dawn.vogel | January 8, 2026
So what’s 2026 looking like? Well, I’m not entirely sure yet. I don’t think I’m completely through my burnout, though I’m making progress. My day job remains hectic. I’ve also been dealing with some health issues on account of getting older (minor in the grand scheme of things, thankfully), so even my best intentions for […]
dawn.vogel | June 11, 2025
K-pop has some incredibly surreal and evocative music videos. I’ve written a couple of stories that were inspired by one or more videos, and there are some videos that have a better storyline than some movies! “Hands Up” is a recent track by a new girl group, Meovv (yes, with two Vs instead of a […]
dawn.vogel | January 20, 2025
As I mentioned on Friday, my current craft book is Wonderbook by Jeff VanderMeer. Within the first chapter, he talks about the concept of a Scar or Splinter that creates an irritation, “some kind of galvanizing and enduring impulse,” that then combines with a need to communicate and tell stories. In the margin of the book, […]
dawn.vogel | January 2, 2025
This is the time of year when normally I would look at my plans and goals for the new year. However, I have to start by admitting that I’ve had a bit of burnout recently. My day job has been extremely busy, which means I often get home from work (or finish my day when I […]
dawn.vogel | January 9, 2024
Time to look at my 2024 goals! I’m primarily focusing on shorter fiction in 2024, as I did in 2023, though I am already brainstorming a couple of of novellas that I might want to write as well. We’ll see if those pan out, though! If I do stick with my focus on shorter fiction, […]
dawn.vogel | May 29, 2023
Jeremy and I spent two weeks visiting Japan (we actually got back a week ago), primarily in Kyoto and Tokyo, but also with a wild dash along the Sea of Japan/East Sea. We were part of a tour group, so we had a lot of our time and activities pre-scheduled, but we also got some […]
dawn.vogel | January 3, 2023
It’s time to look at my 2023 goals! Because I’m steering away from working on novels, my plans for writing shorter pieces are a bit more ambitious. I’ve currently got 16 short stories planned for the year, for which I already have at least a little groundwork done on most of them. I’m clearing out […]
dawn.vogel | January 12, 2022
Reading: I’m in a weird place between having read a bunch of books over the holidays (with travel and whatnot) and not having picked up anything new yet. So at the moment, I’m not reading anything. And it’s weird. Maybe I can tackle some of my graphic novels finally! Watching: We finished Hawkeye, and we started […]
dawn.vogel | January 5, 2022
2021 continued in the trend of challenging years, and while I can hope that 2022 will turn things around, I think I’ve gotten into the habit of expecting each year to be a challenge, so that I can be pleasantly surprised if it’s not. I haven’t had a lot of of luck with getting novels […]
dawn.vogel | January 5, 2021
While 2020 didn’t go entirely as planned for many folks, even after a promising start, I’m hopeful that 2021 will be an improvement. True, things can still get worse, but I’m choosing hope in terms of creating my goals this year. One of my goals for 2020 was to become agented, but that didn’t pan […]
