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Affordable workshops, webinars and courses for authors, led by industry professionals. ReachYourApex.com

Not the same as Apex Magazine & Books. In Jan 2025, the owner of Apex Books & Magazine sold Reach Your Apex to the current owner. We're friends tho.
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Reach Your Apex @reachyourapex.bsky.social · 8d
Our final 2025 webinar is a gem. Join New York Times-best-selling author, William Alexander, for "Playful Character Creation."

Get a faster, more creative, more effective, and more fun way to craft the people who inhabit your stories.

Register now reachyourapex.com/pcc

#authors #writingworkshop
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My story 'Edging' in the first issue of Electronic Brain! Featuring works by Alice W. Fuller, @taracampbell.bsky.social, Phoenix Alexander and more! @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social
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Electronic Brain 'Edging' by Eugen Bacon in Electronic Brain
November 28, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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We're thankful for our incredible instructors 💚

In this free excerpt, Senior Editor at Locus Magazine, Arley Sorg, shares how sidekicks, collaborators, and other personalities can illuminate your main character in a powerful and elegant way.

youtu.be/5LJW16I__zQ

#authors #writingworkshops
Characterization By Proxy with Arley Sorg
Senior Editor at Locus Magazine, Arley Sorg, talks about how sidekicks and collaborators can illuminate your main character in a powerful and elegant way. #authors #writingworkshop
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November 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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A perfect holiday gift for the bookworm in your life who loves books AND worms 📚🪱

Our anthology ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION features 23 stellar tales from today's best rising stars and established voices! 🌍🪻

Get your copy here: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
"ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION. OUT NOW. www.apexbookcompany.com"
November 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Little sneak peek of a project we're working on to celebrate the release of @ivygrimes.bsky.social's folk horror novella, THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR 👀🌌

Looking for your next holiday horror read? Check out the full synopsis and preorder here for 30% off: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/the...
Grainy photo of a puffy white cloud with the caption, "Did this book make me feel alive?" A grainy photo of a cottage front door Three vertical illustrations of Northern lights Cover of "The Cellar Below the Cellar" by Ivy Grimes
November 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Tomorrow, families and friends across America come together to celebrate a truly classic holiday...the Mystery Science Theater 3000 Turkey Day Marathon.

Here's some of Reactor's favorite episodes:
A Few of Reactor's Favorite MST3K Experiences - Reactor
The best way to celebrate Turkey Day.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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FIRST TIME ON A CRUISE

NOBODY THROW ME OVERBOARD TO THE SHORKS OKAY

THANKS
jococruise.bsky.social JoCo Cruise @jococruise.bsky.social · 1d
We're excited to welcome 1st timer @premeemohamed.com to JoCo Cruise 2026! She is a Nebula, World Fantasy, Ignyte, Locus, & Aurora award-winning Indo-Caribbean scientist & speculative fiction author based in Edmonton, Alberta. Visit our website for her full bio: jococruise.com/premee-moham...
November 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Have you registered for our final webinar of 2025, "Playful Character Creation?"

Get a faster, more creative, more effective and fun way to craft the people who inhabit your stories.

NYT-best-selling author, William Alexander, leads this one.

reachyourapex.com/pcc

#authors #writingworkshop
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Today's prompt: corporate personhood (it's a thing en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpora...)
urocklive1.bsky.social Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 3d
Pardon my French, but this shit really pisses me off.
David Sirota @davidsirota · 1h 🚨NEWS: Exxon is petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to grant corporations a new First Amendment right to avoid disclosing how much toxic pollution they are spewing and how much they are incinerating the atmosphere that supports all life on the planet. Corporations Say It's Their First Amendment Right To Hide. Corporations are asking the Supreme Court to help them dismantle a groundbreaking California transparency law requiring emissions disclosure.
November 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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If you're a writer, I'd go so far as to say it's essential reading to develop your craft, to dig deep into your characters and their emotions (as well as your own), and to go eyeball-close with your line edits!
cristinleach.bsky.social Cristín Leach @cristinleach.bsky.social · 7d
“I would have KILLED for a book like this at university!” Lynn Renee Maxcy

Order now from @stanchion.bsky.social

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Cover of the book. Mostly rusty orange ish with text only: AN HONOUR & A PRIVILEGE A CRAFT OF WRITING COLLABORATION with Lindz McLeod Contents page: TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Lindz McLeod Foreword Dr. Graham Robert Scott Say Their Names with Sara Hills The Son Ablaze, the Sun Buried with E.A. Petricone The Darkness System for Young Birds with Sage Tyrtle Fishfinger with Thomas D. Lee The Hunter's Blind with Cristín Leach Time Flies Like a Banana with Eugenia Triantafyllou By Which Flesh Is Crost with Jonathan Duckworth A Body Unclouded with Lynn Maxcy Trees in Voice with Pegah Ouji Content First with Melissa Ren Devil Take the Hindmost with Z. K. Abraham Back of book with description and endorsements: A CRAFT WRITING BOOK UNLIKE ANY OTHER In collaboration with eleven writers, including The Handmaid's Tale screenwriter Lynn Renee Maxcy, Sunday Times bestseller Thomas D! Lee, and Nebula/WFA finalist Eugenia Triantafyllou. award-winning author Lindz McLeod delivers original works of fiction and accompanying pieces of non-fiction, demystifying the craft techniques used in each story, as well as discussing the many facets of collaborative work. "Equal parts engaging and instructive, An Honour & A Privilege presents a theory and practice of collaborative fictión writing that will inspire deeper craft and community in your own work. A must read for any writer interested in the creative process." - Michael Wheaton, publisher of Autofocus Books The best way to think of An Honour & A Privilege may be to regard it as a genre all its own, one which depends significantly on its many interconnections, one which marks both an occasion and an invitation, one which offers us both a testimony as to what can be done together and a guide on how to do it." - Dr. Graham Robert Scott STANCHION / BOOKS StanchionZine.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Happy Tuesday; don't forget to live deliciously! 😈
Illustration of a green unicorn with red eyes standing in a grassy field Text says: I speak for the evil creatures of the night and they're proud of you
November 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Sage is a stellar workshop leader ⭐
sagetyrtle.bsky.social Sage Tyrtle @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 2d
Check out my #WritingWorkshops coming up:
sagetyrtle.bsky.social Sage Tyrtle @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 3d
I've got 5 #WritingWorkshops coming up - Child POV, True Stories, Micros, Horror Without Blood, and Lyrical Sentences -- sound like fun? Find out more here:

tyrtle.com/writing-work...

#WritingCommunity #Writing #SpeculativeFiction #FlashFic #FlashLit #MicroFiction #POV
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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It's Free Excerpt FriYay!

Senior Editor at Locus Magazine, Arley Sorg, shares how sidekicks, collaborators, and other personalities can illuminate your main character in a powerful and elegant way.

youtu.be/5LJW16I__zQ

#authors #writingworkshops
Characterization By Proxy with Arley Sorg
Senior Editor at Locus Magazine, Arley Sorg, talks about how sidekicks and collaborators can illuminate your main character in a powerful and elegant way. #authors #writingworkshop
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Very excited for New York Times-best-selling author, William Alexander, to lead our next webinar, "Playful Character Creation."

Get a faster, more creative, more effective, and more fun way to craft the people who inhabit your stories.

