dawn.vogel | December 17, 2024
“Easy as a Bag of Cookies” in The Sidewalk Diverges was inspired by a meme about Greek gods in the modern day. While I can’t remember the entirety of the meme, it involved Cerberus in some way. So I combined Cerberus, Hades, and Persephone into a contemporary story where Cerberus escaped his leash and found a […]
dawn.vogel | December 16, 2024
It’s been a little while since I’ve taken a Monday off from posting, but today feels like a good day to give myself a break. It’s been a busy few months, or possibly just a busy year. Back next Monday with more advice!
dawn.vogel | December 13, 2024
It’s time for some more prompts from the DefCon One Instagram account! Write a piece about what happens when you imbibe a potion. Write a piece about how much inspiration a character can afford. Write a piece about the impacts of a cubic zirconia. Follow the DefCon One Instagram account for writing prompts every other Friday, or […]
dawn.vogel | December 12, 2024
Are you subscribed to my newsletter? It comes out once a month, near the middle of the month. In it, I talk about what I’m up to, interesting history or other research rabbit holes I’ve gone down, what’s coming next, and recommendations for other books and writing you might enjoy if you like mine! If […]
dawn.vogel | December 11, 2024
LH Moore’s Breath of Life (Apex Book Company, 2024) is a gorgeous collection of Black-centered stories and poetry, with a substantial amount of horror and historical fiction, often in the same story! Most of my favorite stories were, of course, the historical ones. “A Little Not Music,” set in 1939 in Washington, D.C., is a dark […]
dawn.vogel | December 10, 2024
The Emperor tarot card represents authority, power, and stability, all with a bit of a patriarchal vibe (traditionally). In A Tarot of Sorcery and Sages, this is represented by a haiku and a poem. For both of my Emperor pieces, I decided to diverge from the traditional patriarchal vibe. The haiku, “Greetings from the Sisterhood,” envisions […]
dawn.vogel | December 9, 2024
Now that the 2024 WriteHive Online Conference panels are available on their YouTube channel, I’m catching up on the ones I missed during the conference itself and sharing some of the things I gleaned from them here! Lisa Wood’s presentation on “Breaking the Rules–The Path to Authentic Writing” covered a number of the so-called “rules” […]
dawn.vogel | December 6, 2024
Time for more weird history to inspire your writing or maybe just pique your curiosity! HistoryExtra has a great list of eight weird December historical occurrences (well, one is in January, but I’ll allow it!), which are somewhat holiday themed. If you need more in the “weird winter holiday” category, check out The Debrief’s list […]
dawn.vogel | December 5, 2024
By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 60 Acceptances received: 1 Rejections received: 25 (+3) Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 16 New Submissions: 10 Stories out at the end of the month: 57 November was a little slow on the submissions front, in large part because I spent almost the entire first […]
dawn.vogel | December 4, 2024
It’s the time of year when folks start posting lists of their stories and books from the past year that are eligible for award nominations, like the Nebulas, Hugos, and more. I’m including word count, because different awards require different word counts, and it’s easy for me to grab those so you don’t have to […]
