Shayna Grissom Writes

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  • Safe & Sound

    It was 2016 and we were house shopping. At this point in time we had looked at over six houses and were outbid on five of them and walked away from the 6th after a bad inspection report. We looked at new houses, old houses, and everything in-between and were getting desperate. My house had… Read more

  • Inspiration

    It’s not where inspiration comes from, but rather when. I have four main folders on my desktop. “Working Drafts” and “Published” are fairly self-explanatory, the other two are easily understood if you’ve seen The Princess Bride. “The Dragon’s Hoard” is where my finished works go. Before my Self-Publishing era that file was beyond depressing to… Read more

  • Feedback: When to take it, and when to leave it

    I’m supposed to be on a writing hiatus, and I am, just not from writing on the blog. Feedback is what separates a writer from an author. You Need Feedback. Period. That being said, not all feedback is helpful or useful to you. Half the time it’s not useful at all. Sometimes critiques are not… Read more

  • 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

  • The Ivy Noose and that time I signed with a homophobe

    Yeah… It’s exactly how it sounds. Let’s make things clear. I’m a Bi, Pan, Queer, whatever. Maybe it’s because I’m an elder queer or maybe it’s because I’m innately stubborn and dislike labels of any kind, but I grew up in a slightly less accepting time. I didn’t know what being a “dyke” meant in… Read more

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