Register now reachyourapex.com/pcc

#authors #writingworkshop
November 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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OTHERSIDE opens to submissions of nonfiction and reprints in FOUR DAYS! That means it's Q&A time! Drop any and all questions you have about nonfiction/reprint submissions below, and our cofounders will answer as we have time 👀 We're getting extremely excited to read your work!
Atop a purple illustrated background, white text reads "Nonfiction: We are looking for personal essays, literary/media criticism, creative nonfiction, and more by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors. At this time, we are only considering full pieces (up to 4,000 words) and cannot consider pitches. Open November 24, 2025. Find all the details at othersidespec.com/guidelines." Atop a purple illustrated background, white text reads "Reprints: We are looking for previously published speculative short fiction (up to 17,500 words by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors. At this time, we are only looking for stories that cannot currently be read online for free. Open November 24, 2025. Find all the details at othersidespec.com/guidelines."
November 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Mesmerizing!
November 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Today's prompt
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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November 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Today's community drabble is, "The Silent Watchers" by Dakria. The theme was "spy."

Find Dakria on Bluesky bsky.app/profile/dakria.bsky.social

Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl

#authors #drabbles #writingprompts
November 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Our final 2025 webinar is a gem. Join New York Times-best-selling author, William Alexander, for "Playful Character Creation."

Get a faster, more creative, more effective, and more fun way to craft the people who inhabit your stories.

Register now reachyourapex.com/pcc

#authors #writingworkshop
November 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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🌼🌒🌓🌔 HAPPY ECO EQUINOX 🌖🌗🌘🌼

ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION has been released into the world! We are honored to share these author's stories with you, and look forward to continuing the legacy of ECO for many years to come. 🍄💜 👽🖤

Order ECO24: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
"ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION. OUT NOW. www.apexbookcompany.com"
November 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Look! My book-child stands onstage between @amalelmohtar.com's and @nnedi.bsky.social's, bowing and blushing for the curtain call.
scalzi.com John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 14d
When the Moon Hits Yours Eye is on two Amazon "Best of 2025" lists: In the Top 20 for Science Fiction and Fantasy, and also the general Top 100 Books of the Year. Not bad for a book about the moon turning to cheese.
My book being features in the Top 20 Science Fiction and Fantasy list.
November 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Support independent media. The world needs it more than ever.
clarkesworldmagazine.com Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 10d
In light of the astronomical increases for my health insurance next year, I thought it would be a good time to encourage people to subscribe. (A few hundred should cover it. Sigh.)
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
Text reads: Fed up with your world? Visit ours. Clarkesworldmagazine.com The Clarkesworld robot (center) looks to the right at the cover of Clarkesworld #230, which is in yellow, orange, and brown and features a futuristic cityscape with a small craft approaching. Cover art is "Neo Mars" by Guy Warley.
November 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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"Eco24 is a harbinger, filled with warnings from diverse authors, styles, and locations. I am excited to read future editions and hope the world starts to listen." 🖤🌿🦋✨
Special mentions to stories by @genni.bsky.social @catmcmahan.bsky.social @kayv.bsky.social @renanbernardo.com and Adeline Wong
November 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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DEAR FRIENDS! Tonight on FICTION: IMPOSSIBLE, Carlos Hernandez and I are featuring GUEST STAR Christa Carmen (@christaqua.bsky.social). Tune in at 7 PM EST on twitch.tv/csecooney! Let us entertain you while you are making dinner! Or washing up after!
Author pic of Christa Carment: an Italian-American woman with brown hair and brown eyes, wearing a black shirt, and white-and-red patterned skirt, looking off into the distance against a backdrop of a green graveyard. The cover art for Christa Carmen's horror novel HOW TO FAKE A HAUNTING. Yellow handwriting on a dark gray and black background, with a hand holding a melting, lit taper candle in its bare palm.
November 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Thanks to everyone who signed up for my @reachyourapex.bsky.social workshop yesterday & for the excellent questions! For those who couldn’t make it, I have tips on this fresh blog post (a taste of what we covered!)
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Stay tuned for 2026 offerings ✍🏼 #writingtips #writing
How To Make Your Short Story Shine (From An Editor’s Point of View)
Learn writing tips from KC Grifant on improving your short story for submission.
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November 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM