History That Never Was

Home of Dawn Vogel: Writer, Historian, Geek

Review of Daughter of Maat by Sandy Esene

| August 3, 2022

Sandy Esene’s book, Daughter of Maat (Blue Benu Press, 2018), is an intriguing look at a world in which the Egyptian gods have persisted throughout the centuries, and the ways in which their machinations and schemes impact the modern world. Alex Philothea, an archaeologist, is swept up into this world because she signed up for […]

July 2022 Recap

| August 2, 2022

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 122 Acceptances received: 3 Rejections received: 62 (+1) Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 47 New Submissions: 3 Stories out at the end of the month: 105 July was a little slower on the submissions front. I have quite a collection of microfiction stories, and sometimes […]

Stephen Fry on Meter, Part 6

| August 1, 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 6, on syllabic verse. This is a very short section, and interestingly for me, it basically describes a lot of the poetry that […]