Shay Rodricks
@authorshayrodricks.bsky.social
Writing fantasy, drinking coffee, getting into shenanigans 🩷💜🩵
Author of THE NIGHTSHADE
Broadleaf Board Member
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Author of THE NIGHTSHADE
Broadleaf Board Member
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Author Confession #4
I start every writing session with a snack, a drink, a vibe check...
And zero words. 😅
#author #indieauthor
I start every writing session with a snack, a drink, a vibe check...
And zero words. 😅
#author #indieauthor
November 4, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Author Confession #4
I start every writing session with a snack, a drink, a vibe check...
And zero words. 😅
#author #indieauthor
I start every writing session with a snack, a drink, a vibe check...
And zero words. 😅
#author #indieauthor
Author Confession #5
I talk to my characters as if they are real people... Because they are.
#indieauthor #booksky
I talk to my characters as if they are real people... Because they are.
#indieauthor #booksky
November 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Author Confession #5
I talk to my characters as if they are real people... Because they are.
#indieauthor #booksky
I talk to my characters as if they are real people... Because they are.
#indieauthor #booksky
Outline said: quick scene with tension
Draft said: power struggle, blood, & regret
#amwriting #fantasyauthor #indieauthor #booksky
Draft said: power struggle, blood, & regret
#amwriting #fantasyauthor #indieauthor #booksky
October 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Outline said: quick scene with tension
Draft said: power struggle, blood, & regret
#amwriting #fantasyauthor #indieauthor #booksky
Draft said: power struggle, blood, & regret
#amwriting #fantasyauthor #indieauthor #booksky
I can't believe that I'm getting a chance to live my author dream. ❤️
#booksky #indieauthor #debutnovel
#booksky #indieauthor #debutnovel
October 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I can't believe that I'm getting a chance to live my author dream. ❤️
#booksky #indieauthor #debutnovel
#booksky #indieauthor #debutnovel
It's PUB DAY 😍
After over 8 years of working on The Nightshade, she's finally here and real and available to readers. It's a wild feeling to be sharing my baby with y'all, and I'm at a loss for words that it's really happening. ❤️
#debutnovel #pubday #booksky #fantasybooksky
After over 8 years of working on The Nightshade, she's finally here and real and available to readers. It's a wild feeling to be sharing my baby with y'all, and I'm at a loss for words that it's really happening. ❤️
#debutnovel #pubday #booksky #fantasybooksky
October 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
It's PUB DAY 😍
After over 8 years of working on The Nightshade, she's finally here and real and available to readers. It's a wild feeling to be sharing my baby with y'all, and I'm at a loss for words that it's really happening. ❤️
#debutnovel #pubday #booksky #fantasybooksky
After over 8 years of working on The Nightshade, she's finally here and real and available to readers. It's a wild feeling to be sharing my baby with y'all, and I'm at a loss for words that it's really happening. ❤️
#debutnovel #pubday #booksky #fantasybooksky
First Page Challenge Accepted
The Nightshade releases tomorrow! Details in my bio 🥳
✅Strong morally gray FMC
✅Secret Identities, Espionage, & Heists
✅Political Intrigue
✅Desert / Indian / Middle Eastern inspired
✅Slow Burn Romance
✅Adult Fantasy
#fantasybook #booksky #debutnovel
The Nightshade releases tomorrow! Details in my bio 🥳
✅Strong morally gray FMC
✅Secret Identities, Espionage, & Heists
✅Political Intrigue
✅Desert / Indian / Middle Eastern inspired
✅Slow Burn Romance
✅Adult Fantasy
#fantasybook #booksky #debutnovel
October 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
First Page Challenge Accepted
The Nightshade releases tomorrow! Details in my bio 🥳
✅Strong morally gray FMC
✅Secret Identities, Espionage, & Heists
✅Political Intrigue
✅Desert / Indian / Middle Eastern inspired
✅Slow Burn Romance
✅Adult Fantasy
#fantasybook #booksky #debutnovel
The Nightshade releases tomorrow! Details in my bio 🥳
✅Strong morally gray FMC
✅Secret Identities, Espionage, & Heists
✅Political Intrigue
✅Desert / Indian / Middle Eastern inspired
✅Slow Burn Romance
✅Adult Fantasy
#fantasybook #booksky #debutnovel
Kanye inspired me to create my own betrayal list... So here's my Indie Author Betrayal List for all the ways my book release is emotionally betraying me 😅
#indieauthor #debutnovel #betrayallist
#indieauthor #debutnovel #betrayallist
October 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Kanye inspired me to create my own betrayal list... So here's my Indie Author Betrayal List for all the ways my book release is emotionally betraying me 😅
#indieauthor #debutnovel #betrayallist
#indieauthor #debutnovel #betrayallist
"Just be yourself."
Well I did.
And now I have written a 121k fantasy novel that accidentally turned into a treatise on power and patriarchy- with a side of sandstorms and silk veils.
#booksky #amwritingfantasy #debutnovel #thenightshade #indieauthor
Well I did.
And now I have written a 121k fantasy novel that accidentally turned into a treatise on power and patriarchy- with a side of sandstorms and silk veils.
