dawn.vogel | August 11, 2025
During the WriteHive Online Conference a few weekends ago, I was the moderator for a panel on LGBTQ+ History in Publishing. This was a fantastic panel in which the panelists talked about the history of queer authors and publishers, as well as publication of books with queer characters. Our panel description read: “While recent years […]
dawn.vogel | June 30, 2025
Today I have a guest post from Marie Vibbert, author of Galactic Hellcats and the forthcoming Andrei and the Hellcats (among many other publications). I asked Marie to talk a bit about writing a stand-alone sequel for this guest post! How to Write a Stand-Alone Sequel My first novel, Galactic Hellcats, was a big hit for the […]
dawn.vogel | June 18, 2025
Aether Beyond the Binary (Duck Prints Press, 2024) is an anthology of speculative short stories with gender diverse characters, all revolving around a concept of aether, a semi-magical substance that has properties as different as the stories in which it features. Each of the 17 stories has a listing of “tags” at the beginning of […]
dawn.vogel | October 9, 2024
Alex Kingsley’s Empress of Dust (Space Wizard Science Fantasy, 2024) is an amazingly compelling post-apocalyptic fantasy novel with magnificent worldbuilding and wonderful characters, including several LGBTQIA+ and non-human characters! Harvard is a scavenger of the wasteland and “dusts” surrounding the walled city of Bastion, but he’s the weakest member of his crew, the Ivies, and […]
dawn.vogel | March 20, 2024
We’ve been publishing a whole bunch of new books lately through DefCon One Publishing. Of course, that’s the home of my books, but we also publish books from the Cobalt City Universe from several authors, and this year, we’ve got a ton of those! It’s the twentieth anniversary of creator Nate Crowder publishing his first […]
dawn.vogel | May 22, 2023
One of the panels I spoke on at Flights of Foundry was titled “Marketing Makes the Book.” I shared this panel with a couple of other small press publishers, and we talked about what has and has not worked for us when selling our books. One of the topics that came up was, of course, […]
dawn.vogel | March 29, 2023
I recently got a big stack of writing craft and books through a Microcosm Publishing Kickstarter, so I’ve decided to work through several of them for reviewing on my blog. A People’s Guide to Publishing by Joe Biel is a fantastic book for anyone serious about creating and sustaining a publishing business. The focus is […]
dawn.vogel | November 28, 2022
If you’re looking for a great gift for a writer, I always recommend books. But specifically, check out the writing section at Microcosm Publishing. They’re a small publishing house that publishes books and zines about DIY skills, food, bicycling, gender, self-care, and social justice. Their books about writing are fantastic, including things like Jessie Kwak’s From Chaos […]
dawn.vogel | September 28, 2022
A few months back, I recorded an interview for the Small Publishing in a Big Universe podcast, where I talked about self-publishing and small press publishing, and some of the pros and cons of each! You can check it out here! There are lots of other cool panels and interviews and more if you want […]
