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The Chimerical Dark

The Home of Sean M Davis' Shadowed Imagination

Tag: Writing

I sold a book and that’s a big deal

Posted on November 5, 2024 by SeanMDavis in Business of Writing, Day in the Life

But probably not for the reason you think.

Tagged books, bookstore, browsing, clean, clean freak, Fiction, freak, horror, novel, schuler books, WritingLeave a comment

Notebook Work

Posted on October 27, 2024October 28, 2024 by SeanMDavis in Fiction, Writing

In which I think about the role of notebook work in my writing process.

Tagged backstory, clean freak, Codename: Memories, first draft, horror, notebook, rewrite, timeline, WritingLeave a comment

Writing the Bones

Posted on October 6, 2024October 6, 2024 by SeanMDavis in Fiction, Writing

An update to my WIP, Codename: Memories.

Tagged Codename: Memories, horror, rewrite, update, WritingLeave a comment

What’s your intention

Posted on September 11, 2024September 11, 2024 by SeanMDavis in Day in the Life, Thinking out loud, Writing

In which I consider and clarify what my intentions are as a writer.

Tagged clarification, good stories, intention, stories, writers' block, WritingLeave a comment

Pantsing v. Plotting

Posted on August 26, 2024 by SeanMDavis in Thinking out loud, Writing

In a covert update on Codename: Memories, I examine the difference between pantsing and plotting, which turns out to be not that much difference after all.

Tagged clean, clean freak, codename:memories, Fiction, freak, horror, notebook, notes, novel, pantsing, plotting, process, WritingLeave a comment

My 100th post

Posted on July 30, 2024 by SeanMDavis in Day in the Life, Writing

Celebrating a milestone.

Tagged blog, clean freak, hey guys, horror, milestone, social media personality, story, WritingLeave a comment

WIP Update

Posted on June 30, 2024 by SeanMDavis in Fiction, News, Writing

Update on Codename: Memories, including the one thing that separates writers from people who want to write.

Tagged Codename: Memories, draft zero, first draft, horror, rewriting, the end, update, WritingLeave a comment

Idea development

Posted on June 24, 2024 by SeanMDavis in Fiction, Thinking out loud, Writing

I think out loud about what to do when I get a new idea for my current WIP.

Tagged horror, idea development, novel, novel writing, Writing, writing processLeave a comment

What I’ve been working on

Posted on June 5, 2024June 12, 2024 by SeanMDavis in Fiction, Writing

An update on Project: Memory

Tagged horror, project: memory, update, WritingLeave a comment

Endless creativity

Posted on May 20, 2024 by SeanMDavis in Day in the Life, Writing

I reflect on how, during what I thought was a fallow period in my creative life, it had simply shifted from one mode of expression to another.

Tagged clean freak, creativity, experiement schrodinger, in god's own image, jokes, journey, novel, short fiction, WritingLeave a comment

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