Josh Vogt - Fantasy Author & Freelancer Posts

I decided to check back in with the Clarity of Night short fiction contest that went on last week and was surprised to find Jason had awarded my entry with first place. http://clarityofnight.blogspot.com/2008/03/winners-announcement-whispers-short.html 1st Place–JOSH VOGT, They Call Him… (#15)[Prize: $25 Amazon gift certificate, 8 x 10 print of the…

And I’m not talking about the Inspector. http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/02/historys-greate.html It’s an interesting line-up. The theory about the Ark of the Covenant being a primitive battery interested me, partly because of my faith, but also because of a slight fascination with examples of ancient technology that either matches or confounds our own.…

Thanks everyone for your thoughts and prayers. After a day of packing up our apartment and loading it into a big pod to be moved cross-country, then flying the pets out to Denver, and then going down to Texas to pick up my wife’s old Jeep, and then a 12-hour…

Up way late last night getting everything packed and ready. Today we’re trucking it all to a moving center, where they will send it out to Colorado for us, and then way early tomorrow morning we’re heading to the airport with the pets in tow. So there’s my explanation why…

We’d be in the future. This is a rundown of quite a few scientific brainchilds that you’ve probably seen in a science fiction novel somewhere, and while they are quite feasible, we just don’t have the moolah to get ’em done. http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/01/10-sci-fi-techs.html I’m dubious about the android army, since I…

If you haven’t had a chance to read Neil Gaiman’s Coraline, it’s one of those “children’s tales” that’s nicely spooky even for adults. A short book, too. And now they’re coming out with a…I think it’s all CGI, though some of it looks like claymation, maybe? Anyways, a Coraline film,…

You know you’re spending too much time watching a sci-fi or fantasy show, or reading a genre book when you start using the curse words the author has made up every time you stub your toe or someone cuts you off in traffic. Using geek-swear is also the perfect way…

Because we aren’t obsessed with food enough already:http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080223/FEATURES01/802230305 Because too many people have watched Raiders of the Lost Ark:http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1715337,00.html/ Because this woman has the closest thing to a super-power I’ve ever seen:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=517487&in_page_id=1770&ito=1490 I see that smile.  Subscribe in a reader

I’m throwing up this list because Mr. Coe addresses an issue that not many writing advice articles hit on. He’s describing a number of ways he runs his writing routine with pointers on ways he keeps himself motivated and letting the words flow. Certain things are there that you’d expect,…

My entry for the Clarity of Night short fiction contest is now up. Check it out here, if you’d like, and let me know what you think. Wasn’t quite sure how to approach this one, but I think I’m happy with the result. In case you haven’t seen, the Fantasy…