dawn.vogel | April 16, 2020
I’ve got two new poems out recently, one of which you can read online! “To the Underworld” was published in issue 74 of Abyss and Apex. It’s a Cascade poem that is loosely tied to Persephone. “Schrodinger’s Tardigrades” was published in issue 43.1 of Star*Line. It’s my response to learning that there are tardigrades (aka water bears) […]
dawn.vogel | April 15, 2020
If you liked my recommendation of listening to Ambient Worlds while you’re working on stuff, but wish it was a little less pop culture-centric (or if you found all those soundtrack songs to be more distracting than helpful), check out Homework Radio. These mixes are a little more atmospheric and spooky, and they’re a great […]
dawn.vogel | April 14, 2020
Have you checked out my Patreon lately? It’s a way for my fans to throw a small amount of money my way to support my writing! I’m getting close to my first goal, which involves a monthly video of me reading one of my stories or an excerpt from a longer piece! So if I […]
dawn.vogel | April 13, 2020
If you’re finding yourself faced with an interest in writing, but you feel like you’re stuck, I’ve found a couple of articles on overcoming writer’s block that might be of interest. The first article offers 14 ideas that can help you overcome writer’s block, while the second article almost doubles that with 27. And while […]
dawn.vogel | April 10, 2020
For this week’s three image (deleted) collection, we’ve got a couple of stars in space, with the background in black and magenta. We’ve got a silhouette of a cat sitting on a tree branch with a blue and purple starry background (and there are some leaves or maybe birds flying away from the branch). And […]
dawn.vogel | April 9, 2020
If you’re looking for some reading escapism, may I recommend a couple of collections of superhero short stories that I’ve written? The first is Sparx and Arrows, which is Cobalt City-based stories featuring Kara Sparx and The Huntsman in three different incarnations, including both of the female Huntsmans. Kara Sparx has two solo stories, while Eleanor […]
dawn.vogel | April 8, 2020
The Sparrow in Hiding by J. Kathleen Cheney (2016) is a historical fantasy novella that blends Russian history and fairy tale into a gorgeous story about secrets, love, and recovery. The story is told from the perspective of two characters, Irina and Evgeny. Irina is a wealth young widow staying at her family’s summer estate, […]
dawn.vogel | April 7, 2020
If you’re interested in a very brief story, but you’d rather someone else read it to you, my flash fiction piece, “Coffin Coffee Table,” is now available from Manawaker Studios Podcast! And you can read along at The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts, where it first appeared. I wrote a little about the origins of this […]
dawn.vogel | April 6, 2020
Acrostic poems are a fairly simple form–you spell out a word with the first letter of each line of your poem. But there are variations that can make the form more fun! What if both the first letter of each line and the last letter of each line spell out two different words, or if […]
dawn.vogel | April 3, 2020
My attention span tends to be fairly short right now, so the idea of writing flash fiction rather than longer works is definitely appealing to me. Here’s a list of 131 flash fiction prompts if you’re also looking for shorter things to write! The website offers it as a 100 day challenge or a 30 […]
