dawn.vogel | April 14, 2023
This week’s Fun for Friday is three somewhat random photo prompts. The first photo depicts four people wearing long pants and coats, and holding umbrellas, walking in front of a white wall painted with blue that resembles a waterfall or surf waves. The second photo depicts two elaborate microphones sitting on a flat surface in […]
dawn.vogel | April 13, 2023
If you like my writing, are you a backer on my Patreon? My Patreon is a great 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! Backing me at $3 a month or more gets you copies of […]
dawn.vogel | April 12, 2023
The Map and the Territory by A.M. Tuomala (Candlemark & Gleam, 2022) is a gorgeous secondary world fantasy novel, the first in a series, with lush worldbuilding and spectacular characters. When a strange event destroys the city where Rukha, who also calls herself Fern after a custom of people not using their given names in […]
dawn.vogel | April 11, 2023
If you’re a parent who’s nervous about sending your kids to their first overnight camp, or if you’re a kid who’s worried about going to an overnight camp, you definitely should not read Camp Haunt. If you’re not, however, and you enjoy spooky occurrences happening to people who aren’t you, you should check it out. It’s […]
dawn.vogel | April 10, 2023
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 3, Section 6, on closed forms. This section covers four closed forms, the villanelle, sestina, pantoum, and ballade. These four forms have some fairly complicated […]
dawn.vogel | April 7, 2023
If you’re feeling devoid of ideas, check out the suggestions here for some writing prompts that might help you break out of writer’s block. The prompts are generally designed for non-speculative stories, but it’s easy to insert a speculative element into them, if you like!
dawn.vogel | April 6, 2023
I had four new pieces out in March this year! My sijo (Korean poetry form) “Diamond Snow” came out in the eighth issue of Frozen Wavelets at the beginning of the month. It’s a sort of dark sci-fi, very brief piece. On the opposite side of things from my other publications this past month, Wyngraf published […]
dawn.vogel | April 5, 2023
Reading: Primarily books for reviews (they never stop!), but I’ve also got a couple of other things I’m picking up now and then, in between other books. Just got some exciting new graphic novels in the mail, too, thanks to a friend, so those are on the list as well! Watching: We haven’t really watched […]
dawn.vogel | April 4, 2023
By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 98 Acceptances received: 1 Rejections received: 58 Stories withdrawn: 2 Resubmissions: 37 New Submissions: 9 Stories out at the end of the month: 83 Slightly slower month for the submissions, but also not a ton of rejections compared to some other months. This is […]
dawn.vogel | April 3, 2023
Over the weekend of April 14 to 16, I’ll be speaking on panels, giving a poetry workshop, and doing a reading at Flights of Foundry, an online convention. I love this convention especially because it’s always online, which means people from across the globe can participate without having to worry about travel needs! Here’s my […]
