dawn.vogel | September 16, 2025
Since my last post on my urban fantasy pieces, I’ve had a few pieces published! My flash fiction piece, “Propagating Rosa glacies,” appeared in ALOCASIA in March 2025. It involves a mad botanist, grief, and revenge. My short story, “One Person’s Nightmare,” appeared in the Rescuing Curiosity anthology from Inked in Gray in March 2025. Despite […]
dawn.vogel | September 15, 2025
Flights of Foundry is coming up on September 26-28, and I’ve got my schedule for the weekend! I’m noting both the convention hours and the PDT times for my events; if you’re not in PDT, you can use the “Time” part of the program to convert the convention hours to your time zone! Friday, September […]
dawn.vogel | September 12, 2025
A couple of weeks ago, the “New Approaches to Older Fiction” panel from Flights of Foundry 2023 went live on YouTube. The panelists talked about classic works that are no longer under copyright and different ways in which those can be made more accessible to modern people. They had a ton of fun tossing around […]
dawn.vogel | September 11, 2025
Did you know that backing my Patreon at $3 a month gets you free ebooks? Whenever I put out one of my own books through DefCon One Publishing, all backers at the $3 or higher level get a free copy of the ebook in multiple formats. This means a free copy of Chimerical Remembrance, which will […]
dawn.vogel | September 10, 2025
Caitlin Starling’s The Oblivion Bride (Neon Hemlock, 2025) is a gorgeous science-fantasy novella with some Gothic and surreal elements worked into an incredible world. Lorelei is one of a very small number of members of her family who hasn’t been killed by the family curse, which no one has been able to figure out. In order […]
dawn.vogel | September 9, 2025
By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 48 Acceptances received: 2 Rejections received: 22 Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 24 New Submissions: 1 Stories out at the end of the month: 48 I started and ended August with the same number of stories out, which is an accomplishment, especially with as busy […]
dawn.vogel | September 8, 2025
During the WriteHive Online Conference in July, I was one of the panelists for “Breadcrumbing Clues in Mystery Novels.” This was a fantastic discussion with other authors who write mysteries, generally in conjunction with speculative fiction elements, like I do. We talked about the use of breadcrumbs to leave a trail for our readers to […]
dawn.vogel | September 5, 2025
Time for more weird science to inspire your writing or maybe just pique your curiosity! For this month, I’m starting out with September Thinkers and Tinkerers from Getting Nerdy! This article has September birthdays and inventions from the world of science. Next up is Scientific American’s Science History from 50, 100, and 150 years ago, […]
dawn.vogel | September 4, 2025
I had one new story out in August this year. “Damage Abatement” appeared in the August 2025 issue of Utopia Science Fiction Magazine. This is my fifth appearance in this magazine, with two flash fiction pieces and two poems previously included, but this is my first short story there! “Damage Abatement” is also a Cobalt City […]
dawn.vogel | September 3, 2025
Flights of Foundry, Dream Foundry’s annual online convention for creatives of all types, is coming soon from September 26-28, 2025. Programming runs around the clock with a variety of contents for authors, editors, translators, artists, game designers, gamers, and more! I’ll have my schedule to share closer to the event, but in the meantime, make […]
