Today's community drabble is, "Three Yellow Flowers In The Botany Lab" by Dawn Vogel. The theme was "scramble." Find Dawn Vogel on Bluesky @historyneverwas Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl #authors #drabbles #writingprompts

Today's community drabble is, "Monster Under The Bed" by Dawn Vogel. The theme was "doppelganger." Find Dawn Vogel on Bluesky @historyneverwas Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl #authors #drabbles #writingprompts

Taking a break from blogging for a while: historythatneverwas.com/2025/11/03/a...

Back from one trip, prepping for another trip, trying to fit in the stuff that needs to be done between. This rock-n-roll lifestyle is exhausting!

Missed posting a couple of blog posts, as we've been away from home this week. So here's today's post, the November 2025 writing prompts: historythatneverwas.com/2025/10/31/f...

Have you checked out Chimerical Remembrance? historythatneverwas.com/2025/10/28/h...

My recap of the @writehive.bsky.social 2025 panel on Troubling Tropes! historythatneverwas.com/2025/10/27/w...

How you know I'm working on a story idea? Count the open tabs. Only 9 right now ...

Crossing things off from my to-do list, but still feeling a bit overwhelmed by it. All I can do is keep chipping away!

Fun for Friday with more DefCon One Instagram prompts! historythatneverwas.com/2025/10/24/f...

A couple more stories from Weathering Youth about thinking outside the proverbial box! historythatneverwas.com/2025/10/23/w...

My review of Luminescent Machinations from @neonhemlock.bsky.social ! historythatneverwas.com/2025/10/22/r...

I love being the lore keeper for this shared universe!

Death in A Tarot of Sorcery and Sages! historythatneverwas.com/2025/10/21/d...

Interested in writing in a shared world? I moderated a panel on the subject at @writehive.bsky.social , and my summary is now up! historythatneverwas.com/2025/10/20/w...

And just when you thought it couldn't get any better...we've added STICKERS and MAGNETS as Kickstarter add-ons! ✨🎉 Snag four new designs, PLUS a magnet of our Little Golden Apex banner when you back the Apex Magazine 2026 Kickstarter! 🖼️ www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

This week's Fun for Friday looks at solo TTRPGs as writing exercises or prompts, as inspired by a panel I attended at Worldcon! historythatneverwas.com/2025/10/17/f...

Our newest review at @nerdsofafeather.bsky.social , by @carturo222.bsky.social

Generating a 5 second video is the energy equivalent of running a microwave for an HOUR

Some recent superhero fiction from me! historythatneverwas.com/2025/10/16/r...

My final K-Pop Demon Hunters song recommendation post, for "What It Sounds Like"! historythatneverwas.com/2025/10/15/k...

Poetry in The Sidewalk Diverges, one of my contemporary fantasy collections! historythatneverwas.com/2025/10/14/p...

Interested in video marketing (or don't know where to start)? Check out my recap of the @writehive.bsky.social panel from the 2025 conference, with a link to the full video! historythatneverwas.com/2025/10/13/w...

Went to a wonderful wedding celebration last night between two of our gamer friends, took many photos at the photo booth, and got to dance and sing my heart out. Including doing the "Soda Pop" challenge dance, because when the song comes on, you MUST!

it's the weekend! writers - rejection *does not mean* you are a bad writer! keep writing!❤️‍🔥

It's Spooktober and you can find lots of cozy horror in my Arkham novels. Find the first four wherever you like to shop for books and number 5, The Arcane Gamble of Harvey Walters, will be out from @aconytebooks.bsky.social on October 28: rosemaryjonescom.wordpress.com/arkham-horror/

I learned a new word recently, which is this week's Fun for Friday! historythatneverwas.com/2025/10/10/f...

Want to know more about what I'm doing? Subscribe to my newsletter! historythatneverwas.com/2025/10/09/w...

My review of Redundancies and Potentials by @domsdickey.bsky.social from @neonhemlock.bsky.social ! historythatneverwas.com/2025/10/08/r...

My September 2025 recap! historythatneverwas.com/2025/10/07/s...

My Flights of Foundry recap is now up! @dreamfoundry.bsky.social historythatneverwas.com/2025/10/06/m...

I've been at a conference for my day job since Wednesday, and feeling terribly behind on all of my writing stuff, but I've done a lot of knitting between sessions, so I've accomplished SOMETHING. :)

Weird and spooky science for October and maybe some story inspirations! historythatneverwas.com/2025/10/03/f...

My September publications were two @reachyourapex.bsky.social drabbles! historythatneverwas.com/2025/10/02/s...

Yesterday's post (delayed due to travel) was another K-Pop Demon Hunters music recommendation, if you liked "Your Idol"! historythatneverwas.com/2025/10/01/k...

Today's community drabble is, "Anti-Icarus" by Dawn Vogel. The theme was "crash." Find Dawn Vogel on Bluesky @historyneverwas Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl #authors #drabble #writingprompts

Getting ready for the spooky season with Conceits of Whim and Fancy! historythatneverwas.com/2025/09/30/g...

I'm excited to see this new magazine take flight! Their KS is going VERY well already, but why not get in on it?

No real blog post today, as I'm still catching up from Flights of Foundry this weekend, which was both exhausting and wonderful! Thanks to @dreamfoundry.bsky.social for putting on a great online convention!

It's Fun for Friday time, and it's the October writing prompts, which means DRAWLLOWEEN! And this year? Bonus prompts! historythatneverwas.com/2025/09/26/f...

💙 📚 🪐 📚 🌈 #cozyfantasy #newrelease Who needs a romp? lynnstrong.com/books/haroun: Off the chain on Sept 13! 😎 Crimes of fashion 🧶 Weaponized fiber arts 😺 🤝 🐶 Cats & dogs living together ♿ A blind dogfolk & his seeing eye human 😱 50 pg bonus recipes! Game time: 1 repost = 1 backstage trivia 😁

Trilogy middles today on the blog! historythatneverwas.com/2025/09/25/t...

My review of A Fae in Finance by Juliet Brooks (out in October)! historythatneverwas.com/2025/09/24/r...

I'll be on that second panel, on Drabbles & Microfiction!

My newest collection is out today! (Also, my baby sister is currently reading it and messaging me her thoughts, which I love!) historythatneverwas.com/2025/09/23/c...

The newsletter marketing panel at Worldcon was full of great information. Here's my summary! historythatneverwas.com/2025/09/22/n...

Accomplished flu and COVID vaccines, plus some Halloween shopping! Now to work on more of my to-do list!

Etymology for revolution and revolt, and how it's different from revolution/revolve! historythatneverwas.com/2025/09/19/f...

Pieces related to The Hanged Man in A Tarot of Sorcery and Sages! historythatneverwas.com/2025/09/18/t...

Another K-Pop Demon Hunters song recommendation post! If you liked "Free," you might like ... historythatneverwas.com/2025/09/17/k...