November 21, 2024 at 8:44 AM
#pennedpossibilities 184 — Do any of your characters believe in soulmates?
John was convinced Cathy was The One. Even her affair did not shake this belief, so he solved the problem by taking her to France, only to fall on love with Francine.
chriscutlerauthor.com/books/the-wo...
John was convinced Cathy was The One. Even her affair did not shake this belief, so he solved the problem by taking her to France, only to fall on love with Francine.
chriscutlerauthor.com/books/the-wo...
The #WIPSnips Nov 20: worth
Until today, the life growing within you belonged to them. They bought you and the child. They have cancelled the purchase. You are free, and you have your baby. Is that not worth more than money?
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #authors #writingprompts #WriteSky
Until today, the life growing within you belonged to them. They bought you and the child. They have cancelled the purchase. You are free, and you have your baby. Is that not worth more than money?
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #authors #writingprompts #WriteSky
November 20, 2024 at 4:15 PM
The #WIPSnips Nov 20: worth
Until today, the life growing within you belonged to them. They bought you and the child. They have cancelled the purchase. You are free, and you have your baby. Is that not worth more than money?
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #authors #writingprompts #WriteSky
Until today, the life growing within you belonged to them. They bought you and the child. They have cancelled the purchase. You are free, and you have your baby. Is that not worth more than money?
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #authors #writingprompts #WriteSky
Taking time out from #editing my own manuscript to be a #betareader for the lovely @brandyo71.bsky.social Hopefully, both books will come out stronger.
November 20, 2024 at 6:13 AM
Taking time out from #editing my own manuscript to be a #betareader for the lovely @brandyo71.bsky.social Hopefully, both books will come out stronger.
#WritersCoffeeClub Nov 18. What have you written most different from your usual work?
Probably my mailing list magnet. It's a short story about an art magazine journalist who go to France to interview a sculptor and falls in love with his mistress. Free download here (Warning, sexually explicit)
Probably my mailing list magnet. It's a short story about an art magazine journalist who go to France to interview a sculptor and falls in love with his mistress. Free download here (Warning, sexually explicit)
Will the interview save Stephanie's career or destroy her marriage?
Maurice is a sculptor. He is also deaf, dumb, and blind. Stephanie must nail a killer interview to save her career. She hopes by interviewing the sculptor’s muse Monique she will get the angle she nee...
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November 18, 2024 at 10:49 AM
#WritersCoffeeClub Nov 18. What have you written most different from your usual work?
Probably my mailing list magnet. It's a short story about an art magazine journalist who go to France to interview a sculptor and falls in love with his mistress. Free download here (Warning, sexually explicit)
Probably my mailing list magnet. It's a short story about an art magazine journalist who go to France to interview a sculptor and falls in love with his mistress. Free download here (Warning, sexually explicit)
#pennedpossibilities 157 — Is there anything in life your MC has changed their mind about?
Sandie, a high functioning maths student, is paid to get pregnant by her professor and sell the baby. The condition is he does not know he is the father. She decides to tell him and keep the baby.
Sandie, a high functioning maths student, is paid to get pregnant by her professor and sell the baby. The condition is he does not know he is the father. She decides to tell him and keep the baby.
November 17, 2024 at 6:47 AM
#pennedpossibilities 157 — Is there anything in life your MC has changed their mind about?
Sandie, a high functioning maths student, is paid to get pregnant by her professor and sell the baby. The condition is he does not know he is the father. She decides to tell him and keep the baby.
Sandie, a high functioning maths student, is paid to get pregnant by her professor and sell the baby. The condition is he does not know he is the father. She decides to tell him and keep the baby.
What's the dumbest thing your MC has done?
Thinking she can: 1 seduce the Archbishop of Bordeaux, 2 lobby the Vatican council to make him Pope, 3 get him to move his throne to France, 4 elevate their love-child to St Peter's throne.
3 out of 4 ain't bad (Hélie only made it to Cardinal) #writingq
Thinking she can: 1 seduce the Archbishop of Bordeaux, 2 lobby the Vatican council to make him Pope, 3 get him to move his throne to France, 4 elevate their love-child to St Peter's throne.
3 out of 4 ain't bad (Hélie only made it to Cardinal) #writingq
November 16, 2024 at 6:05 PM
What's the dumbest thing your MC has done?
Thinking she can: 1 seduce the Archbishop of Bordeaux, 2 lobby the Vatican council to make him Pope, 3 get him to move his throne to France, 4 elevate their love-child to St Peter's throne.
3 out of 4 ain't bad (Hélie only made it to Cardinal) #writingq
Thinking she can: 1 seduce the Archbishop of Bordeaux, 2 lobby the Vatican council to make him Pope, 3 get him to move his throne to France, 4 elevate their love-child to St Peter's throne.
3 out of 4 ain't bad (Hélie only made it to Cardinal) #writingq
#WritersCoffeeClub 11/13: Is there a message that runs through all of your work?
Yes.
Death does not close the book, it only turns the page.
Each book is dual timeline with the historical characters being previous incarnations of the modern Cartwright family and friends.
Yes.
Death does not close the book, it only turns the page.
Each book is dual timeline with the historical characters being previous incarnations of the modern Cartwright family and friends.
November 15, 2024 at 6:51 AM
#WritersCoffeeClub 11/13: Is there a message that runs through all of your work?
Yes.
Death does not close the book, it only turns the page.
Each book is dual timeline with the historical characters being previous incarnations of the modern Cartwright family and friends.
Yes.
Death does not close the book, it only turns the page.
Each book is dual timeline with the historical characters being previous incarnations of the modern Cartwright family and friends.
