dawn.vogel | October 7, 2025
By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 48 Acceptances received: 3 Rejections received: 19 (+2) (+1) Stories withdrawn: 1 Resubmissions: 19 New Submissions: 3 Stories out at the end of the month: 43 My September wound up pretty busy, so I didn’t quite get in as many submissions as I might […]
dawn.vogel | October 2, 2025
I had a couple of new drabbles out in September, both from Reach Your Apex! The first was “Aurora Dolofonos,” in which the appearance of the aurora comes with something a bit more sinister. The second was “Anti-Icarus,” in which a promising invention doesn’t account for a key factor!
dawn.vogel | September 5, 2025
Time for more weird science to inspire your writing or maybe just pique your curiosity! For this month, I’m starting out with September Thinkers and Tinkerers from Getting Nerdy! This article has September birthdays and inventions from the world of science. Next up is Scientific American’s Science History from 50, 100, and 150 years ago, […]
dawn.vogel | August 29, 2025
Here we are with just days remaining before it’s September. I’m really not sure where this year went, though I am looking forward to autumn, my favorite season! This month, I’ve got a lot of autumn-related prompts, which means there’s a bit more overlap between the columns. Column 1 is the Swordtember prompt list for […]
dawn.vogel | October 3, 2024
By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 53 Acceptances received: 0 Rejections received: 30 (+2) Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 41 New Submissions: 4 Stories out at the end of the month: 66 Got the submissions numbers up a bit this month, with more going out than normal! I didn’t have any […]
dawn.vogel | September 6, 2024
While I wasn’t able to find a page with many “weird” historic events for September, I’ve got a couple of options for those looking for historical events to inspire your writing or other creative endeavors. Restless (a UK-based site) has a list of twenty-two historic events that happened in September, nearly one for every day […]
dawn.vogel | September 4, 2024
I’ve been on vacation, so my normal reading, watching, and listening to habits are a little off right now! Reading: Still books for review, and I’m going to be starting in on another writing craft book next week that has more reading portions, though not as many sections as The Wayward Writer. (I’ll be doing a […]
dawn.vogel | August 30, 2024
September is just around the corner (and with it, hopefully cooler temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere as we slide toward fall), so it’s time for the September 2024 prompts! This month, all of the prompts come from art challenges of a sort. They also play together in surprising and interesting ways, which I think could […]
dawn.vogel | October 5, 2023
I had two new publication in September of this year, both fantasy stories. My short story, “Kick in the Door and Improvise,” appeared in volume 11 of Tales from the Magician’s Skull. The title is taken from the common “plan” we use in a lot of our tabletop RPGs, to the point that I cross-stitched […]
dawn.vogel | October 3, 2023
By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 139 Acceptances received: 0 Rejections received: 78 (+11) Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 51 New Submissions: 4 Stories out at the end of the month: 107 A slightly slower month on the submissions and writing fronts, mainly because I spent two weeks of the month […]
