dawn.vogel | October 30, 2026
It’s almost November–I can feel it in the air! So it’s time for the November 2026 writing prompt list! The first column is Nocturnal November, and it’s all nocturnal animals! There was one on the list that I hadn’t heard of, so I added a Wikipedia link for that one. If you don’t want to […]
dawn.vogel | October 28, 2026
Now that the videos from the 2026 WriteHive online conference are posted, I’ll be sharing some of those with quick summaries. Today, I’m talking about the “Practical Tips for Avoiding Ableism in Your Writing” presentation from Nicoletta Poungias. I took a screenshot of my comment on this presentation, which I watched during the WriteHive weekend, […]
dawn.vogel | October 27, 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! “A Year Without an […]
dawn.vogel | October 26, 2026
Now that the videos from the 2026 WriteHive online conference are posted, I’ll be sharing some of those with quick summaries. Today, I’m talking about “How to Level Up Your Self-Editing Skills.” I’ve been editing for decades, but I always find there’s something more to learn on the topic. The vast majority of my editing […]
dawn.vogel | October 23, 2026
There’s a lot going on in the image of how I used prompt 15 in the Big Pink Book, so let’s dive in! Since I had the washi tape across the top of the page, I turned the book sideways to write my list, which led to a weird page with the caption on both […]
dawn.vogel | October 22, 2026
My story “Queen of the Roller Disco” in This Book Has Ghosts in It is a flash fiction piece I wrote back in 2023, with the inspiration of being “a place you love is haunted” and a list of words that included “skate,” which immediately jumped out at me. From 2010-2012, I was first a referee […]
dawn.vogel | October 19, 2026
This week’s prompt in the Big Pink Pink book is a little bit blurry (at least this photo). It’s got some stickers at the top and bottom of the page. At the top left, there’s a yellow rectangular digital clock showing the time 7:27. To the right of that is a strip of washi tape […]
dawn.vogel | October 16, 2026
Here’s another batch of writing prompts from the DefConOne Instagram account! Write a piece about a robot with a sense of wonder. Write a piece about a small animal with a big appetite. Write a piece involving a panicking about an ultimately inconsequential thing. Follow the DefCon One Instagram account for writing prompts on Fridays, or check […]
dawn.vogel | October 14, 2026
Now that the videos from the 2026 WriteHive online conference are posted, I’ll be sharing some of those with quick summaries. Today, I’m talking about the “Writing Hopeful Futures” presentation with BrightFlame. This presentation talked briefly about why authors say that they’re more drawn to writing dystopian stories rather than hopeful ones, but then focused […]
dawn.vogel | October 13, 2026
My latest collection, Unfixed Timelines 4: Essays and Short Stories of a History That Never Was, is now out! A young Mary Shelley learning about scientific experiments to reanimate the dead, the ghosts of two brothers helping a living girl outwit a fraudulent psychic, memories of an heirloom quilt, and a young girl meeting a strange […]
