History That Never Was

Home of Dawn Vogel: Writer, Historian, Geek

Review of The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander

| May 3, 2023

Years ago, when I was a kid, my grandma took me to see The Black Cauldron in the theater. This stands out to me mainly because we were the ONLY people in the theater for a weekday matinee. But I recalled enjoying the movie, which I’ve probably seen once or twice since them. Meanwhile, my husband […]

April 2023 Recap!

| May 2, 2023

By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 83 Acceptances received: 3 Rejections received: 56 (+2) Stories withdrawn: 1 Resubmissions: 54 New Submissions: 11 Stories out at the end of the month: 88 Pretty decent numbers for this month, especially on the acceptances and writing new stuff fronts! I’ve signed the contracts […]

Tips and Tricks for Online Readings

| May 1, 2023

One of the panels I spoke on at Flights of Foundry was about tips and tricks for online readings. Learning to give good readings in person is one set of skills. Learning how to do so when you don’t have audience reactions to gauge how you’re doing can be exponentially more difficult. Among other things, […]