Shayna Grissom Writes

self-publishing

  • Indie Summary for 2025

    TL:DR Past blog posts: After wrestling the rights to The Dredes series out of my failing publisher’s hands, I went on a Self-Pub spree and rapid released horror books that have been stacking over the years. And here’s how it went… I started with The Night Dredes in August and The Day Dredes two weeks Read more

  • A book a month

    I didn’t just crash into Indie-publishing with two books and a third coming out next week. This looks weird without context and I realize I haven’t given any context as to why I’ve pulled a book out of my ass every two weeks. I touched on it a little bit in previous posts, particularly The Read more

  • Dance, Monkey

    Since the dawn of social media, writers were reassured by their agents that a platform wasn’t required.** Was it nice to have a built-in fanbase? Yeah! But it wasn’t a requirement because the publisher would tend to the marketing on behalf of the author. In the last few years it’s been a growing concern for Read more

  • 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

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