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How I Write: Setting

Posted on October 13, 2025October 13, 2025 by SeanMDavis in how to, Writing

I continue writing about my process; this time, writing about setting.

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How I Write: Characters

Posted on September 15, 2025 by SeanMDavis in Fiction, how to, Writing

In lieu of a What I'm Watching post, I've decided to do a little series about how I write

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Taking Breaks

Posted on September 8, 2025 by SeanMDavis in Day in the Life, Thinking out loud

Or, how writing jokes saved my creative life.

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What I’ve Been Reading

Posted on September 5, 2025 by SeanMDavis in Fiction, Review

The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig

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Notes, So Many Notes

Posted on August 25, 2025 by SeanMDavis in Fiction, update, Writing

An update on Codename: Fairyland

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Finding My Process

Posted on August 17, 2025 by SeanMDavis in how to, Writing

I talk about trying to develop a writing process after years of winging it.

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Fortitude

Posted on August 11, 2025 by SeanMDavis in Business of Writing, Writing

What it takes to be a professional writer.

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What I’ve Been Reading

Posted on August 4, 2025 by SeanMDavis in books, Fiction, Review

What Kind of Mother by Clay McLeod Chapman

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Coming Home

Posted on July 28, 2025 by SeanMDavis in Fiction, Writing

An update on Codename: Fairyland

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What I’ve Been Watching

Posted on July 20, 2025July 20, 2025 by SeanMDavis in Movies, Review

Us (2019)

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