Publishing – The Chimerical Dark

Taking It Like a Champ

Posted on October 6, 2025 by SeanMDavis in Business of Writing, editing

My tips on being edited

Fortitude

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

What it takes to be a professional writer.

The Value of Failure

Posted on March 31, 2015 by SeanMDavis in Day in the Life, News

Today's post is brought to you by an overwhelming and year-long feeling of failure. As I logged into WP to write this, I saw my previous post about all of the successes I've had over the last couple of years since I last applied for a Kresge Fellowship. Despite those successes, I've been grappling with … Continue reading The Value of Failure →

Blog Tour for An Aberrant Mind by Ken MacGregor

Posted on July 14, 2014 by SeanMDavis in Fiction, Genres, Give Aways, Interview

Ken MacGregor writes horror, fantasy, mystery, comedy and children's fiction, the elements sometimes overlapping. His short stories have appeared in anthologies by Siren's Call Publications, Hazardous Press, Blood Bound Books, Mystery and Horror, LLC and more. Cellar Door, which includes one of Ken's stories, won the Gothic Readers' Choice Award in 2013. Ken is a … Continue reading Blog Tour for An Aberrant Mind by Ken MacGregor →

Interview with Jay Wilburn

Posted on May 27, 2013May 27, 2013 by SeanMDavis in Interview

Jay Wilburn was a public school teacher for 16 years. He left to care for his younger son and to be a full-time writer. He lives in beautiful Conway, South Carolina with his wife and two sons. Jay was featured in Best Horror of the Year vol. 5, edited by Ellen Datlow. His work has … Continue reading Interview with Jay Wilburn →