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13 Words

Posted on July 14, 2025 by SeanMDavis in Fiction, Writing

A shameless plug.

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Idea Evaluation and Development

Posted on July 8, 2025 by SeanMDavis in Fiction, Writing

In lieu of a WIP update.

Tagged 4th wall break, comedic effect, horror, idea development, idea evaluation, WritingLeave a comment

Yes, I Do Have Anxiety

Posted on June 16, 2025 by SeanMDavis in Day in the Life, Thinking out loud

A question from a co-worker made me reflect on my horr-igin story.

Tagged books, growing up, horror, horror-movies, Movies, novels, reading, speculative fiction, stories, the 80s, WritingLeave a comment

It Sounded Like a Good Idea at the Time

Posted on June 2, 2025 by SeanMDavis in editing, Fiction, update, Writing

An update on Codename: Candy. We're in the editing stage, y'all!

Tagged books, Codename: candy, creative-writing, editing, Fiction, horror, short fiction, short story, WritingLeave a comment

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

What I’m Reading

Posted on April 13, 2025 by SeanMDavis in books, Fiction, Review

An in-depth review of The September House by Carissa Orlando

Tagged book-review, book-reviews, books, Carissa Orlando, Fiction, horror, novel, psychological, reading, review, the september house, 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

What I’m Reading

Posted on March 19, 2025 by SeanMDavis in books, Fiction, Magazines, Review

It's in the title.

Tagged books, Cemetery Dance, horror, novel, philosophy of mind, reading, review, the doomsday key, the september house, WritingLeave a comment

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