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My #Weekly #WritingWIP: 2026.04 More of the Carnival Short Story
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/01/2026-04-more-of-the-carnival-short-story/
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My #weekly #WritingWIP: 2026.03 Part of a Carnival Short Story
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/01/2026-03-part-of-a-carnival-short-story/
#Fiction

My #Weekly #WritingWIP: 2026.02 Part of a Summer Romance Short Story
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/podcast/2026/01/2026-02-part-of-a-summer-romance-short-story/
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My #Weekly #WritingWIP: 2026.01 Part of a Science Fiction Mystery Story
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2026/01/2026-01-part-of-a-science-fiction-mystery-story/
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My #weekly #WritingWIP: 2025.43 Part of a Science Fiction Mystery Story
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2025/12/2025-43-part-of-a-science-fiction-mystery-story/
video: https://youtu.be/I_Z1LCsB9aM

My #Weekly #WritingWIP: Part of a spy story
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2025/12/2025-42-summer-spy-story-excerpt/
video: https://youtu.be/ZFhY2CuOWVI
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My #Weekly #WritingWIP: 2025.41 Project Surprises and Actions
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2025/11/2025-41-project-surprises-and-actions/
video: https://youtu.be/GtDA9xKWm88

My Weekly #WritingWIP: 2025.40 Romantic Suspense Story Excerpt
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2025/11/2025-40-romantic-suspense-story-excerpt/
video: https://youtu.be/YfHE_Am-e5k
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🫀🩷 DEVOUR YOUR HEART snippet for WIP Wednesday

Nothing quite like wandering through a creepy chapel at night, am I right?

#writing #wip #WIPWednesday #WritingWIP

Devour Your Heart

Cam’s pulse quickened as they scrambled to their feet, the room swaying as they turned to find a dozen rows of chapel pews between them and the wide set of doors at the end of the aisle. They stumbled down the shallow steps from the raised platform and bumped against the first bench, clinging to the backing to steady themself.

Devour Your Heart

Their knees trembled while they gulped down lungfuls of air.

You’re okay, Cam told themself. It wasn’t real. It was just in your mind.

My Weekly #WritingWIP: 2025.39 Fantasy Short Story Excerpt
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2025/10/2025-39-fantasy-short-story-excerpt/
video: https://youtu.be/6N4aK4RyGi8
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My Weekly #WritingWIP: 2025.38 Spy Excerpt
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2025/10/2025-38-spy-excerpt/
video: https://youtu.be/hXOK3pAv1Fc

Every week, I record a podcast and a video so other people can see a little about my writing. This is last week's Weekly #WritingWIP: https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2025/10/2025-37-romantic-suspense-opening/
I'm posting it now, 3 days later, because I needed to finish the story. Totally forgot to hit publish or tell you.
When the story doesn't let me go, it's great. I'm working on making that happen more often
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Working on the SPIRITS, the second book in The Custodians series, and it's definitely shifted from the original outline—in a good way, though!

Adding a new POV into the mix has impacted a good chunk of that, specifically because Haven's storyline, and how it intermingles with Ren's, really digs into a conflict I cut from TRICK.

So while Evie and Cade are taking a bit more of a backseat in this book, I'm still really enjoying shuffling through each of the characters (including a couple of new ones) 👀🖤

📝 SPIRITS WIP progress: 38,081 words

Also a reminder that you can support me and preview my WIPs early on my Patreon 🎨

https://caranox.com/links

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