dawn.vogel | February 14, 2022
I’m always looking for new tips on writing, particular writing flash fiction and other short lengths of stories. This article, sharing information from a 1946 article on “short-short stories,” was surprisingly salient more than fifty years later! Some of the tips are still around, albeit worded differently for a more modern audience. But the tips […]
dawn.vogel | February 11, 2022
This week, I’m using the awesome search on Unsplash to find Creative Commons licensed images for inspiration. I decided to see what sort of options they had for dragons, and the options did not disappoint! The first dragon is a white dragon with blue eyes. The whole of the dragon is not visible, but the […]
dawn.vogel | February 10, 2022
Already this year, I’ve had five things published–four stories and a poem! “Good to the Last Drop” is a microfiction piece that appeared in the January issue of The Antihumanist. It’s a darkly humorous story about coffee and space travel. My poem, “Slime, or Primordial Ooze?” was published in the January issue of Star*Line. This […]
dawn.vogel | February 9, 2022
If you’re interested in “slice of life” or quieter fantasy stories, the sort where the weight of the world is not on the protagonist’s shoulders, check out the Kickstarter for Tales and Feathers, a new magazine coming soon. I’m very excited for this magazine as both a reader and an author, because sometimes it’s nice to […]
dawn.vogel | February 8, 2022
You’re here on my blog, so you’ve found the most frequently used of my online locations. But if you’re looking for other places to find me online, check these links out! Facebook: History That Never Was (very rare posts) Twitter: @historyneverwas (links to my new blog posts, retweets of writing- and/or cat-related content, other miscellaneous […]
dawn.vogel | February 7, 2022
It’s always interesting to look at the ways in which technology in fiction impacts the stories we tell. This 1986 essay by Ursula K. LeGuin posits the idea that bags, or storage containers in general, are a more significant part of technological advances than most people think, and that by focusing fiction in that direction, […]
dawn.vogel | February 4, 2022
While this Finish the Story Game is meant for grade-school aged kids, there’s something to be said for starting with a simple prompt, like the ones provided here, and turning it into a story. You might use them as more of an inspiration than a starting line, or one of them may really grab you […]
dawn.vogel | February 3, 2022
By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 146 Acceptances received: 5 Rejections received: 80 (+13) (+1) Stories withdrawn: 1 Resubmissions: 78 New Submissions: 6 Stories out at the end of the month: 129 This was a good month for writing new things and getting acceptances! I don’t have contracts for most […]
dawn.vogel | February 2, 2022
Reading: I’ve got a few new books I’m reading for reviews these days–one anthology and one novel. Reviews for those will be popping up next month! Watching: We cruised through The Witcher season 2, though we wish we hadn’t finished it quite so quickly, knowing how much of a wait there will be before we get […]
dawn.vogel | February 1, 2022
“Swift Vengeance” was a flash piece I wrote as part of a contest, using a prompt to write a story about a hunter. In my case, the story was about a hunter, and then about the hunter of that hunter. I tied it in with the mythology of harpies, and made it also about a […]
