Welcome to The Spot Writers. March’s prompt is to use these five words in a story: builder, chance, trophy, glory, unexpected. Today’s post comes from Cathy MacKenzie. Her one-woman publishing company, MacKenzie Publishing, has a submissions call for stories for an upcoming anthology titled TWO EYES OPEN, which call ends …
I had another post planned for this week, but I procrastinated on my research. Good thing because something fantastic happened to me today I thought I’d write about. My toddler, online known as the CLK (Cute Little Kiddo), had an early morning. Teething woke her, and despite my attempts at …
Welcome to March! This month’s Spot Writers’ prompt is to use the following words in a story: builder, chance, trophy, glory, unexpected. This month’s post comes to us from Val Muller, author of the YA novel The Man with the Crystal Ankh, a story about the power of music to …
Chocolate. Hummus. Stay with me, here. I didn’t know this was a thing. I really wanted to write about the 75-degree weather for this week’s Fantastic Friday post. In fact, the reason I’m late (posting this on Sunday instead of Friday) is that I was out enjoying the unseasonable weather …
Welcome to the Spot Writers! This February’s prompt: Pick up the two books closest to you (a mandarin textbook and A Court of Mist and Fury). For the first book: copy the first 3 words of the book. This is how your story will start. For the second book: copy …
Satrapi’s graphic novel is also a memoir. It’s presented as a comic strip detailing her childhood and adolescence in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution and her older adolescent years in Vienna. In the introduction to the novel, Satrapi summarizes the history of Iran, noting that the influence of foreign countries, …
Welcome to the Spot Writers, bringing you a weekly dose of flash fiction. Today’s prompt involves a bit of fun: Pick up the two books closest to you. For the first book: copy the first 3 words of the book. This is how your story will start. For the second …
I’m a bit too far south and just missed the most recent snow, but several states enjoyed a snow day yesterday. If you’d read any of my snow-related posts (like The Great Snow Nightmare or several posts inspired by the blizzard birth of my daughter), you’ll know I’m not a …
Good morning, everyone. Welcome to what is normally your weekly dose of flash fiction. This week is supposed to be Cathy MacKenzie’s turn to write a piece. She will be back next month with free flash fiction for you, but today, she is busy with a matter a bit more …
This week, I had the chance to meet Joan Fallon, author of literary and historical fiction, including her most recent work, The Thread That Binds Us. I admire the fact that she’s lived in various places around the globe–not to mention her background as a teacher, which we share. Tell …