Nicole Cutter - THE ORANGE PEEL GAME

The Orange Peel Game Excerpt reads: The young man leaned in and whispered, with a new pinhole light in his eyes. “Don’t you get a feeling from it all? Like you’ve found something… Something you weren’t supposed to. And now that you’re here you have a choice: Keep playing the game and see where it leads, or forget about it all— very well knowing other puzzles are out there. Knowing that there are players all around you, who have all of its secrets.”

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♟ 7 players, 1 mastermind, 1 murderer, 1 little locked box: Strange puzzles are hidden in every corner of post-WWII Cleveland, for Caroline to solve

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A manuscript of The Orange Peel Game is surrounded by sticky tabs and a red pen.

Line edits today...

Getting closer to holding something that's only ever been in your mind never gets boring

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Except from The Orange Peel Game reads: Fl-or-ence. Flor-ence. Florence… Yes, Florence was five or six small cherry pits tumbling around the tongue— wooden and cold and without their sweet flesh. All Caroline could find inside the phonemes and finishing digraph was dull pressures and clicking teeth. The taste, she found, was lifeless. She wiped the taste off her teeth and bared them.

Caroline tastes the name of the most important figure of her story, who she'll never get the chance to meet...

Replacing "sixth" with "six" (Excerpt from 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦 - under developmental review) 💙📚

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Thank you!

Twisty clue trails and high concept vibes are my jam. Fellow mystery author cheering you on. Congrats on the upcoming release, and here is to a smooth, juicy launch 🍊

Excerpt from The Orange Peel Game reads: “You start with the smalls,” she pointed to the standalone ‘W’ and the ‘LI’ that stuck out in their sentence. “We only have a few words that are so short. ‘W’ could be ‘I’, or ‘a’. But it’s these letters at the very end that are throwing me off. No word repeats three letters twice.” “Wait.” Like a badger, Caroline drove through her purse again to dig up the very first note she had made in the game. “Maybe not a word, but a number.” She held up the yellow page against the pure white, lining up her writing with the stamped type. IJJJVTTT MCCCLIII “Applesauce, you’re right!” Olive got to work feverishly notating over the letters of Caroline’s old code. Replacing every I, J, V, and T that had danced away, with their proper positions of M, C, L, and I. The page now read: Wcqwmpn cpcwyz birp W LM MCCCLIII

Two girls dissect a substitution code apart, letter by appetizing letter...

(Excerpt from 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦 - under developmental review) 💙📚

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Dear readers, do you have any book recommendations under mystery and high concept? Big fan of Stuart Turton's The Seven (½) Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, and looking for similar reads! (Also big fan of Inception)

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Your encouragement makes having to shout into the void as writers feel a little less lonely! Thank you Harper, wishing your writing projects all of the best, too! 📚

Excerpt from The Orange Peel Game reads: "All of Caroline’s friends had been pear preserves, bubblegum, butterscotch tarts, and marmalade. Exactly those, in that order, and no more. Caroline wondered that if Olive was named something —anything— else that was less agreeing, she would still be just as charming and courageous and confident to her. But Olive had that name, and she reminded her of a dessert, and she had been everything Caroline wished she could be on her own."

How does our world view shape our confidence in the people we love?

(Excerpt from 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦 - under developmental review.) 💙📚

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Excerpt from The Orange Peel Game reads: "But Caroline didn’t know that others couldn’t taste letters until the age of twelve. She didn’t know that consonants and vowels didn’t immediately make them sense acid or charred edges or perfume or perfectly ripe fruit. Or how they couldn’t feel the way phonemes and graphemes could scratch her tongue with fish scales or graze it with silk. To her, words and tastes were one and the same. So, just as Caroline could overhear any conversation, she would immediately, and thoughtlessly, experience it behind her lips. It was impossible for her to perceive one without the other, so it was effortless. It was involuntary. It was, to her, very much normal."

🍊 Excerpt Day! 🍊 For mystery sleuths and high concept addicts...

From 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦 - Murder on the Orient Express meets National Treasure

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Are your Dms set to open for anyone? I've sent the sample to your email, if that's alright! Excited to hear it 😁

Excited to! Sorry I haven't been able to send any samples, got very swamped today with paperwork. I'm eager to send you something tomorrow!

Your talent and dedication is really showing through, this was amazing!

No worries, that's understandable! Is there any way I can hear your work?

This was seriously impressive! Do you happen to have a demo reel I could review?

I'm very interested in any demo reels you might have! I couldn't find it on your casting call page

I totally thought this was the real VA!

Dear VAs, I need audiobook voice talents! 🧡 Paid: ~2-6 Finished Hours, future roles wanted

Looking for:
• 1 Female voice (Sing-songy inflection + transatlantic + vocal range)
• 1 Male voice (1940s inflection + German accent)

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♟️Puzzles hidden in the corners of Cleveland, after the wounds of WWII
🍊A fragile, flavor-laced narrative, concerned with a girl who can taste names
🗝️7 players, 1 mastermind, 1 murderer, and a little locked box

- Essential ingredients to my upcoming novel, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦

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Excerpt from The Orange Peel Game: "The room Caroline sat in was overflowing with a rhythm. A song of phone jacks, plucked and plugged into switchboards that filled a warehouse to its rim. It was musical. It was palpable. It was much like drinking a daiquiri. The simple syrup was there, up to the brim, in all the number, pleases. The nip of lime was where those occasional long-distances were called out. And the voices of the girls were much like chittery ice, filling up a coupe glass. Every word inside that telephone exchange office could be, comfortingly, anticipated. And Caroline could taste it all."

🍊 Excerpt Day! 🍊

From 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦 - Murder on the Orient Express meets National Treasure

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We've had a bunch of new people added to the 2026 debut authors starter pack so I'm sharing again so you don't miss anyone!

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I would love to! Thank you 😊

Thank you so much!

Okay, my indie author starter pack is almost full. Should I create another one, or would you prefer genre-specific starter packs? There’s still 20-ish spots available if you want to join my first one!
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I’m quite overwhelmed by your support, thank you all!

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Welcome aboard – I’ve just added you to all three starter packs! Be sure to follow back everyone!

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I do need a few in the near future! How can I best contact you?

Thank you so much! 😊💙