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The Chimerical Dark

The Home of Sean M Davis' Shadowed Imagination

Category: Writing

Anything Worth Doing…

Posted on May 19, 2025 by SeanMDavis in Day in the Life, Thinking out loud, Writing

"You can do anything you put your mind to" is bad advice. This is better.

Tagged Bluesky, clean freak, horror, learning, motivation, motivational speech, WritingLeave a comment

The Pushback

Posted on May 5, 2025 by SeanMDavis in Day in the Life, Thinking out loud, Writing

Thinking about ways to push through the pushback.

Tagged bike, bikes, biking, clean freak, Codename: candy, Codename: Fairyland, cycling, Fiction, horror, short story, update, WritingLeave a comment

Sold a Short Story

Posted on April 20, 2025April 20, 2025 by SeanMDavis in anthology, Fiction, Published, Writing

I share some redacted details about a recent story acceptance.

Tagged acceptance, anthology, books, Codename: candy, Fiction, haunted objects, horror, short fiction, short story, short-stories, themed, WritingLeave a comment

A Lovely Little Diversion

Posted on April 7, 2025 by SeanMDavis in Fiction, Writing

A short story took over my attention this week, so I'm taking a break from Codename: Fairyland

Tagged Codename: candy, Codename: Fairyland, Fiction, horror, plotting, process, short fiction, story structure, WritingLeave a comment

Break the Page

Posted on March 10, 2025 by SeanMDavis in Day in the Life, update, Writing

Update on Codename: Fairyland

Tagged Codename: Fairyland, Fiction, horror, Writing, writing habitsLeave a comment

Momentum

Posted on February 10, 2025 by SeanMDavis in Fiction, update, Writing

An update to Codename: Fairyland

Tagged Codename: Fairyland, Fiction, horror, momentum, novel, pace, update, WritingLeave a comment

Branding

Posted on January 26, 2025 by SeanMDavis in Thinking out loud, Writing

Branding can be a useful marketing tool, or it can be a box we become trapped in.

Tagged brand, branding, dark fantasy, genre, horror, WritingLeave a comment

Once Upon a Time

Posted on January 13, 2025 by SeanMDavis in Fiction, Writing

Ruminating on what makes a story's opening line "good."

Tagged Codename: Fairyland, horror, novel, opening line, WIP, WritingLeave a comment

The Future

Posted on January 2, 2025January 2, 2025 by SeanMDavis in Business of Writing, Fiction, Nonfiction, Writing

A review of 2024; a preview of 2025.

Tagged Codename: Fairyland, Codename: Memories, goals, horror, The Chimerical Dark, WritingLeave a comment

The End

Posted on December 18, 2024December 18, 2024 by SeanMDavis in Writing

An update on Codename: Memories

Tagged Codename: Memories, horror, the end, WritingLeave a comment

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