dawn.vogel | April 16, 2024
I’ve got a new collection, A Tarot of Sorcery and Sages, coming out in May of this year! It collects fantasy stories and poems along a theme of the major arcana of the tarot. The tarot provides wisdom to seekers of esoteric knowledge. In this collection of fantasy stories and poetry, the cards of the major […]
dawn.vogel | April 15, 2024
This month in June, I’m going to be speaking on panels at the WriteHive Conference, which is a free, online conference for writers! The panels I’m speaking on are about short stories and history in fiction, and I’ll be moderating a panel on developmental editing. I’m very much looking forward to discussing these things with […]
dawn.vogel | April 12, 2024
If you follow my monthly prompts, you know I love prompts that come in threes. This list of ideas for stories starts with three elements that you can base a story on, and continues with a bunch of other interesting prompts! There are also links down at the bottom to other writing prompts that they’ve […]
dawn.vogel | April 11, 2024
Since my last update about superhero fiction, I’ve added one to the stack! Brother’s Keeper is a superhero novelette set in Cobalt City, featuring Triple Threat (Dulcamara, Terra Firma, and Ex Spiravit) teaming up with Caterwaul and meeting a new hero and a new villain. If you liked the characters of Triple Threat in Avatar of […]
dawn.vogel | April 10, 2024
Reading: Books for review and occasional game books, as I realize I need to learn more about some of the games we’re playing now or in the future! Watching: Not a whole heck of a lot, because most of our TV time has been spent on watching K-pop things. We did watch Spin Me Round for […]
dawn.vogel | April 9, 2024
“Be Inspired” is a slipstream contemporary fantasy flash fiction story about a woman dealing with an unpleasant romantic relationship and how she emerges from that situation. I can’t say too much else about the story without giving it away, though it does involve the aurora borealis in an unusual location! “Be Inspired” is one of […]
dawn.vogel | April 8, 2024
If you’re looking for some helpful advice for speculative fiction writers, check out this article with some great suggestions about how you might refresh your speculative fiction writing! I think the advice presented here is useful for all levels of speculative fiction writers, whether you’re just getting started or whether you want to try something […]
dawn.vogel | April 5, 2024
It’s time for some more prompts from the DefCon One Instagram account! Write a piece about what happens in the shadows. Write a piece about a long distance run. Write a piece about new neighbors who may not be what they seem. Follow the DefCon One Instagram account for writing prompts every other Friday, or check them […]
dawn.vogel | April 4, 2024
I had one new piece out in March, which was “Dead Planet,” a drabble in Drabbledark III from Shacklebound Books. This is the sixth of my pieces that Shacklebound has published, most of which had been drabbles, and it’s wonderful to have a publisher that accepts mostly that length!
dawn.vogel | April 3, 2024
Foz Meadows’ novella Finding Echoes (Neon Hemlock, 2024) is a secondary-world fantasy story packed with great characters (queer and otherwise) and worldbuilding, plus a whole load of feelings. Snow has the ability to speak with the dead, getting information from them and sometimes helping them move on. When his ex-lover Gem shows up in need of […]
