dawn.vogel | December 15, 2023
If you enjoy truly random writing prompts, check out WikiRoulette. Visiting the site will pull up a random article from Wikipedia. Sometimes, they’ll be for very detailed pages, while other times, there may be less information available. But they may give you an interesting person, a place you’ve never heard of, or miscellaneous other articles […]
dawn.vogel | December 14, 2023
“Corporate Career Counseling Construct” began as me goofing around with the idea of a sci-fi themed tarot deck and someone turning it into a program for employees of a corporation to use for career counseling. As might be expected, the construct tries to give useful advice, but … it’s a little overly enthusiastic, shall we […]
dawn.vogel | December 13, 2023
If you like spooky stories about camping, check out the Kickstarter for In the Neck of the Woods, an anthology of camping-themed horror stories by LGBTQ+ and BIPOC authors! In addition to the anthology, there are some very cool items along the camping theme included in the highest tier! The Kickstarter runs until December 31st, so […]
dawn.vogel | December 12, 2023
My latest book is out today! Brother’s Keeper is a novelette (about 10,000 words) set in the Cobalt City Universe, featuring the members of Triple Threat (Dulcamara, Terra Firma, and Ex Spiravit), Caterwaul, Gato Loco, and a new hero and villain! Gato Loco’s days as a vigilante are over. When a problem needs superheroes to fix […]
dawn.vogel | December 11, 2023
Back in January of this year, I decided to start working through the exercises in Ariel Gore’s The Wayward Writer. The book contains 78 exercises, which is enough to fill a year and a half if you do them weekly. Because of planned trips in 2023, I took a handful of weeks off from doing exercises, […]
dawn.vogel | December 8, 2023
Today’s Fun for Friday is a little different from the usual! If you’re looking for a writing motivation tool, check out Written? Kitten! You set the sort of picture you’d like to see, how many words you need in order to get it, and write! When you hit your determined goal, you get a picture! […]
dawn.vogel | December 7, 2023
I had four new pieces out in November of this year! My flash fiction piece, “The Train Station That Knows What You Need,” came out in Cafe Irreal. This story is super special to me because while we were in Japan back in May, we came VERY near to the train station in question. Sadly, […]
dawn.vogel | December 6, 2023
Reading: Lots of anthologies and collections lately, which I’m planning to review. I’m finding books of stories easier to read right now than novels. Watching: There hasn’t been a lot we’ve watched lately, since November was NaNoWriMo, and we didn’t have a lot of spare time for TV or movies. We still haven’t finished season […]
dawn.vogel | December 5, 2023
By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 100 Acceptances received: 3 Rejections received: 55 (+1) Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 44 New Submissions: 2 Stories out at the end of the month: 86 November was a busy month with NaNoWriMo, and unsurprisingly, my submissions suffered a bit. I only wrote two new […]
dawn.vogel | December 4, 2023
After not doing NaNoWriMo for several years, I came back to it this year. In large part, this was because Jeremy was going to do NaNo this year, and I joined in solidarity with him. Initially, I set out to write a non-fiction book about how to write a novel. Keeping in mind that I […]
