dawn.vogel | July 3, 2024
Jeremy recently told me about Girlfriend Review, which is a YouTube channel where a video gamer’s girlfriend (now wife) talks about video games that her boyfriend/husband is playing. And he suggested that maybe this was something I might do on my blog (since there’s no way in heck I’m doing this on YouTube or Twitch […]
dawn.vogel | March 18, 2024
If you’re a reader (and if you’re not, I’m a little confused about what brought you to my website) or writer, have you left a book review for someone lately? Even if your review is short and sweet (“Loved it!” and “Great read!” are both good options), it helps writers out immensely when people review […]
dawn.vogel | January 9, 2024
Time to look at my 2024 goals! I’m primarily focusing on shorter fiction in 2024, as I did in 2023, though I am already brainstorming a couple of of novellas that I might want to write as well. We’ll see if those pan out, though! If I do stick with my focus on shorter fiction, […]
dawn.vogel | January 3, 2023
It’s time to look at my 2023 goals! Because I’m steering away from working on novels, my plans for writing shorter pieces are a bit more ambitious. I’ve currently got 16 short stories planned for the year, for which I already have at least a little groundwork done on most of them. I’m clearing out […]
dawn.vogel | January 5, 2022
2021 continued in the trend of challenging years, and while I can hope that 2022 will turn things around, I think I’ve gotten into the habit of expecting each year to be a challenge, so that I can be pleasantly surprised if it’s not. I haven’t had a lot of of luck with getting novels […]
dawn.vogel | January 5, 2021
While 2020 didn’t go entirely as planned for many folks, even after a promising start, I’m hopeful that 2021 will be an improvement. True, things can still get worse, but I’m choosing hope in terms of creating my goals this year. One of my goals for 2020 was to become agented, but that didn’t pan […]
dawn.vogel | January 2, 2020
Now that it’s 2020, it’s time to start looking at my writing goals for this coming year! Top of my list for this year is looking for an agent. I’ve got a young adult book that is pretty close to being ready to query agents with, so that’s going to be at the top of […]
dawn.vogel | February 25, 2019
Indie authors and traditional authors alike get a lot of benefit out of people leaving reviews of their books on Amazon, Goodreads, or other book selling sites. On Amazon, in particular, once a book has a certain number of reviews, it’s more likely to be recommended to shoppers. Leaving a book review doesn’t have to […]
dawn.vogel | December 24, 2018
If you’re struggling with a last minute gift for an author in your life, or even one who isn’t in your life, have you considered reviewing their book? If you’ve read a book by an author, they’d love to know what you thought of it. And other readers appreciate it as well! Even if you […]
dawn.vogel | September 12, 2018
There are a ton of new short stories published every month, and it’s hard to know where to start reading. Luckily, Maria Haskins does a monthly round-up of science fiction and fantasy short stories for Barnes & Noble, so you can find some that she’s enjoyed here! You can also check out Quick Sip Reviews […]
