dawn.vogel | October 17, 2022
On the heels of the horror writing course I took, I’ve been writing a lot more horror. So it’s only natural to turn to some advice about writing horror, like this article by Tim Waggoner. It has a ton of great points on dos and don’ts that are invaluable to someone just getting started in […]
dawn.vogel | October 14, 2022
It’s the spooky season, so today’s image writing prompts are also on the eerie side. The first image is a black and white image of leafless trees in a faint mist, with a two-track path beginning in the right hand foreground and extending into the distance. There may be a shrouded figure in the distance, […]
dawn.vogel | October 13, 2022
I have two post-apocalyptic novellas: Scenes from a Quiet Apocalypse and Barren. The former is a much more recent apocalypse, one that hits just before the book begins. The latter is an apocalypse that hit within the main character’s lifetime, but she’s lived in a post-apocalyptic world for longer than she spent in the pre-apocalyptic world. If […]
dawn.vogel | October 12, 2022
I’m an unabashed fangirl of the Locked Tomb series, so I devoured Nona the Ninth (Tordotcom, 2022) almost as soon as it was available. As the third book in the series, you’re going to want to have read Gideon the Ninth and Harrow the Ninth (which I weirdly have not reviewed) before you tackle this book. But similar […]
dawn.vogel | October 11, 2022
“Memorandum from the Panel for the Identification of Consequentially Chosen Youth” is not the longest title I’ve written, but it’s among them. But this flash fiction piece needed a slightly ridiculous title to go with the tongue-in-cheek “PICCY” organization detailing what should and should not be done when you’re looking for a Chosen One. The […]
dawn.vogel | October 10, 2022
One of the best ways for authors to proofread their work is to read it aloud. But it helps to read aloud with a partner, specifically having them read what’s on the page to help you notice what’s missing or extraneous. If you don’t have another human you can read with, try reading with a […]
dawn.vogel | October 7, 2022
It’s the spooky season, so this week’s Fun for Friday prompts are from the horror genre! The graphic in this post shows a breakdown of many horror genres and subgenres, along with the films that fall into those subgenres. (If the graphic is blurry, you can click on it to enlarge, or go here to […]
dawn.vogel | October 6, 2022
For the first time in a long while, I don’t have any new stories or poems out in the past month! But not to fear, there will be more new pieces coming soon. So in the meantime, I did have a new book out this month: Camp Haunt. Which is actually a re-release of sorts, since […]
dawn.vogel | October 5, 2022
I grabbed a Kindle copy of Caytee by Susanna Kanto (Caudex Books, 2022) recently because it was touted as a modern retelling of Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. As I’d wanted to read Northanger Abbey for a while, but often find Jane Austen’s writing style a little difficult to dig into, I thought this would be a […]
dawn.vogel | October 4, 2022
By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 128 Acceptances received: 5 Rejections received: 71 (11) Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 39 New Submissions: 23 Stories out at the end of the month: 105 I was a little slower than normal on the submissions front this month, but I did get a TON […]
