dawn.vogel | October 12, 2026
Now that the videos from the 2026 WriteHive online conference are posted, I’ll be sharing some of those with quick summaries. This week, I’ll be talking about the “Authors as Reviewers and Bookbloggers” panel that I moderated! I always love moderating panels, as it’s an opportunity for me to ask questions and learn stuff from […]
dawn.vogel | October 9, 2026
On Monday, I shared Prompt 14 from the Big Pink Book, and now I’m back to show you how I used it! Rather than writing a specific piece for this prompt, I came up with some ideas for story titles, sometimes with additional notes. They’re written somewhat haphazardly across the page, not in any particular […]
dawn.vogel | October 8, 2026
By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 35 Acceptances received: 2 Rejections received: 7 Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 10 New Submissions: 2 Stories out at the end of the month: 38 I didn’t manage to submit a lot of stories in September, but I managed to have more out at the […]
dawn.vogel | October 7, 2026
Now that the videos from the 2026 WriteHive online conference are posted, I’ll be sharing some of those with quick summaries. This week, I’m talking about “Recovering Creativity After Burnout,” presented by Dianna Gunn. As someone who hit the wall of burnout face first last year, this was an extremely valuable presentation for me to […]
dawn.vogel | October 6, 2026
“Evergreen” and “The Magic Matters” are two very short stories in Chimerical Remembrance. “Evergreen” is flash fiction, and “The Magic Matters” is microfiction. What these two stories have in common is that they’re about family relationships that have major or minor issues. “Evergreen” involves the relationship between a non-binary adult child and their terminally ill mother, […]
dawn.vogel | October 5, 2026
Prompt 14 in the Big Pink Book features stickers mostly across the top of the page, with a single sticker at the bottom, left-hand corner, and provides a TON of space for writing. Across the top of the page, there are six stickers. From left to right, they are: An iridescent silver musical staff, which […]
dawn.vogel | October 2, 2026
On Monday, I shared the blank version of the thirteenth prompt page in the Big Pink Book. Here’s what I did with mine! I decided that the watercolor flower and the very even pink flowers had a bit of a contrast and thought about writing a story in which there’s technology that can make perfectly […]
dawn.vogel | October 1, 2026
The first story in Sure Shot Stories: Tales of the Lady Huntsman, “Red Scare,” is the first Sarah Castile story I wrote, back in 2015. My first ever Huntsman story was five years before that, featuring Eleanor Castile, who had taken on the Huntsman mantle while her father was injured. This was the first time I […]
