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WIP: Kennel Duty

It has dogs and crazy animal people in it.
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#writersblock means making a playlist.

#kennelduty #writingcommunity #writesky #romcom
Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding Is This It? - The Strokes Me & Julio Down by the Schoolyard - Paul Simon My Kink is Karma - Chappell Roan She’s a Lady - Tom Jones Someone New - Hozier Do I Wanna Know? - The Arctic Monkeys Busy Woman - Sabrina Carpenter Don’t Know Why - Norah Jones You Make My Dreams - Hall & Oates Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran Take It or Leave It - The Strokes I Wanna Get Better - Bleachers Electric Love - Børns Higher & Higher - Jackie Wilson
August 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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#wipsnip #kennelduty #animalshelterworker
“Have fun with these.” He gives the stack a condescending little pat. “Don’t get any of my favorites killed.” The words hit me like a truck. Gallows humor is frequently how we cope here but no one signs up for this work with aspirations of grim reaperhood. He wouldn’t know it but he’s put voice to maybe my greatest fear. I’m responsible for every pet I send out. The air leaves my body.
August 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Niche because I have free will.

#wipsnips #romcom #kennelduty #bg3
She smiles. “Are you uncannily adroit with a knitting needle?” So he came prepared. My eyes narrow. “No.” She blinks and reaches for a salvaging word. Sit with it, bitch. Making the competition comfortable is antithetical to our purposes here today.
August 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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#wipsnips #kennelduty #romcom
“Tucker, she needs a radio!” Jamie demands, quiet enough to skirt yelling accusations but loud enough to interrupt Tucker’s behavioral analysis. “You got it, boss.” Tucker unclips a walkie talkie from his belt and flips it over to me. I catch a wink when he lets go. He’s handsome in a safe, approachable way. Ryan is handsome like this; like Disney camouflage on a snake.
August 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Katherine Strickland is less of a hardass than she wants you to believe.

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I rocket upright, not out of compliance, but excitement. “Katherine! That is the most consecutive words in a row you have ever said to me and you used them in a threat! I’m so proud of you!” She keeps her eyes on the desk but there’s a subtle quirk to her lips that wasn’t there before. Positive or negative, I like reactions from people. Maybe it’s the dog trainer in me but body language carries so much more information than words do.
August 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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After an itty bitty, totally overblown, not even a big deal breaking and entering charge, Grace Greenley is lucky that this small Arizona community is the only thing she's serving.

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An infographic pitch for the WIP romcom novel: Kennel Duty. The image is of a bully breed's silhouette against a desert backdrop with a list of tropes around it. The tropes are: Enemies to lovers, animal shelter setting, dogs, small town, found family, grumpy x grumpy and workplace romance.
August 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Kennel Duty is a workplace romcom set in a small municipal animal shelter 🐕 Stay tuned for grumpy leads and bully breeds.

#WIPSnips #amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #writesky #kennelduty
An excerpt from the WIP romcom, Kennel Duty: I gravitate toward big dogs but I do have a soft spot for the littles. People frequently ignore their pleas for space because when an animal the size of your forearm growls at you… it’s funny, so the trend is to ignore them and then all these little dogs grow up with complexes and we’re left wondering why Princess Peaches bites anything that moves too fast in her peripherals.
August 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM