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Rosemary Victus
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I am an aspiring writer and lover of all things food and romance. I'm also a mom to a toddler and two cats.
"The Lurker" for sale now: https://books2read.com/u/bwJrGZ
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My Book, The Lurker, is part of the Smashwords 2025 End of Year Sale! Find your next favorite book at smashwords.com/sale !

#EOYsale25 #ebook #sale #books2read #indiebooks
December 9, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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#WIPSnips somebody had to know that NSFW content was going to come from this word. I have marked this adult in an abundance of caution though this is pretty tame (it's suggestive dialogue).

From "Vanilla (with Sprinkles)."

#Writesky #WritingCommunity #Romance
When the waitress dropped off their bill, Kalie scooped it up and silently slipped her credit card in the slot. “Why don't you let me get this one?” Sam reached for his wallet. “No.” She set the bill folder down on the edge of the table. “Well, how much do I owe you?” She adopted a wicked smile. “Nothing, your money's no-good tonight.” “Let me leave the tip?” “You're going to give me a lot more than the tip.” She patted his hand. Sam snorted a laugh and covered his face with his hands. His absolute cutest expressions emerged when he was a tad flustered. Kalie lifted her chin. “I say I’m taking care of you tonight.” “Is this you domming me?” Sam chuckled quietly, clearly a joke on his end. She rested her chin on her fingers as she leaned in. “You could view this one of two ways. Either your friend feels like treating you to dinner, or,” she paused for dramatic effect, having planned the next words. “Or I'm just taking care of my favorite new toy.” Her not-date’s eyes grew wide as his face flushed further. He looked around and leaned forward to speak softly, “That...that sounded really hot.” Kalie tried her best to keep a straight face, but laughter sat just behind her teeth. “I’m going to be honest; I’ve been sitting on that line awhile.” His gray eyes reflected off the faux lantern hanging from the ceiling. He didn’t appear anxious, just focused; that shifting balance sent Kalie’s giggles bubbling to the surface. She erupted in nervous laughter, “I’m sorry, did I at least sound cool a second ago?”
December 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Has your writer friend ever said "ugh, I wish someone would just force me to write my book!"

Would you like to send them a thinly-veiled threat and call it a Christmas gift? books2read.com/u/bwJrGZ

(I do not support actually kidnapping writers...it's a joke)

#TheLurker #Writing #Writers #Books
The Lurker Immersive Reading Kit A red pen, remnants of coffee, creamsicle kitten. neglected writing project, confinement, copy of the book Arrows pointing to an image of the cover for the Lurker (image credit Wesley Ferreria), subscript: what would it take for you to start writing? With arrows pointing to center: About trying to write 50k words but is a lot less than 50k words Torture via reading your teenage Twilight fanfic out-loud Kitty sidekick with a ridiculous name meta-humor that only other writers will find funny It's like Misery but funny and will never have a movie adaptation Painfully obvious self-insert character
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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What if instead of a fairy godmother, Cinderella was forced to make a bargain with a dark fae: kiss the prince by midnight or be Jaxis's prisoner forever. 🖤

Also, what if upon learning the magical rules, Cinderella realizes she can turn Jaxis into a bunny? 🐇

#WIPPIT #RF #A #Romancelandia
Kombucha girl meme Getting the romantic kidnapping treatment from a dark fae Turning him into a bunny and forcing him to do chores (I haven't titled this project yet)
November 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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In my recently published #novella, I have a segment about how the true lesson of #Thanksgiving is that all great writers doubt themselves at some point. It was probably the most divisive chapter when I was getting critique on "The Lurker."

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#TheLurker #Writesky #Books
The cover of "The Lurker" is at the center, it is surrounded by the following: You shouldn’t have written fanfic on the family computer Meta-humor that only other writers will find funny Use of American Thanksgiving as a lesson about legacy About trying to write 50k words but is a lot less than 50k words Painfully obvious author self-insert character Torture via having someone correct your rough draft while all you can do is watch
November 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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"The Lurker" is finally published! It's been a long road and my next project is something completely different, but for now the Lurker has retreated to my basement. 🍊

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#TheLurker #SelfPublish #Writesky #Books #nanowrimo
November 21, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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My debut novella, which is an absolutely unhinged parable about how to write a first draft, comes out this Friday!

Do you ever wish someone would just force you to start writing? Welcome to the basement. 😈

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#Writing #TheLurker #Writesky #Books #Humor
November 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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I have "backwards" in an untitled project where my MC turns a dark fae into a bunny 🐇 in the hopes that he'll give up on his romantic kidnapping goals. (also this is unedited #nanowrimo so be kind)

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I’m not unsympathetic, but I have very little in the way of entertainment to offer him. “What do you suggest we do then?” Jaxis rolls over onto his feet with renewed energy. “Since you like gardens so much, I can show you the flower garden in my castle, and we can make love between the rose bushes while the sun sets.” His tail shakes with vigor and his eyes fixate on my face. I can’t help but laugh. “What are you laughing at?” “You shake your tail when you’re excited about something,” I pat him atop his head as his ears bend back. “It’s adorable.” I had never seen a bunny tighten his jaw before, but Jaxis is clearly annoyed. “Stop calling me that! I am a warrior! I could slay entire armies, bend the wind to my command. I could—” “Do you ever just stop talking about yourself?” He makes a sound akin to a horse and draws his brow together. “Do you want us to do something else?” I raise my eyebrows towards him. “Yes.” “How about helping me instead of just complaining?” He tightens his ears against his head. “Are you going to change me back? I can’t help when I’m like this.” I have an absolutely evil thought, but it just might be the idea which finally gets him to leave. “No, I think there’s lots you can do like this.” I smirk while he narrows his eyes. “See all these weeds, I don’t need to pull them all by the root, some of them, like the pearl flowers, only need to be cut back.” He holds his paws towards me. “I don’t think you have shears befitting my hands.” “You don’t need shears. Chomp chomp chomp.” Jaxis leaps backwards as if I attacked his very soul. “Surely, you don’t mean.”
November 18, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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#WIPSnips from my #nanowrimo project. I cannot resist putting "tries to seduce by offering a library" into a fantasy romance. ❤️

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“I also have big library. You could spend hundreds of years there and still not have read each one.” His fingers inch towards my hand until just our fingertips touch. “I’m sure you’ll find a few you like, but when you read a book you hate, I want you to tell me about it.” I close my eyes and he’s a mischievous rabbit rubbing his paws together, yet his fingers have shifted to cover mine. “Then I’ll read it so we can talk about all the reasons we hate it.” My eyes spring open. “What?” “I’m sure if a book upset you, you would enter an absolute tirade about it. When you’re on a tirade we have some of our best talks.”
November 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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From "Vanilla (with Sprinkles)": when your ex meets your 'situation' at a wedding and then they bond over teasing you.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #amediting
Dan leaned across the table and angled himself towards Sam. “You taking good care of our girl the Kale-burger on the east coast?” Kalie winced at her forgotten moniker; to be disgusting and calling oneself by a delicious name –but perhaps it was an apt nickname after all.
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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"You’re always typing away, but never on that novel.” 📖

If the idea of someone reading your old fanfic out loud, while you're helpless to stop it, scares you...start writing before he comes.

#Questpit #H #Humor #P (pre-order now books2read.com/u/bwJrGZ) #TheLurker #Writesky
November 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Kiss the prince by midnight, or be dragged to the fae realm forever.

[Still Untitled] is a Cinderella retelling with a twist! 🐇

#Questpit #RF #A #W #Romancelandia #DR
The Kombocha girl meme "Getting the romantic kidnapping treatment from a dark fae" "Turning him into a bunny and forcing him to do chores" (I haven't titled this project yet)
November 5, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Write 50k words to escape...but what if you don't feel like it?

This November the Lurker comes for you!

