dawn.vogel | July 15, 2022
Even if you don’t consider yourself a poet, poetry can be a fun way to get your creative brain working when you don’t have ideas for stories. With these fun exercises, you might get an unusual poem, or you might get an idea out of the poetry you’re playing with that could turn into a […]
dawn.vogel | July 14, 2022
My collection Intercity Illusions is full of urban fantasy stories, and “One, Two, Three, FOUR!” is no exception. The original idea for the story was a young bunch of wizards forming a rock band at their wizard school, where electric instruments were strictly prohibited. Along the way, they realize that their instruments are just the tools […]
dawn.vogel | July 13, 2022
Heather Rose Jones’ book, The Language of Roses (Queen of Swords Press, 2022), is a retelling of the story of Beauty and the Beast with a series of interesting twists on the original fairy tale. This version of the story goes into some detail about how the Beast character wound up in his state, and […]
dawn.vogel | July 12, 2022
My latest collection, Conceits of Whim and Fancy, is out today. It’s a collection of short and flash fiction, along with a handful of poems, all of which are fantasy. Fairy tales you’ve never read, magic workers young and old, and a few characters who defy description—all these and more can be found within Conceits of […]
dawn.vogel | July 11, 2022
Since early this year, I’ve been focusing only on short fiction and poetry, and not trying to write any novels or even novellas. It’s been a little over six months, so it’s time to check in. If you read my recap from last week, you probably noticed that there’s a novella on it now. I […]
dawn.vogel | July 8, 2022
I didn’t have a theme picked out when I started putting these image prompts together, but one seems to have developed anyway. The first image shows a person standing in shallow water with a boat that is comparatively larger than them, but still a smaller boat. In the background, the sun is rising and painting […]
dawn.vogel | July 7, 2022
I’ve been selling pieces pretty steadily, but I only had one new piece release in June. My poem “Lost in Space” appeared in Felis Futura, which is an anthology of future cats. I wrote this poem specifically for the anthology, involving cats on a spaceship and how their shedding might gum up the works a […]
dawn.vogel | July 6, 2022
Reading: I’ve finished reading a bunch of histories for research for my July project, so I’m back to reading books to review, The Ode Less Travelled, and miscellaneous marketing books. Watching: Ms. Marvel is AMAZING, we’re loving the third season of Umbrella Academy, and we’re catching up on the remainder of the season of Owl House and Stranger Things. There’s […]
dawn.vogel | July 5, 2022
By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 115 Acceptances received: 3 Rejections received: 69 (+2) Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 59 New Submissions: 23 Stories out at the end of the month: 122 This month was approaching more normal on rejections and resubmissions/new submissions, helped by the fact that I had 23 […]
dawn.vogel | July 4, 2022
As I mentioned previously, I’m working through Stephen Fry’s The Ode Less Travelled very slowly to absorb as much wisdom as I can about writing poetry. This week’s post covers Chapter 1, Section 5, on non-metered poetry from the Anglo-Saxons. Instead of meter and feet, the primary technique covered in this chapter is accentual-alliterative poetry, in […]
