Author: Rebecca E. Treasure

Rebecca grew up reading in the Rockies and has lived in many places, including Tokyo, Japan & Stuttgart, Germany. Rebecca’s short fiction has been published by or is forthcoming from Flame Tree, Zooscape Magazine, Galaxy’s Edge, Air & Nothingness Press, and others. She is the managing editor at Apex Magazine. Rebecca reads, edits, and writes when she’s not playing Stardew Valley or raising her children. She is fueled by cheese-covered starch and corgi fur. Find her on the internet: https://linktr.ee/rebeccaetreasure.

  • How To Use Setting To Heighten Your Story

    "Something I love to see is filtering the setting through the character. Take into account the things your character would see, and pay attention to the things your character wouldn't see. A librarian and a criminal investigator are going to notice different things and their brains are going to travel down different paths." Apex Magazine Managing Editor, Rebecca E Treasure, shares how to use setting to heighten your story in this excerpt from her live workshop, "Six Powerful Exercises For Polishing Your Prose."

    “Something I love to see is filtering the setting through the character. Take into account the things your character would see, and pay attention to the things your character wouldn’t see. A librarian and a criminal investigator are going to notice different things and their brains are going to travel down different paths.” Apex Magazine…

    Rebecca E. Treasure

  • Making (And Fulfilling) Promises In Your Story

    “It shows that you’re writing intentionally, that you know what you’re doing, that the reader can trust you, when you make promises… early in the story.” Apex Magazine Managing Editor, Rebecca E Treasure, talks about the power of promises in your story in this excerpt from her live workshop, “Six Powerful Exercises For Polishing Your…

    Rebecca E. Treasure

  • My Approach As An Editor — Managing Editor At Apex Magazine

    “The longer I do this, the lighter my touch gets in stories.” Managing Editor at Apex Magazine, Rebecca E Treasure, reveals her approach to editing in this excerpt from her 2025 live editing workshop.

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  • Cardboard Versus Real, Breathing Characters

    Do you have cardboard characters in your story? Free workshop excerpt. Learn from Apex Magazine Managing Editor, Rebecca E Treasure

    In this excerpt from her workshop, “6 Powerful Exercises To Polish Your Prose,” Managing Editor at Apex Magazine, Rebecca E Treasure, explores how to avoid creating two dimensional characters and make them inhabit your reader’s imagination.

    Rebecca E. Treasure

  • Elements of Flash Fiction

    When I started working for Apex Magazine, one of my tasks was to take over the microfiction contest on our Patreon. That first month, I hadn’t had any role in selecting the themes, and I didn’t have much experience with microfiction–only flash. I wrote myself a list of elements to think about as I was…

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  • For Writers – Self-Compassion Toolkit: A Conversation on Mental Health and Writing

    Self-Compassion Toolkit: A Conversation on Mental Health and Writing by Marissa van Uden and Rebecca E. Treasure.

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