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2025.05 Fiction: More Than a Little Misdirection

My podcast this week is from a fiction story I need to finish. (Today!) Enjoy! The Podcast: The Transcript: I’m Johanna Rothman, and this is Johanna’s 60 Seconds of Writing WIP for January 31, 2025, where I read an excerpt of just a minute of some writing in progress. This is from a short story, […]

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2024.08 Short Mystery Story 2

Today’s 60 seconds of WIP is part of a mystery short story. Enjoy! Listen here: Transcript: I’m Johanna Rothman, and this is 60 Seconds of Johanna’s WIP for February 23, 2024, where I read an excerpt of just a minute of some writing in progress. This excerpt is from a short mystery story. That’s when

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2024.07 Short Mystery Story

This is from a short mystery story. Enjoy! The Transcript: I’m Johanna Rothman, and this is 60 Seconds of Johanna’s WIP for February 16, 2024, where I read an excerpt of just a minute of some writing in progress. This excerpt is from a short mystery story. The food court buzzed with happy diners, eating

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2024.05 Thriller Fiction Short Story

This week’s 60 seconds is from a thriller short story I sold to Thriller Magazine. The transcript: I’m Johanna Rothman, and this is 60 Seconds of Johanna’s WIP for February 2, 2024, where I read an excerpt of just a minute of some writing in progress. This excerpt is from my story in Thrill Ride

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2024.04 Valentine’s Is Nutso

While I’m continuing this experiment, I’m also considering a different name for this podcast. If you have suggestions, let me know. Thanks. I have cycled to start this story in a different place. Enjoy! The transcript: I’m Johanna Rothman, and this is 60 Seconds of Johanna’s WIP for January 25, 2024, where I read an

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2024.03 Cindi the Anti-Cupid (Fiction)

I’ve been in a fiction writing workshop all week, so it makes sense to offer you an excerpt from a piece of short fiction. The Podcast: Transcript: I’m Johanna Rothman, and this is 60 Seconds of Johanna’s WIP for January 18, 2024, where I read an excerpt of just a minute of some writing in

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2024.02 Carlos is Dead (Fiction)

Another week, another edition of the experiment of 60 Seconds of Johanna’s WIP. The transcript: I’m Johanna Rothman, and this is 60 Seconds of Johanna’s WIP for January 11, 2024, where I read an excerpt of just a minute of some writing in progress. This excerpt is from a science fiction mystery short story. Liza

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2023.11 Boston Fog

My 60 seconds of WIP this week. I also post these on my YouTube channel. If you want a laugh, take a look at my supposedly incognito clip. As soon as I turned on the camera, I realized I could not be incognito. Yes, that moment will make it into some writing in the future.

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Free Fiction Story for One Week: Underdog Party

If you read this blog or my newsletter, you know I enjoy both nonfiction and fiction writing. I have another short story as part of the 2023 Holiday Spectacular: Underdog Party. The week is over. Please see the WMG Holiday Spectacular 2023 project for all the other stories and to buy the books when they

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2023.10 Ketchikan Bear

My 60 seconds of WIP. Yes, I fully expect to cycle on this opening. Or, it will be in a different part of the story. I often realize where this chunk goes after I start to write. (Fiction or nonfiction.) The transcript: I’m Johanna Rothman, and this is 60 Seconds of Johanna’s WIP for December

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