dawn.vogel | February 14, 2020
This week, it’s another bunch of somewhat random images (deleted) to inspire your writing. First, we have a car driving through an area with some leafless trees, with high water on either side of a narrow road, and possibly overtaking the road. The second image is three long, narrow spools of thread, in pale green, […]
dawn.vogel | February 13, 2020
I recently received a review on book three of my Brass and Glass trilogy in which the reader was hopeful that I would someday return to this world and write some more. While at the moment, I see Brass and Glass as a completed series, that doesn’t mean I’m against writing shorter fiction set in the same […]
dawn.vogel | February 12, 2020
We are, as per the usual, way behind on almost every show there is out there. But Jeremy recently watched the first episode of Riverdale and thought I might like it. He was, unsurprisingly, right. I’ve mentioned before that I didn’t come into comics through the superhero route. My first comics were Archie and Richie Rich. So seeing […]
dawn.vogel | February 11, 2020
If you haven’t already checked out my Patreon, it’s a great time to do so! I’m close to reaching my goal of filming myself reading a story each month! And since I’ve written a lot of flash pieces recently, I’ve got a great backlog of stories to read! There may also be cats who are […]
dawn.vogel | February 10, 2020
Haiku is a poetry form that many people learned as early as grade school, when it was very simply defined as “three lines, with five, seven, and five syllables.” And while that is the format of a haiku, it’s not exactly what a haiku would be in Japanese. One of the major differences is the […]
dawn.vogel | February 7, 2020
If you’ve ever considered coming up with a fantasy language like Tolkien’s elvish, or an alien language like Klingon from Star Trek, you definitely want to check out Vulgar. It’s a language generator that can create a 200 word language for free, or larger word counts if you’re willing to pay for it. These languages […]
dawn.vogel | February 6, 2020
This weekend, I’ll be at Foolscap in Seattle! Foolscap is a very small convention with lots of folks who are interested in books and crafts and all sorts of other cool things, and it runs February 7-9. I’m on a panel about Publishing in the Digital Age on Friday evening. On Saturday, I’ll be interviewing […]
dawn.vogel | February 5, 2020
My latest review is up at Mad Scientist Journal for The Key of Astrea by Nicholas Marson. It’s a young adult book that mashes up fantasy and sci-fi. I will note that I had some contents notes about this book, but those can be found in my review. If they don’t push you away, though, you can […]
dawn.vogel | February 4, 2020
By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 169 Acceptances received: 3 Rejections received: 115 Stories withdrawn: 0 (+5) Resubmissions: 109 New Submissions: 0 Stories out at the end of the month: 159 New year, and we’re racking up the submissions already! I had three acceptances shake out of January, two from […]
dawn.vogel | February 3, 2020
Most people use plot or characters to make their stories go, but this article presents some other options for short story engines. It’s a very interesting read that gave me some ideas for potential future stories. It also includes some exercises for trying out some of these alternative engines, which is a fantastic place to […]
