dawn.vogel | September 16, 2022
If you’re looking for a variety of writing prompts, check out this list of 105 writing prompts! They come in a variety of categories, so you may find that certain portions of the list work better for your style than others, but even the ones that might not work the best for you could inspire […]
dawn.vogel | September 15, 2022
Have you checked out my Patreon lately? It’s a way for my fans of my writing (or me!) to throw a small amount of money my way to support me and learn about what I’m working on! I share updates about my works in progress, including snippets of stories for my patrons! I’m inching ever […]
dawn.vogel | September 14, 2022
Corry L. Lee’s Weave the Lightning (Solaris, 2020) is a gorgeous beginning to a series about dangerous magic, totalitarian government, and finding love in spite of the odds. With many parallels to Russian and Eastern European countries and governments in the early twentieth century, the story feels like an alternate history-inspired fantasy world. The main characters, […]
dawn.vogel | September 13, 2022
My story “Blind Tasting” grew out of a prompt, a color, and a music video. I can’t recall exactly what the prompt was, but the color was indigo, and the music video involved two people in an otherwise deserted wine bar. My story involved a blind date in a similarly deserted wine bar, which lent […]
dawn.vogel | September 12, 2022
I like to start looking for my next year planner book a lot earlier in the year than some people might. And this year, it was a good thing–the people who made my last planner, which I liked for the most part, had discontinued that design. I had almost reached the point of just making […]
dawn.vogel | September 9, 2022
This week’s image prompts are somewhat random, just things I grabbed because they caught my eye. The first image shows a person in a shallow wooden boat with a motor in the back, and three white dogs near one end of the boat. The background greenery suggests a tropical setting. The second image is a […]
dawn.vogel | September 8, 2022
I had one story released at the very end of July, but I didn’t realize it was out until my copy of the magazine arrived! “The Price” appeared in the July 2022 issue of New Maps. This is a short flash story involving a bargain and its price. My story out in August is “Memento […]
dawn.vogel | September 7, 2022
Reading: Time to sink into some additional research for the novella I wrote in July, so I can plan out some revisions to it. Some of the research is to make sure I get the historical parts accurate, and some of it is so I can make it super spooky! Watching: We tore through The Sandman, […]
dawn.vogel | September 6, 2022
By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 105 Acceptances received: 1 Rejections received: 47 (+4) Stories withdrawn: 1 Resubmissions: 71 New Submissions: 5 Stories out at the end of the month: 128 August felt like a slightly slower month than usual on the rejections front, and the numbers seem to bear […]
dawn.vogel | September 5, 2022
It’s Labor Day in the United States today, and though I’ll likely be doing research for my writing, I’m taking the day off from blogging. See you back here tomorrow!
