Shayna Grissom Writes

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  • Behind the words: The Night Dredes

    The Night Dredes is kicking off my flagship horror series and a more serious foray into Self-Publishing, but it didn’t start out that way…. Sometimes I dream in High Definition, from start to finish stories and The Night Dredes, and it’s sequel, The Day Dredes were one of those situations. I don’t write every dream Read more

  • Is it me? Querying into the void

    I’ve been querying for over ten years now, and contrary to what the Social Media Algorithm wants you to believe, that’s not uncommon. I am not a unicorn, more like a narwal. So, for those of you querying at the moment, you’re likely hearing all sorts of querying factoids or statistics and assume you’re a 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

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