Welcome to the Spot Writers. This month’s prompt is to write a story using the word/concept “pugnacious.” This week’s tale comes to us from Val Muller, author of the kidlit Corgi Capers series, and it’s three days late due to a combination of Val’s wedding anniversary, the Fourth of July, and a real-life toddler, a […]
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Welcome to the Spot Writers. This month’s prompt is to write about an unexpected visitor. Today’s tale comes from Val Muller, who in her day job is a high school teacher in America. This fictionalized account is based on at least two real incidents that reminded her that soke students are challenging in the moment […]
This week’s prompt is to write a story told through a camera. Today’s tale comes to us from Val Muller, author of the kidlit mystery series Corgi Capers. It’s inspired by the newly-updated camera descriptions on various security camera platforms. Have we gone too far? That is a story for another time. Camera Notifications […]
Welcome to the Spot Writers! This month’s prompt is “He (she/they) started the new year with…” Today’s prompt comes to us from Val Muller, author of the kidlit mystery series Corgi Capers. Perfect By Val Muller She started the new year with a pen in hand. Perfection was the enemy of progress. She’d read so […]
Welcome to the Spot Writers. This month’s prompt is “nick of time.” Today’s tale comes to us from Val Muller, author of the kidlit mystery series Corgi Capers. Mrs. Wilson’s Classroom By Val Muller Joanne balanced on the yoga ball, feet on the floor, gently rolling back and forth, coffee cup cradled in […]
Welcome to the Spot Writers. This month’s post is to write a story that involves a tomato, a cloaked individual, and a missing shoe. This week’s tale comes to us from Val Muller, author of the kidlit mystery series Corgi Capers. Pirate Golf By Val Muller Hell hath no fury like a freshly-turned two-year-old missing […]
Welcome to the Spot Writers. This week’s prompt is to write a story in which something red plays a role. Today’s tale is from Val Muller, author of the kidlit mystery series Corgi Capers. The Red Duck By Val Muller It was the kind of week that leaves the house completely upheaved. A swim meet […]
Welcome to the Spot Writers. This month’s prompt is “June” because it’s….well, you get the idea! This week’s work comes to us from Val Muller, author of the kidlit mystery series Corgi Capers. Val is at work illustrating the first three books and editing books 4 and 5. A Little June Magic By Val Muller […]
Welcome to the Spot Writers. This month’s prompt is to write a story of exactly 100 words, inlcuding these 5 words: harvest, glow, iron, paint, clock. Rear View Mirror by Val Muller At 35, the good guys were taken, she thought, slugging through traffic, clock sluggish. How many hours could a commute harvest? She saw […]
Welcome to The Spot Writers. The prompt for this month is to write a write a piece involving a school bus, a guidebook to pine trees, and a painted rock. This week it’s Cathy MacKenzie’s turn. Her writings are found in numerous print and online publications. New under her writerly belt is THREE HEARTS, a […]
