dawn.vogel | August 15, 2025
For this week’s Fun for Friday and etymology, I’m sharing a post from Useless Etymology about the Greek word “naus” and the variety of English words that come from that root. As you might guess from the title, it’s about ships, but there are many other words that come from the same root. And when […]
dawn.vogel | August 14, 2025
I haven’t had any steampunk stories or poems published recently, so my most recent steampunk publication is Wreathed in Steam, which collects seventeen of my steampunk pieces – eight stories and nine poems – in one place! The stories in this collection are often shorter pieces, but there are two longer stories included, and one of […]
dawn.vogel | August 13, 2025
If you haven’t already registered for Flights of Foundry 2025, this is your friendly reminder that registration for this year’s online convention is open! The convention runs around the clock for 60 hours from September 26 through 28. It typically kicks off around mid-day or early afternoon in the Central time zone, but the convention […]
dawn.vogel | August 12, 2025
“Promises Made” is a microfiction piece that combines a fairy promise and a modern staging of A Midsummer’s Night Dream. Though it’s quite short, it’s a story I enjoyed writing, as it makes good use of relying upon common knowledge as a shorthand to keep the word count low. After all, most readers will be […]
dawn.vogel | August 11, 2025
During the WriteHive Online Conference a few weekends ago, I was the moderator for a panel on LGBTQ+ History in Publishing. This was a fantastic panel in which the panelists talked about the history of queer authors and publishers, as well as publication of books with queer characters. Our panel description read: “While recent years […]
dawn.vogel | August 8, 2025
Welcome to my new monthly Fun for Friday theme, weird science! (Not to be confused with the movie of the same name.) Toward the beginning of each month, I’ll share some links to articles about unusual discoveries, inventions, and other science facts. If you’re a sci-fi writer, perhaps one of these items will give you […]
dawn.vogel | August 7, 2025
By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 45 Acceptances received: 2 Rejections received: 17 (+3) Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 20 New Submissions: 7 Stories out at the end of the month: 48 My numbers this month were pretty stable, sending out a few more stories than I had rejections and acceptances. […]
dawn.vogel | August 6, 2025
Back to posting about “K-Pop Demon Hunters” songs! If you’ve watched the “K-Pop Demon Hunters” movie on Netflix recently, you might still have some of the songs from the movie stuck in your head. While the songs on the whole had a bit more English than the majority of K-pop songs do (though there are […]
dawn.vogel | August 5, 2025
I had several pieces published in July, all on the shorter side of things! My drabbles “Jrrrr the Summoner” and “Modern Iso Onna” appeared in Shacklebound Books’ Short Fantasy Stories. The former portrays an outcast getting revenge on their gaming group, while the latter shows a Japanese yokai adapting to life in the modern world. Next, […]
dawn.vogel | August 4, 2025
Worldcon is coming up August 13-17, and it’s in Seattle this year! As such, I’ll be in attendance on most of the days and involved in a variety of events! Here are my scheduled events: Reading from Sure Shot in Cobalt City: Homecoming (Wednesday, August 13, 1:30-2:00 p.m., Room 428) Historical Research for Non-Historians (Academic […]
