This week's podcast is from a carnival short story. Enjoy!
And in my never-ending experimentation, I embedded the video itself into this blog post. Before, I had just used the link to the video. We will see how that goes.
The Podcast:
The Transcript:
This is 60 Seconds of Writing in Public with Johanna Rothman for January 16, 2026, where I read an excerpt of just a minute of some writing in progress.
This is part of a carnival short story.
With her invisible earpiece in her left ear, her dark curls pulled into a long tail down the back of her dark blue jacket, and her steel-toed black boots, Sofia strode into the Carnival, ready for almost anything.
Her team had orders to spread out to each of the games. She was headed to the Ferris Wheel. When she had been a teenager, that was the first place all of her friends had wanted to go. Besides, the sun would not set for another three-plus hours. It was a good place to scout out the next place to be.
The Video:
Yes, there's something funky about that video. Do I have any idea what? No. Am I going to debug it? No. Why am IÂ not going to debug it? Because I'm madly marketing my Effective Public Speaking Kickstarter. If you haven't backed it yet, please do consider it. Thanks.