dawn.vogel | July 16, 2021
If you’re looking for some fun writing exercises that you can do on your own or with a group, check out these 34 creative writing exercises! In addition to explaining the various exercises, the article also gives some ideas on how they can be used by a group that isn’t all in one place, which […]
dawn.vogel | July 15, 2021
If you’re looking for some dark reads for your to be read pile, I’ve got a couple of options for you! Camp Haunt is an epistolary young adult horror novella, which is only available on Channillo (which requires a subscription). It uses letters home from campers, campers’ journals, camp documents, and newspaper clippings to tell […]
dawn.vogel | July 14, 2021
The Silence of Bones by June Hur (Feiwel & Friends, 2020) is a historical young adult mystery set in early nineteenth century Korea, full of rich detail and wonderful characters. The mystery is also phenomenal, and it will keep you guessing all the way to the reveal! Damo Seol is an indentured servant, bound to […]
dawn.vogel | July 13, 2021
My story “Grandmother Firebird” was originally written for an online contest. It’s been long enough ago that I don’t recall what the prompt for the story was, or how I got from point A to point B in terms of writing this story. But I definitely loved this story from the beginning, as it’s one […]
dawn.vogel | July 12, 2021
If you’ve found my blog, you’ve found the online location where I post most often. But if you’re looking for other places to find me online, check these links out! Facebook: History That Never Was (rare posts) Twitter: @historyneverwas (posts about new blog posts, retweets, and occasional random posts) Patreon: Dawn Vogel (posts about what […]
dawn.vogel | July 9, 2021
This week’s Fun for Friday is a collection of three images that really don’t go together. Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write something that includes something from the three images. Feel free to interpret them as you see fit! The first image is a closeup of a dragonfly in flight, […]
dawn.vogel | July 8, 2021
I’ve had two stories and one poem published recently, all of which are available online! The first is “Wishes without a Birthday Cake,” in Land Beyond the World. This story came out of a writing sprint class that I took with K. Tempest Bradford (which I talked about here). The story underwent some revisions to […]
dawn.vogel | July 7, 2021
Reading: Aside from books for reviews, I’ve been poking at some H. P. Lovecraft fiction and related materials. I read “The Colour Out of Space” because a friend had referenced it and I thought it might work to reference it in a story I’m planning. Having never read Lovecraft before, my reactions to it were, […]
dawn.vogel | July 6, 2021
By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 150 Acceptances received: 3 Rejections received: 64 Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 90 New Submissions: 21 Stories out at the end of the month: 150 An oddly parallel month, with the same number of stories out at the beginning and end of the month. June […]
dawn.vogel | July 5, 2021
The Locus Awards events were online this year the last weekend in June, and while I didn’t participate in a whole lot, I watched a couple of panels that I thought were interesting. One was “Speculative Mood: Making Short Fiction Shine.” The panel wound up being different than I expected from the title, but it […]
