dawn.vogel | November 10, 2023
It’s time for some more prompts from the DefCon One Instagram account! Write a piece about a group of bats preparing for Halloween shenanigans. Write a piece about classic monsters preparing to do something that isn’t traditional for them. Write a piece in which autumn (the season) is a character. Follow the DefCon One Instagram account for […]
dawn.vogel | October 13, 2023
It’s time for some more prompts from the DefCon One Instagram account! Write a piece about an overheard conversation. Write a piece about an animal with unusual characteristics. Write a piece about an atypical battle between good and evil. Follow the DefCon One Instagram account for writing prompts every other Friday, or check them out when I […]
dawn.vogel | September 15, 2023
It’s time for some more prompts from the DefCon One Instagram account! Write a piece where music impacts the outcome. Write a piece set in the 1980s. Write a piece about a plant with unusual characteristics. Follow the DefCon One Instagram account for writing prompts every other Friday, or check them out when I post them here!
dawn.vogel | August 18, 2023
Apparently, I forgot to keep the DefCon One Instagram account prompts on my blog schedule, so I’ve fallen behind. But now, they’re back! Write a piece in which you describe things without using the sense of sight Write a piece about two people putting furniture with a subtext of something else going on between them. […]
dawn.vogel | November 23, 2021
Since DefCon One Publishing isn’t doing any shows this holiday season, or for the foreseeable future, we’re now offering selected signed books via Etsy! The majority of the books we have available are things I’ve edited, and we don’t have any of my releases from 2020 or 2021 on hand. But if you’ve always wanted […]
dawn.vogel | September 28, 2021
DefCon One Publishing has a new anthology out today, the first in five years from the authors of Cobalt City. Cobalt City Dragonstorm is a collection of five short stories featuring superheroes (and supervillains) fighting dragons from other dimensions. My story in this collection is “Dead Souls,” featuring the team-up of Dulcamara, Terra Firma, and […]
dawn.vogel | August 19, 2020
You may know that my books are published by DefCon One Publishing, but I’m not the only author published there. Aside from all the back issues of Mad Scientist Journal and the Mad Scientist Journal Presents anthologies, authors, Amanda Cherry, Nathan Crowder, Erik Scott de Bie, and Jeremy Zimmerman all have books through DefCon One Publishing. The […]
dawn.vogel | September 10, 2019
We’ve just re-released books 1 and 2 of my Brass and Glass series via DefCon One Publishing, and now I’m pleased to say that Brass and Glass 3: The Boiling Sea is available for pre-order! Here’s the blurb for the final book in the trilogy: In the turbulent skies of the Republic, it’s not always […]
dawn.vogel | September 3, 2019
If you’re an observant follower of this blog, you might have noticed that the cover art on my main page for the Brass and Glass books changed recently. The reasoning behind this is that my previous publishers, Razorgirl Press, are closing up shop and released the rights to my books to me. Since book 3 wasn’t […]
dawn.vogel | May 23, 2017
If you like alternate histories, you’ll love Unfixed Timelines! I’ve collected five of my alternate history stories into this collection, along with brief essays that talk about the real history of the events and places that I have written about. Three of the stories, “Donning the Helm,” “Veli Tis Artemidos,” and “Salt in Our Veins” are […]
