Val The Writer

06/19/2025

is all fun and games…until you think you may be eaten alive.

https://valthewriter.substack.com/p/mystery-in-the-woods

My frightening encounter while disc-golfing alone in the woods

03/14/2025

Thank goodness for wine. Otherwise I wouldn't be able to handle this teen driver thing.

Oh! Ooh!

01/28/2025

Few things can impact us more than a great teacher.

—Letters to a Friend, in Verse

10/21/2024

Thanks to the Beaver County Library System & Center Express Library Outlet for another great LIBRARYCON'24!

I may not have sold many books, but at least I got my picture taken with .

https://open.substack.com/pub/valthewriter/p/librarycon-2024?r=1g4d8y&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Community College of Beaver County

10/19/2024

Getting ready for my book sale at LIBRARYCON'24 with Beaver County Library System today from 12-3pm at the Golden Dome at CCBC!

Hope to see you there!

10/02/2024

For many people, autumn means changing leaves, pumpkin patches, and fall festivals. But for my family, it means soccer. And more soccer. And then a little soccer thrown in for fun.

https://valthewriter.substack.com/p/football-aka-soccer-is-life

06/17/2024

Random Daily Thoughts of a

https://valthewriter.substack.com/p/random-daily-thoughts-of-a-freelance

07/27/2023

So proud to have been a part of this amazing book project with Chuck Messina!

05/12/2021

What are you waiting for? Write. Your. Book. The time is now!

And I can help.

01/14/2021

Well, they FINALLY arrived! The first shipment of my latest book, "Bigfoot Slept Here: A Partly True But Way-More-Exciting History of One Small Town."

https://www.amazon.com/Bigfoot-Slept-Here-Exciting-History/dp/0981687792/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1608235325&refinements=p_27%3ADaniel+Harper&s=books&sr=1-1&text=Daniel+Harper

12/29/2020

Sneak peek at one of the many amazing in my new book, “ Slept Here,” drawn by the uber-talented Daniel Harper of Harper's Styling Barber Shop in . (book link below)

Bigfoot Slept Here: A Partly True But Way More Exciting History of One Small Town