Shayna Grissom Writes

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  • Swept away

    The advice of all writing advice, the one we all know in our soul to be true but don’t get around to nearly as much. I don’t need to say it, if you’re a writer and you read the title, you know exactly what I’m talking about. Now, before you assume I’m a writer here 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

  • In the cold light of Day

    “Are things okay at home with your husband?” Hang on, what? As readers (especially of the horror variety), we can’t help but wonder “What inspired this piece of work?” My former publisher was no exception. So when I turned in The Day Dredes, the reactions were surprising because I didn’t see it as the horror 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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