dawn.vogel | January 22, 2025
Vanessa Ricci-Thode’s The Young Necromancer’s Guide to Ghosts (2024) is a young adult novel set within her Fireborn universe, filled with dragons and magic. It’s a charming and sweet look at sisters, found family, grief and loss, and necromancy! Lusi and Marsi lost their mother when Lusi was born, and though their father remarried, he has […]
dawn.vogel | January 21, 2025
Because Weathering Youth is my biggest collection to date, I’m grouping the short stories and flash fiction stories in pairs for my posts, based on the way they fall in the collection. This lets me look at the connections between the stories and how I decided to arrange specific stories in the collection! “The Storyteller” is […]
dawn.vogel | December 26, 2024
Have you checked out my latest collection, Weathering Youth? It’s got a bunch of stories and poetry featuring younger characters and other characters with a more youthful outlook, regardless of age. In worlds with dragons, starships, and monsters, adults aren’t the only people. Children, teenagers, and young adults are sometimes the heroes of the story […]
dawn.vogel | November 12, 2024
Today’s the day! My latest collection, Weathering Youth, is out today! Within its pages, you’ll find younger protagonists and protagonists with a more youthful outlook, regardless of age. The stories range from humorous to dark, within the realms of fantasy, sci-fi, and horror! This is my largest collection to date, with almost fifty stories and poems! […]
dawn.vogel | October 15, 2024
My short story “Under the Bed” was one that took me a long time to get just right. I had the idea for a young girl whose family had fallen victim to a horrific monster that spared her for some time. It wasn’t until I figured out the second character in the story, the now-teen […]
dawn.vogel | October 10, 2024
My next collection, Weathering Youth, will be out on November 12, and it’s a collection of stories and poetry featuring younger protagonists and others with a youthful outlook on the world! In worlds with dragons, starships, and monsters, adults aren’t the only people. Children, teenagers, and young adults are sometimes the heroes of the story … […]
dawn.vogel | October 8, 2024
Have you checked out my Patreon? It’s a way for my fans to support my writing and learn about what I’m working on! I share updates about my works in progress, including snippets of stories for my patrons! I’ve got one more book coming out this year, and backers at $3 a month or higher […]
dawn.vogel | October 1, 2024
If you’re looking for a spooky read for this October, check out my young adult epistolary novella, Camp Haunt. This book tells the story of a summer camp through found documents, including camp administrative materials, diaries, letters, and more. It’s a creepy read that developed out of my fond memories of Girl Scout summer camp, with […]
dawn.vogel | September 17, 2024
When I set out to write Promise Me Nothing, I worked long and hard on finding the right location for it. I knew I wanted to have the setting in the Pacific Northwest for a somewhat mild climate. However, I also needed to find a setting that would be far from any mass population centers, because […]
dawn.vogel | July 9, 2024
I mentioned earlier this year that backers of my Patreon at the $3 a month level would be getting a new Sure Shot novella in November, but I’ve wound up changing my plan on it. That particular novella will be delayed until some time in 2025, but instead, I’ll be putting out a MASSIVE collection […]
