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 13, 2024
It’s time for some more prompts from the DefCon One Instagram account! Write a piece about what happens when you imbibe a potion. Write a piece about how much inspiration a character can afford. Write a piece about the impacts of a cubic zirconia. Follow the DefCon One Instagram account for writing prompts every other Friday, or […]
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 | November 22, 2024
Although these writing prompts from the University of Iowa’s Iowa Reading Research Center are labeled as being for grades 9 through 12 (or American high schoolers), they’ve got some excellent advice and ideas that could be used by older writers as well! The document is set up to be used by a teacher, and includes […]
dawn.vogel | November 15, 2024
It’s always fun when you learn the etymology of a word that is a little bit surprising. Did you know the word electric is related to the Latin word for amber? This post at Useless Etymology explains the connection. It involves magnetism and cats, so of course I was intrigued! Will it work its way […]
dawn.vogel | November 8, 2024
Time for more weird history to inspire your writing or maybe just pique your curiosity! This month, check out “Not Just Turkey: 12 Surprising Things & Weird Holidays That Have Happened in November“! While only half of the entries are historic events, there are still some interesting things included among them! This History Extra article […]
dawn.vogel | November 1, 2024
It’s time for the November writing prompts! The lists I looked at for this month were definitely thinking autumn, so I changed it up a little bit with one very non-autumn list! Column 1 is from the Doodlewash November 2024 Art Challenge. It’s got a number of autumnal words, but it’s also got a nice […]
dawn.vogel | October 25, 2024
It’s time for some more prompts from the DefCon One Instagram account! Write a piece about unexpected luck on an unlucky day. Write a piece about the music made by dry leaves. Write a piece about what gets caught in a glow-in-the-dark web. Follow the DefCon One Instagram account for writing prompts every other Friday, or check […]
dawn.vogel | October 18, 2024
The photo on this post, which reads “The Snail in Gothic Marginal Warfare, by Lilian M. C. Randall, 1962” (and has closed captioning reading “But Randall connected them to historical stereotypes”), is one I took while Jeremy and I were watching a YouTube video about snails in medieval manuscript illuminations. I haven’t tracked down this […]
