dawn.vogel | December 20, 2024
If you’ve ever wondered about the etymology of the word “winter,” look no further! This article at Dictionary.com explains it all! As a bonus, you can also read about the origin of December, which may be better known among some. But there are also some additional names that the month went by before it reached […]
dawn.vogel | December 6, 2024
Time for more weird history to inspire your writing or maybe just pique your curiosity! HistoryExtra has a great list of eight weird December historical occurrences (well, one is in January, but I’ll allow it!), which are somewhat holiday themed. If you need more in the “weird winter holiday” category, check out The Debrief’s list […]
dawn.vogel | November 29, 2024
We’re coming to the end of the year, so it’s time for the December 2024 writing prompts! Column 1 this month is from Doodlewash‘s December 2024 prompts. For this one, I occasionally took out an adjective related to Christmas or winter. Column 2 is from Kick in the Creative‘s December 2024 prompts. For these, I […]
dawn.vogel | January 4, 2024
I had three pieces come out in December, all on the shorter side of things! The Utopia Science Fiction 5th Anniversary Anthology included a reprint of my story, “Senchado in Microgravity,” which Utopia published originally back in April 2020. This story, about family, grief, and tea, has also been podcast and included in one of my collections, […]
dawn.vogel | January 2, 2024
By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 86 Acceptances received: 2 Rejections received: 49 (+1) Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 77 New Submissions: 28 Stories out at the end of the month: 112 December was a very productive month for me. After the busy-ness of November with NaNoWriMo, I had time to […]
dawn.vogel | December 6, 2023
Reading: Lots of anthologies and collections lately, which I’m planning to review. I’m finding books of stories easier to read right now than novels. Watching: There hasn’t been a lot we’ve watched lately, since November was NaNoWriMo, and we didn’t have a lot of spare time for TV or movies. We still haven’t finished season […]
dawn.vogel | December 1, 2023
Well, we’re in the home stretch. It’s December now, which means it’s time for the December 2023 writing prompts! This month’s prompts are all sourced from other locations. The first column is Drawcember from Reddit. The second column is from Doodlewash’s December art challenge list. And the third column is from Writers Write’s December 2022 […]
dawn.vogel | January 2, 2023
By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 74 Acceptances received: 0 Rejections received: 42 (2) Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 45 New Submissions: 8 Stories out at the end of the month: 83 December was a little on the slow side for submissions, but also on the slow side for rejections. I […]
dawn.vogel | November 25, 2022
Believe it or not, we’re almost to December and the end of the year! I feel like time is flying by this year, though that may just be in comparison to the last couple of years, which each seemed to last about a decade. For this month’s writing prompts, I’ve collected a few different challenges […]
dawn.vogel | January 4, 2022
By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 127 Acceptances received: 5 Rejections received: 54 (+2) Stories withdrawn: 2 Resubmissions: 87 New Submissions: 3 Stories out at the end of the month: 146 December was a pretty good month for acceptances this year. I sold a short story, a piece of microfiction, […]