#booksky #amwritingfantasy #debutnovel #thenightshade #indieauthor
October 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
"Just be yourself."
Well I did.
And now I have written a 121k fantasy novel that accidentally turned into a treatise on power and patriarchy- with a side of sandstorms and silk veils.
#booksky #amwritingfantasy #debutnovel #thenightshade #indieauthor
Well I did.
And now I have written a 121k fantasy novel that accidentally turned into a treatise on power and patriarchy- with a side of sandstorms and silk veils.
#booksky #amwritingfantasy #debutnovel #thenightshade #indieauthor
Officially a week out from my debut novel release and I'm freaking out! The Nightshade is going to be out there with readers soon 😁😍
#booksky #indieauthor #fantasy #debutnovel #thenightshade
#booksky #indieauthor #fantasy #debutnovel #thenightshade
October 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Officially a week out from my debut novel release and I'm freaking out! The Nightshade is going to be out there with readers soon 😁😍
#booksky #indieauthor #fantasy #debutnovel #thenightshade
#booksky #indieauthor #fantasy #debutnovel #thenightshade
Stressing because it feels like my copyeditor is trying to focus on developmental edits... But that's not what I need from you 🫠
#indieauthor #amwriting #booksky #writer
#indieauthor #amwriting #booksky #writer
July 28, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Stressing because it feels like my copyeditor is trying to focus on developmental edits... But that's not what I need from you 🫠
#indieauthor #amwriting #booksky #writer
#indieauthor #amwriting #booksky #writer
Obsessed with my cover 😍
Coming out October 14th!!
#indieauthor
#thenightshade
#booksky
#amwritingfantasy
Coming out October 14th!!
#indieauthor
#thenightshade
#booksky
#amwritingfantasy
June 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Obsessed with my cover 😍
Coming out October 14th!!
#indieauthor
#thenightshade
#booksky
#amwritingfantasy
Coming out October 14th!!
#indieauthor
#thenightshade
#booksky
#amwritingfantasy
Hours and hours of editing later, finally sent my final draft off to my copy editor!! 🥳
🖋️📖💰
#indieauthor #amwritingfantasy #booksky #amediting
🖋️📖💰
#indieauthor #amwritingfantasy #booksky #amediting
June 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Hours and hours of editing later, finally sent my final draft off to my copy editor!! 🥳
🖋️📖💰
#indieauthor #amwritingfantasy #booksky #amediting
🖋️📖💰
#indieauthor #amwritingfantasy #booksky #amediting
My roundtable episode on the Write Now podcast just came out today! 🥰
🖋️📖💰
#indieauthor
#amwritingfantasy
open.spotify.com/episode/6kOd...
🖋️📖💰
#indieauthor
#amwritingfantasy
open.spotify.com/episode/6kOd...
Write Now: Roundtable with Benji Carr and Shay Rodricks
Write Now with Broadleaf Writers · Episode
open.spotify.com
May 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
My roundtable episode on the Write Now podcast just came out today! 🥰
🖋️📖💰
#indieauthor
#amwritingfantasy
open.spotify.com/episode/6kOd...
🖋️📖💰
#indieauthor
#amwritingfantasy
open.spotify.com/episode/6kOd...
My brain hurts after working through some editing problems this morning 😑🖋️📖💰
#amediting #fantasyauthor #indieauthor #booksky
#amediting #fantasyauthor #indieauthor #booksky
May 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
My brain hurts after working through some editing problems this morning 😑🖋️📖💰
#amediting #fantasyauthor #indieauthor #booksky
#amediting #fantasyauthor #indieauthor #booksky
Just got done recording my first ever podcast episode! I'll be a guest on a round table episode in a couple of weeks! 🖋️📖💰
#writer #writingcommunity #fantasywriter #podcast #author
#writer #writingcommunity #fantasywriter #podcast #author
May 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Just got done recording my first ever podcast episode! I'll be a guest on a round table episode in a couple of weeks! 🖋️📖💰
#writer #writingcommunity #fantasywriter #podcast #author
#writer #writingcommunity #fantasywriter #podcast #author
What writers conferences do y'all go to? Looking to expand my conference going! 🖋️📖💰
#indieauthor
#amwritingfantasy
#iloveconferences
#indieauthor
#amwritingfantasy
#iloveconferences
May 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
What writers conferences do y'all go to? Looking to expand my conference going! 🖋️📖💰
#indieauthor
#amwritingfantasy
#iloveconferences
#indieauthor
#amwritingfantasy
#iloveconferences
So my grandfather, Dada, was part of my inspiration for The Nightshade. I wanted to connect with him and my Indian culture. Happy birthday, Dada! Love and miss you! 🖋️📖💰
#author
#booksky
#inspiration
#author
#booksky
#inspiration
May 6, 2025 at 10:50 PM
So my grandfather, Dada, was part of my inspiration for The Nightshade. I wanted to connect with him and my Indian culture. Happy birthday, Dada! Love and miss you! 🖋️📖💰
#author
#booksky
#inspiration
#author
#booksky
#inspiration
Had so much fun at our in person writers meeting for Broadleaf Writers yesterday! I joined in the readings, and shared the first chapter of The Nightshade 🥰🖋️📖💰
#author
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#author
#writingcommunity
#booksky
April 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Had so much fun at our in person writers meeting for Broadleaf Writers yesterday! I joined in the readings, and shared the first chapter of The Nightshade 🥰🖋️📖💰
#author
#writingcommunity
#booksky
#author
#writingcommunity
#booksky
About a quarter of the way through edits on my WIP Nightshade! 🖋️📖💰
#indieauthor #booksky #amwritingfantasy #amediting
#indieauthor #booksky #amwritingfantasy #amediting
April 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
About a quarter of the way through edits on my WIP Nightshade! 🖋️📖💰
#indieauthor #booksky #amwritingfantasy #amediting
#indieauthor #booksky #amwritingfantasy #amediting
#fantasyindiesapril Day 8
YES. I love rereading books. I have a few comfort reads that I go back to frequently.
#booksky #indieauthor #amwritingfantasy
YES. I love rereading books. I have a few comfort reads that I go back to frequently.
#booksky #indieauthor #amwritingfantasy
April 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
#fantasyindiesapril Day 8
YES. I love rereading books. I have a few comfort reads that I go back to frequently.
#booksky #indieauthor #amwritingfantasy
YES. I love rereading books. I have a few comfort reads that I go back to frequently.
#booksky #indieauthor #amwritingfantasy
Had a fun productive writing afternoon with my critique partner today! Complete with delicious coffee 🤓
#indieauthor #authorcommunity #deliciouscoffee
#indieauthor #authorcommunity #deliciouscoffee
April 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Had a fun productive writing afternoon with my critique partner today! Complete with delicious coffee 🤓
#indieauthor #authorcommunity #deliciouscoffee
#indieauthor #authorcommunity #deliciouscoffee
#fantasyindiesapril Day 7
Honestly not many animals in either of my WIP haha in Robyn & Marian there are horses because Robyn Hood but in Nightshade they're in a remote city state in the desert so not a lot of wildlife...
#amwritingfantasy #writer
Honestly not many animals in either of my WIP haha in Robyn & Marian there are horses because Robyn Hood but in Nightshade they're in a remote city state in the desert so not a lot of wildlife...
#amwritingfantasy #writer
April 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
#fantasyindiesapril Day 7
Honestly not many animals in either of my WIP haha in Robyn & Marian there are horses because Robyn Hood but in Nightshade they're in a remote city state in the desert so not a lot of wildlife...
#amwritingfantasy #writer
Honestly not many animals in either of my WIP haha in Robyn & Marian there are horses because Robyn Hood but in Nightshade they're in a remote city state in the desert so not a lot of wildlife...
#amwritingfantasy #writer
#fantasyindiesapril Day 3
I've been reading a lot of Romantasy. Like a lot a lot haha
I also read contemporary romance, fantasy, mystery / thriller, and the occasional nonfic writing book. 🩵
#writingcommunity #amwritingfantasy #writer
I've been reading a lot of Romantasy. Like a lot a lot haha
I also read contemporary romance, fantasy, mystery / thriller, and the occasional nonfic writing book. 🩵
#writingcommunity #amwritingfantasy #writer
April 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
#fantasyindiesapril Day 3
I've been reading a lot of Romantasy. Like a lot a lot haha
I also read contemporary romance, fantasy, mystery / thriller, and the occasional nonfic writing book. 🩵
#writingcommunity #amwritingfantasy #writer
I've been reading a lot of Romantasy. Like a lot a lot haha
I also read contemporary romance, fantasy, mystery / thriller, and the occasional nonfic writing book. 🩵
#writingcommunity #amwritingfantasy #writer
I had fun presenting to high school creative writing students about fear, roadblocks, and rejection when writing!
#indieauthor
#author
#amwritingfantasy
#indieauthor
#author
#amwritingfantasy
April 3, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I had fun presenting to high school creative writing students about fear, roadblocks, and rejection when writing!
#indieauthor
#author
#amwritingfantasy
#indieauthor
#author
#amwritingfantasy
#fantasyindiesapril
For Nightshade, it's set in a desert like area in a remote city state so it's just hot all the time! Haha
For my WIP sapphic Robyn & Marian, it's fall in Sherwood 🍂
#indieauthor #amwriting #amwritingfantasy
For Nightshade, it's set in a desert like area in a remote city state so it's just hot all the time! Haha
For my WIP sapphic Robyn & Marian, it's fall in Sherwood 🍂
#indieauthor #amwriting #amwritingfantasy
April 2, 2025 at 10:53 PM
#fantasyindiesapril
For Nightshade, it's set in a desert like area in a remote city state so it's just hot all the time! Haha
For my WIP sapphic Robyn & Marian, it's fall in Sherwood 🍂
#indieauthor #amwriting #amwritingfantasy
For Nightshade, it's set in a desert like area in a remote city state so it's just hot all the time! Haha
For my WIP sapphic Robyn & Marian, it's fall in Sherwood 🍂
#indieauthor #amwriting #amwritingfantasy