#Questpit #P (pre-order) #A #H #Humor #TheLurker books2read.com/u/bwJrGZ
The Lurker Immersive Reading Kit A red pen, remnants of coffee, creamsicle kitten. neglected writing project, confinement, copy of the book Arrows pointing to an image of the cover for the Lurker (image credit Wesley Ferreria), subscript: what would it take for you to start writing? With arrows pointing to center: About trying to write 50k words but is a lot less than 50k words Torture via reading your teenage Twilight fanfic out-loud Kitty sidekick with a ridiculous name meta-humor that only other writers will find funny It's like Misery but funny and will never have a movie adaptation Painfully obvious self-insert character
November 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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This November comes a story of EPIC proportions...but you have to write it first...

The Lurker comes November 21st books2read.com/u/bwJrGZ

#TheLurker #Writing #SelfPublish
November 2, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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#TheLurker #Ghostpit #A #SP #H #Humor #SS

Picture if you will, a horror story where your captor takes a red pen to your first draft in front of you. All you can do is pound the glass and beg. 👻

(You may suspect it's actually meta-humor and you would be correct.)
October 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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On October 31st, you dressed up for Halloween; on November 1, you woke up in his basement.

That's while you'll be rough drafting your novel in a set of skeleton sweats. 👻

#Ghostpit #A #SP #H #Humor #SS
October 30, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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You could write a great story...and he knows it. He'll poke whatever hurts to make those fingers move (metaphorically of course).

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#TheLurker #nanowrimo #IndiePublish
October 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Write your book...before he comes...

"The Lurker" (a novella) on Pre-order now! books2read.com/u/bwJrGZ

#IndiePublish #TheLurker #Writers #amNOTwriting
October 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Have you ever wished that someone would just force you to write?

Be careful what you wish for...

#TheLurker #Selfpublish #Novella #Writing
Arrows pointing to an image of the cover for the Lurker (image credit Wesley Ferreria), subscript: what would it take for you to start writing? With arrows pointing to center: About trying to write 50k words but is a lot less than 50k words Torture via reading your teenage Twilight fanfic out-loud Kitty sidekick with a ridiculous name meta-humor that only other writers will find funny It's like Misery but funny and will never have a movie adaptation Painfully obvious self-insert character
October 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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books2read.com/u/bwJrGZ Pre-order is now up for the e-book version! (Still working on the print version).

#TheLurker is a meta-humor/light horror novella about struggling to write a first draft in the month of November.

#Writers #Nanowrimo #Selfpublish
October 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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😅 I can't describe what it's like to hold a book I wrote for the very first time...

#SelfPublish #TheLurker #Writesky 1/2
A proof copy of "The Lurker" by Rosemary Victus (it has a band across it indicating that) the holder is wearing a skeleton hoodie
October 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Listen #Writers, I don't know how to market this book (I don't know how to market in general), but it is very short and contains humor aimed at other writers. So maybe by the end of 60ish pages you'll have a laugh and decide that you'd like to give me a chance as an author.
#TheLurker #Writesky 1/2
Arrows pointing to an image of the cover for the Lurker (image credit Wesley Ferreria), subscript: what would it take for you to start writing? With arrows pointing to center: About trying to write 50k words but is a lot less than 50k words Torture via reading your teenage Twilight fanfic out-loud Kitty sidekick with a ridiculous name meta-humor that only other writers will find funny It's like Misery but funny and will never have a movie adaptation Painfully obvious self-insert character
October 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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The only thing scarier than writing your novel, is not writing your novel.

#TheLurker coming this November!

#Writesky #Booksky

Interested in being an ARC reader? Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The Lurker Immersive Reading Kit A red pen, remnants of coffee, creamsicle kitten. neglected writing project, confinement, copy of the book
October 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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So, I was at a nearby book store recently and I went to the kids section and they had an area for local authors. This book caught my attention from the really nice illustration, so I bought it and plan to give it to my kid as part of Christmas. 1/2

#Writesky #Booksky #Bats
an image of Nine New Jersey Bats by Alicia Guide
October 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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These are my co-working pets....whether I like it or not. The two of them have actually inspired a lot of writing from me, but mostly they nudge up next to me until I don't even notice that thinking of the right word also includes a skritch behind the ears.

#Writing #Writesky #petpics
Two orange and white cats on a blanket
October 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM