shayna grissom

  • Do you really need to hire an editor?

    Okay, babies… I need you to know that Agents often work on a cycle. When they’re new and eager, they take to Social Media to promote themselves as a business. This often includes inspirational posts, updates on their slush pile, and “Querying Tips.” Querying tips are great… Until they’re not. How to Query? Yes, post Read more

  • So you wanna send some queries…

    I’ve been at this for over a decade and the querying landscape has changed drastically. From Covid to the rise of QueryTracker, more writers than ever have been dipping their toes in the trenches. I’m not going to tell you how to write a query, there’s lots of resources out there from PubTips to legions Read more

  • Break Stuff

    Over the weekend, my husband and I were hanging out with some good friends of ours. We were talking about our plans for our homes. When it got to some rather pointed hinting from the wife to the husband that she wanted him to fix the shed, he listened but something was amiss. There was Read more