dawn.vogel | May 23, 2025
It’s time for some more prompts from the DefCon One Instagram account! Write a piece about a replacement for a diamond. Write a piece about the requirements for an unusual ambition. Write a piece about a golden seed and what it sprouts. Follow the DefCon One Instagram account for writing prompts every other Friday, or check them […]
dawn.vogel | May 12, 2025
I’ve been working through the writing exercises in the appendices of Wonderbook, after having gone through the chapters, but I’ve recently made the decision to not complete all of those exercises. I found the text of Wonderbook very useful to me, and I wound up highlighting and flagging a lot of material that I know I’ll […]
dawn.vogel | May 2, 2025
Time for more weird history to inspire your writing or maybe just pique your curiosity! As usual, I start with The History Place, which always has the fullest coverage for every month. You may need to pick through the list to find truly weird events, but I’m certain they’re there! Meanwhile, Historic UK has a […]
dawn.vogel | April 25, 2025
May is not quite a week away, but it’s time for me to post the monthly writing prompts, so they’ll be ready for you on May 1st! May is always MerMay for me, so the first column is the 2025 MerMay official prompts! You can use this column with the words as they are or […]
dawn.vogel | April 11, 2025
It’s time for some more prompts from the DefCon One Instagram account! Write a piece about what happens when a fox encounters fuzzy socks. Write a piece about early flowers and late icicles. Write a piece about repairing a lamp with the wrong tool for the job. Follow the DefCon One Instagram account for writing prompts every […]
dawn.vogel | April 4, 2025
Time for more weird history to inspire your writing or maybe just pique your curiosity! This month, I’ve got the daily historical events from The History Place, which include the normal mix of several events and birthdays for each day of the month. In addition, Rest Less has a list of 28 events that took place […]
dawn.vogel | March 28, 2025
April is just around the corner, so it’s time for the April 2025 writing prompts! This month, I ran across a lot of weirdly similar lists from different sources, so I had to approach things a little differently. The first column is The Petite Planner’s April Doodle Challenge from 2024. The second column is primarily […]
dawn.vogel | March 7, 2025
Time for more weird history to inspire your writing or maybe just pique your curiosity! This month, I’ve got the daily historical events from The History Place, which include the normal mix of several events and birthdays for each day of the month. I’ve also got History UK’s March historical events, with one event on […]
dawn.vogel | February 28, 2025
It’s almost March, which means it’s time for the March 2025 writing prompts! This month, I went with three themed art challenges for the prompts. Column 1 is the Mutation March prompts from Teresa Galusaurus, in which you’re encouraged to draw animals, but make them weird. Column 2 is the 2020 Magical March prompts from […]
dawn.vogel | February 14, 2025
Time for more weird history to inspire your writing or maybe just pique your curiosity! February is called “The Strangest Month of the Year” in this article on Medium from 2018. While it doesn’t delve too deeply into historical events, one might argue that the events it covers from seven years ago are recent history, […]
