Now that ARCs for The Honey Witch are starting to make their way into the world, I wanted to provide some content warnings.

I'M GOING TO BE A PUBLISHED AUTHOR!!!!!!! The Honey Witch sold in a six-figure preempt, in a two-book deal to Orbit US and Orbit UK! I'm...

For those who have been waiting for an exciting announcement, I have news! Next week, I'll finally be able to share all of my secrets.

A lot, actually. A lot is going on. Updates on THE HONEY WITCH are coming soon, so I'm not going to talk about it in this post. Instead,...

Time flies when you're writing books! Well, not really. Right now, time is like trying to hold a feral cat that will go from sleeping in...

I turned in my revisions to my agent on Friday of last week. I spent the weekend with my best friend who came to visit me, but since she...

HOW has it already been a month??!?!?!?!?! I signed with my literary agent exactly one month ago today, and I'm here to tell you about...

The fact that I get to write one of these posts now is so surreal to me. These types of posts were the only thing that kept me going in...

This is a dream come true and I am so excited to be sharing this news with you! I wrote my book, THE HONEY WITCH, in May of this year....

I hope you all know how much I appreciate you and cherish our friendship, but just in case you don't, please keep reading. Thank you so...

A question that anyone asks while traveling. Airports are so unpredictable. You might have a printed itinerary, complete with crisp new...

Announcement: Nothing! I finished the second draft of THE HONEY WITCH and sent it to two friends whom I trust with everything I have, and...

I, like many of you, have been on a quest to find true enemies-to-lovers books that are not actually "secret pining" where one character...

Last month, I sat down to write an entire novel in 1 week. And I failed. I made it to almost 41,0000 words out of my goal of 65,000. I...

I am probably not the best person to ask, but I'll talk about it anyway. I wrote my first book, Where The Water Burns, last year over the...

I knooooooooow. I know. I KNOW, OKAY?!?!?!?! If you follow me on tiktok (@sydneyjshields) you probably saw my story the other day where I...

It is Friday, May 27th, 9:34 PM EST, and I just finished the first draft of my new book! This draft came out WAY shorter than I intended,...

I started making videos on tiktok in August of 2021. Currently (May 2022) I have 15,000 followers. I've had a few videos go viral, and...

Hello there. My name is Sydney (feel free to call me Syd) and I am a Sci-fi/Fantasy author. I am 24 years old and I live in Savannah,...