AJ Niblock
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November 2025’s Short Story Prompt
Here we go! It’s that time again. Time for another short story prompt. This month’s prompt was originally used in November 2021. See the original prompt here: This month’s prompt is: The day was scorching hot and bone dry, the air smelled like burnt toast, and everyone’s nerves were on edge. Only Zeke was calm. Continue reading
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New Novel… Status Update
Last month I started writing a new novel. My goal was to write at least 50,000 in the month of October. (Basically, I just moved my NANOWRIMO month to October). And, I’m happy to report that I did it! I have a first draft of a new novel. Right now though, I’m not looking at Continue reading
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October 2025 Short Story Prompt
Well, don’t mind me over here having a mild panic attack! My computer died today out of the blue. Luckily my brother-in-law is a tech guy. He talked me through it and off a ledge. He thinks my motherboard is failing. Granted its a five year old laptop, but still…. The universe is not operating Continue reading
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Nanowrimo is cancelled … sort of
So if like me you’ve been participating in NANOWRIMO in November every year, you’ve probably heard that they are out of commission. The website and business side hit some struggles and didn’t recover. However, for me, Nano was something I looked forward to every year. I didn’t go to the events or participate in the Continue reading
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September 2025’s Prompt
I am horribly behind. Even more than I normally am. Literally the only thing I’m not behind on is reading. I’ve already met my goal for the year and read over 52 books. (Which is maybe why I’m behind on everything else). Despite that, I have chosen a prompt for this month. The original post Continue reading
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Robberies R Us
July 2025 Short Story of the Month I asked her if she was joking. Her frown told me she wasn’t. “Every last penny gone,” she said. “And that’s not the worst of it,” she continued, leaning across the table. “Whoever did it, took their other valuables.” “Like what?” I asked. She shrugged. “Paintings, silver, jewelry, Continue reading
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Top 3 Things I bought this year that I didn’t NEED
Okay, so this a very random post for me. If you visit my site, I usually write about writing, reading, and books. (Which is mostly the same thing.) But I was recently thinking about the things this year that I’ve bought that weren’t NEEDS but have greatly improved my day to day. If you’re wondering, Continue reading
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August 2025 Prompt
It’s that time of the month again! That’s right — time to write a short story! This month’s prompt was one I originally used in January 2020, which seems like a long, long time ago. And it resulted in a story that I always meant to go back to and maybe expand into something longer Continue reading
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Changing the World
June 2025 Short Story of the Month He sprinted away, not daring to look back, his footsteps echoing down the hallway like distant gunshots. He just had to get to the back stairway and up to his office on the second floor, where the rest of the vials were waiting. He was going to be Continue reading
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Reading Quotes Mid-Year 2025
So far this year, I’ve already read 41 books. I am crushing my reading goals! And having a great time doing it! While I’m reading, I like to underline quotes and copy them down into a separate notebook that I flip through sometimes. Here are some from this year that I’ve really liked: There are Continue reading
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