Category: Business of Writing

Automated Idiocy

Posted on by SeanMDavis in Business of Writing, Thinking out loud

In The Tommyknockers, by Stephen King, main character Bobbi, under influence of the mysterious object she finds on her property, starts inventing some outlandish devices. One of these devices is sort of a telepathically run typewriter, an invention that allows Bobbi, a writer of Wild West novels, to write a new novel in just a … Continue reading Automated Idiocy →

Update to Clean Freak

Posted on by SeanMDavis in Business of Writing, Fiction, News, Published, Writing

Author Sean Davis writes about his novel Clean Freak going out of print due to a publisher's business model change. He reflects on the book's tumultuous publishing journey and how he coped with related mental health struggles. Davis mentions the hope for future reprints and the opportunity to tell new stories, coming to the realization that his success doesn't hinge on this one book.

An experiment in publishing

Posted on by SeanMDavis in Business of Writing, Day in the Life, Fiction, Published, Writing

Rather than talk about how I developed this story from an idea I jotted in my notebook under the working title, "Mirror Mad," I'm going to go through the thought process behind my decision to publish this story on Kindle myself, and what that process was actually like.

Borderlands Press Bootcamp

Posted on by SeanMDavis in Business of Writing, Conventions, School, Writing

This past weekend, I attended the Borderlands Press Writers’ Bootcamp. If you’re considering attending the Bootcamp or other retreat or seminar or six week course, I have two words for you: Do it. If you think that you don’t need to because you’re already a good writer, you’re wrong. You can always get better. Here’s … Continue reading Borderlands Press Bootcamp →