#TimeTravelAuthors
7 Race. (13th C)
The Cathars of the Ariège considered their ideological differences far greater than race. There were important differences between their way of life and those of their Catholic oppressors in the rest of France, but these were more cultural than racial.
7 Race. (13th C)
The Cathars of the Ariège considered their ideological differences far greater than race. There were important differences between their way of life and those of their Catholic oppressors in the rest of France, but these were more cultural than racial.
November 15, 2024 at 6:45 AM
#TimeTravelAuthors
7 Race. (13th C)
The Cathars of the Ariège considered their ideological differences far greater than race. There were important differences between their way of life and those of their Catholic oppressors in the rest of France, but these were more cultural than racial.
7 Race. (13th C)
The Cathars of the Ariège considered their ideological differences far greater than race. There were important differences between their way of life and those of their Catholic oppressors in the rest of France, but these were more cultural than racial.
#TimeTravelAuthors 2 Nov Escapes
Brunissende returns to 1298 to find the Cathar village of Montaillou invaded by soldiers of the Inquisition. Mersende Marty escapes by posing as an itinerant labourer. Péire Maury leads her and a group of refugees over the Pyrenees to Spain.
Brunissende returns to 1298 to find the Cathar village of Montaillou invaded by soldiers of the Inquisition. Mersende Marty escapes by posing as an itinerant labourer. Péire Maury leads her and a group of refugees over the Pyrenees to Spain.
November 14, 2024 at 7:49 PM
#TimeTravelAuthors 2 Nov Escapes
Brunissende returns to 1298 to find the Cathar village of Montaillou invaded by soldiers of the Inquisition. Mersende Marty escapes by posing as an itinerant labourer. Péire Maury leads her and a group of refugees over the Pyrenees to Spain.
Brunissende returns to 1298 to find the Cathar village of Montaillou invaded by soldiers of the Inquisition. Mersende Marty escapes by posing as an itinerant labourer. Péire Maury leads her and a group of refugees over the Pyrenees to Spain.
Catching up with November #TimeTravelAuthors
1 Intro
Sandie is a high functioning Cambridge student. In 13th C she was the daughter of the Compte de Foix. In the president she seduces a professor to provide a baby for an adoption agency. In the past she seduces Pope Clement V to save the Cathars
1 Intro
Sandie is a high functioning Cambridge student. In 13th C she was the daughter of the Compte de Foix. In the president she seduces a professor to provide a baby for an adoption agency. In the past she seduces Pope Clement V to save the Cathars
November 14, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Catching up with November #TimeTravelAuthors
1 Intro
Sandie is a high functioning Cambridge student. In 13th C she was the daughter of the Compte de Foix. In the president she seduces a professor to provide a baby for an adoption agency. In the past she seduces Pope Clement V to save the Cathars
1 Intro
Sandie is a high functioning Cambridge student. In 13th C she was the daughter of the Compte de Foix. In the president she seduces a professor to provide a baby for an adoption agency. In the past she seduces Pope Clement V to save the Cathars
#TimeTravelAuthors 29 Tricks.
I'm not sure it counts as time travel, but the Cartwright family books are dual timeline stories where the historical thread is an earlier reincarnation of a contemporary character.
I'm not sure it counts as time travel, but the Cartwright family books are dual timeline stories where the historical thread is an earlier reincarnation of a contemporary character.
October 28, 2024 at 7:47 PM
#TimeTravelAuthors 29 Tricks.
I'm not sure it counts as time travel, but the Cartwright family books are dual timeline stories where the historical thread is an earlier reincarnation of a contemporary character.
I'm not sure it counts as time travel, but the Cartwright family books are dual timeline stories where the historical thread is an earlier reincarnation of a contemporary character.
Reposted by Chris Cutler
This week we're chatting with @davegoodman.bsky.social about his debut novel, A RELUCTANT SPY, and exploring his insight on writing process & craft!
Thanks for taking time to meet with us again, Dave!
#sffh
Thanks for taking time to meet with us again, Dave!
#sffh
Books
I'm a published novelist. My debut novel, A Reluctant Spy, is out now.
A Reluctant Spy
A Reluctant Spy is a contemporary spy novel about a young man who agrees to lend his identity to SIS (...
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October 28, 2024 at 2:41 PM
This week we're chatting with @davegoodman.bsky.social about his debut novel, A RELUCTANT SPY, and exploring his insight on writing process & craft!
Thanks for taking time to meet with us again, Dave!
#sffh
Thanks for taking time to meet with us again, Dave!
#sffh
Reposted by Chris Cutler
Been a lot of anti-Amazon talk on my feed lately, which, yeah, I get. But as an indie author whose income is almost exclusively from Amazon no matter how much I promote other platforms, it gets tiring when people act like indie authors are the devil for going with Amazon.
October 27, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Been a lot of anti-Amazon talk on my feed lately, which, yeah, I get. But as an indie author whose income is almost exclusively from Amazon no matter how much I promote other platforms, it gets tiring when people act like indie authors are the devil for going with Amazon.
Obligatory first post introduction. Two years ago, I joined the Great Twitter Migration, ending up @chriscutler@creativewriting.social
Two books and only a few sales later, l am starting to wonder if I've shot myself in the foot. Any bluesky advice and follow recommendations?
Two books and only a few sales later, l am starting to wonder if I've shot myself in the foot. Any bluesky advice and follow recommendations?
October 27, 2024 at 8:48 AM
Obligatory first post introduction. Two years ago, I joined the Great Twitter Migration, ending up @chriscutler@creativewriting.social
Two books and only a few sales later, l am starting to wonder if I've shot myself in the foot. Any bluesky advice and follow recommendations?
Two books and only a few sales later, l am starting to wonder if I've shot myself in the foot. Any bluesky advice and follow recommendations?