dawn.vogel | October 27, 2025
During the WriteHive Online Conference in July, I watched a panel called “Troubling Tropes,” which was a fantastic panel for learning about tropes that can be problematic and how to work with them. The panelists talked about identifying tropes that are problematic, particularly those that rely on stereotypes for people from marginalized groups. They also […]
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 13, 2025
I’m slowly but surely catching up on panel recordings from the 2025 WriteHive Online Conference that I missed during the weekend. Not too long ago, I watched the panel on “Video Marketing for Authors,” which was one I was particularly interested in because I don’t currently do any video marketing. The panelists mentioned that video […]
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 12, 2025
A couple of weeks ago, the “New Approaches to Older Fiction” panel from Flights of Foundry 2023 went live on YouTube. The panelists talked about classic works that are no longer under copyright and different ways in which those can be made more accessible to modern people. They had a ton of fun tossing around […]
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 […]
