dawn.vogel | October 20, 2025
During the WriteHive Online Conference in July, I was the moderator for a panel called “Shared Worlds: Writing Multi-Author Series.” I was excited to be on this one since a lot of my writing is in the Cobalt City Universe, which currently has six authors actively writing in the same shared world. The panelists talked […]
dawn.vogel | October 6, 2025
This year at Flights of Foundry, I was a workshop presenter, moderator, panelist, poetry challenge co-leader, and support staff. It was a ton of work but also, as always, a ton of fun! On Friday, I kicked off the poetry challenge with a co-working and sharing session. Then I led my Intro to Speculative Poetry […]
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 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 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 […]
dawn.vogel | September 1, 2025
Recently, I’ve been helping the fine folks at The Dream Foundry prepare, post, and promote some of the panel videos from the 2023 Flights of Foundry online convention. New content goes up every Sunday and Wednesday, and many of the videos are up permanently. (Some remain up for an limited amount of time.) Here’s a handful of […]
dawn.vogel | August 13, 2025
If you haven’t already registered for Flights of Foundry 2025, this is your friendly reminder that registration for this year’s online convention is open! The convention runs around the clock for 60 hours from September 26 through 28. It typically kicks off around mid-day or early afternoon in the Central time zone, but the convention […]
dawn.vogel | August 11, 2025
During the WriteHive Online Conference a few weekends ago, I was the moderator for a panel on LGBTQ+ History in Publishing. This was a fantastic panel in which the panelists talked about the history of queer authors and publishers, as well as publication of books with queer characters. Our panel description read: “While recent years […]
dawn.vogel | August 4, 2025
Worldcon is coming up August 13-17, and it’s in Seattle this year! As such, I’ll be in attendance on most of the days and involved in a variety of events! Here are my scheduled events: Reading from Sure Shot in Cobalt City: Homecoming (Wednesday, August 13, 1:30-2:00 p.m., Room 428) Historical Research for Non-Historians (Academic […]
dawn.vogel | July 28, 2025
During the WriteHive Online Conference this a couple of weekends ago, I was the host for an interactive fiction Q&A with Livia J. Elliot, an author who co-created the app Unearthed Stories (Android and iPhone/iPad) with her partner. We had a great session in which Livia talked about some of the dos and don’ts of […]
