dawn.vogel | July 31, 2026
Time for the August 2026 writing prompts! This month, the columns have a bit more overlap than usual, so I’ve tried to mark all of those with an asterisk where they’re identical or very similar. The first column is The Petite Planner’s August 2025 #StopDropDoodle challenge. The words in this column are almost entirely magical […]
dawn.vogel | July 30, 2026
Because Weathering Youth is my biggest collection to date, I’m grouping the short stories and flash fiction stories in pairs for my posts, based on the way they fall in the collection. This lets me look at the connections between the stories and how I decided to arrange specific stories in the collection! “Penny White and […]
dawn.vogel | July 24, 2026
On Monday, I posted the eighth prompt from the Big Pink Book, which had some zen-like vibes. Rather than use those vibes to write fiction, I used this page to think a little bit about balancing the various demands on my time. This was likely because I worked on it after having participated in the […]
dawn.vogel | July 21, 2026
The World tarot card represents wholeness, completion, and achievement. In A Tarot of Sorcery and Sages, this is represented by a haiku and a poem. The haiku, titled “reinvent yourself” after the first line, embodies all three of the meanings above. Meanwhile, the poem, “Pieced,” is an autobiographical look at my parents and grandparents and […]
dawn.vogel | July 20, 2026
The eighth page of the Big Pink Book has some zen-like vibes. There are mandalas at the top left and bottom right corners, one in pink and gold and the other in black and white. At the top right is a cartoon frog doing yoga, and at the bottom left is a gold flower with […]
dawn.vogel | July 17, 2026
I’m back today with how I used prompt 7 in the Big Pink Book, which had four stickers that presented a weird combination. I used them to write a drabble, interpreting the stickers as futuristic warning symbols indicating atmospheric and other dangers! This page shows you some insight into both my drafting and revision processes. […]
dawn.vogel | July 16, 2026
“We Don’t Stop for Gas in Arkansas” came from a former roommate of mine, who had gone on a road trip from southern Illinois to Texas for the wedding of one of his closest friends. As he and his wife headed to the event, he occasionally posted photos to Facebook, along with “Chapter #”. I […]
dawn.vogel | July 14, 2026
My latest collection, Sure Shot Stories: Tales of the Lady Huntsman, with cover art by Luke Spooner/Carrion House, is out from DefConOne Publishing today! Since the founding of Cobalt City, there has been a Huntsman protecting its citizens. However, the women of the Castile family have never been allowed to bear the mantle more than […]
dawn.vogel | July 13, 2026
Prompt 7 in the Big Pink Book is a little weird (and so is my photo of it, which cuts off the top of the page that has the number!). There are four stickers (technically five, but who’s counting?) in a vertical line. At the top, there’s a square sticker depicting a blue eye with […]
dawn.vogel | July 10, 2026
It’s time for some more prompts from the DefCon One Instagram account! Write a piece about a person who frames artwork. Write a piece about a constellation resembling a gate. Write a piece about a knight attempting to reach a location. Follow the DefCon One Instagram account for writing prompts on Fridays, or check them out when […]
