dawn.vogel | September 15, 2023
It’s time for some more prompts from the DefCon One Instagram account! Write a piece where music impacts the outcome. Write a piece set in the 1980s. Write a piece about a plant with unusual characteristics. Follow the DefCon One Instagram account for writing prompts every other Friday, or check them out when I post them here!
dawn.vogel | September 14, 2023
Have you checked out my Patreon? It’s a way for my fans to support my writing and learn about what I’m working on! I share updates about my works in progress, including snippets of stories for my patrons! I’d love to reach my goal of making a monthly video of me reading one of my stories […]
dawn.vogel | September 13, 2023
Atthis Arts is currently running a Kickstarter for Embroidered Worlds, an anthology of speculative fiction from Ukraine and the diaspora. Some of the stories contained within are translated from published Ukrainian stories, while others will be newly written for the anthology. Their Kickstarter runs through the end of September. Also, Microcosm Books has just a couple […]
dawn.vogel | September 12, 2023
On October 17, I’ll have two new books out! Unfixed Timelines 3 is the third in my series of alternate/fantastical history stories accompanied by essays about the history that each story alters. A Wild West icon meets her match, a budding scientist tests a theory in a dust storm, fashion turns deadly, a daughter learns the […]
dawn.vogel | September 11, 2023
Today, I’m talking with Ryder O’Malley, who writes superhero and supervillain fiction, including some on the gay and steamy part of the spectrum! Read on to learn more! DV: Tell me a little about yourself and your writing. RO: Howdy! Most people know me as Ryder O’Malley, the author of gay steamy superheroes. My origin […]
dawn.vogel | September 8, 2023
Here’s a fun writing prompt! Come up with a click-bait style article title that involves a list of top whatever. Then use that to tell a story within the context of the list, with the different items on the list as a sort of header for each section of the story. The format lends itself […]
dawn.vogel | September 7, 2023
I had a couple of new things out in August this year! The first is that my flash fiction story, “The Truth of Their Tunes,” was reprinted in The Little Cozy Book from Wyngraf, who originally published this story on their website. Now it’s collected with other cozy fantasy stories! The second is my dystopian sci-fi […]
dawn.vogel | September 6, 2023
Unlike most of the books I review, The Devil in the White City (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2004) is a work of non-fiction. However, Erik Larson certainly weaves a narrative worthy of a fictional book. Intertwining the stories of the Chicago World’s Fair with that of serial killer H. H. Holmes, the story makes stops in […]
dawn.vogel | September 5, 2023
By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 107 Acceptances received: 0 Rejections received: 46 (+3) Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 71 New Submissions: 11 Stories out at the end of the month: 139 The numbers this month are definitely going up in terms of submissions, but without a commensurate return in acceptances. […]
dawn.vogel | September 4, 2023
One of the panels from the WriteHive online conference this year that I found valuable was Newsletter 101: The Basics. Though I’ve had my newsletter up and running for a while, I still find it useful to read and watch things about newsletters to see what I can do better. And this panel had lots […]
