Chad Grayson
@chadgrayson.com
🏳️🌈 SFF Author/Designer/Shitposter. Superpowers include procrastination and dyscalculia. Chaos on rails! Neuropunk. he/him/his. Probably looking for my keys right now. I have no idea what I'm doing and You Can't Stop Me! chadgrayson.com
New Year’s goals should feel like a stretch, not a hostage situation. If your plan requires a new personality, a 5am alarm, and divine intervention, it’s not a goal. It’s a fanfic.
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January 2, 2026 at 9:24 PM
New Year’s goals should feel like a stretch, not a hostage situation. If your plan requires a new personality, a 5am alarm, and divine intervention, it’s not a goal. It’s a fanfic.
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I don't really do resolutions per se but this year I will publish two more books (that are already in edits) and draft two more for publication in 2027.
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January 2, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I don't really do resolutions per se but this year I will publish two more books (that are already in edits) and draft two more for publication in 2027.
#QueerPrompts
#QueerPrompts
the D&D 5E Players manual (2014 edition.)
Ok, everyone, what book is sacred enough to you to get sworn in on?
Strange takes on Mayor Zamdani swearing his oath on the Qu’ran. It has nothing to do with church & state. The point of the oath is for the person swearing in to do so upon some text that is sacred TO THEM. Some Presidents swore in w/o any book. John Quincy Adams was sworn on a law book. His choice.
January 2, 2026 at 3:09 AM
the D&D 5E Players manual (2014 edition.)
Sure, I'll play.
I'm Chad. I write epic, emotional sci-fi and fantasy (kind of like if Sarah J Maas and Brandon Sanderson had a gay baby). I have 11 books out so far) just starting 'The Radiant Tomb,' which is the second book in my 'The Circle and the Shadow' epic fantasy series.
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I'm Chad. I write epic, emotional sci-fi and fantasy (kind of like if Sarah J Maas and Brandon Sanderson had a gay baby). I have 11 books out so far) just starting 'The Radiant Tomb,' which is the second book in my 'The Circle and the Shadow' epic fantasy series.
#QueerPrompts
January 1, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Sure, I'll play.
I'm Chad. I write epic, emotional sci-fi and fantasy (kind of like if Sarah J Maas and Brandon Sanderson had a gay baby). I have 11 books out so far) just starting 'The Radiant Tomb,' which is the second book in my 'The Circle and the Shadow' epic fantasy series.
#QueerPrompts
I'm Chad. I write epic, emotional sci-fi and fantasy (kind of like if Sarah J Maas and Brandon Sanderson had a gay baby). I have 11 books out so far) just starting 'The Radiant Tomb,' which is the second book in my 'The Circle and the Shadow' epic fantasy series.
#QueerPrompts
December 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
In this post GoT world I think this needs to be said. My books are not grimdark
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December 29, 2025 at 11:54 PM
In this post GoT world I think this needs to be said. My books are not grimdark
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December 29, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Describe your BlueSky account with one image .
I mean, I aspire to this anyway. lol.
I mean, I aspire to this anyway. lol.
December 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Describe your BlueSky account with one image .
I mean, I aspire to this anyway. lol.
I mean, I aspire to this anyway. lol.
December 27, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I see 'who will think of the straight white men?!' discourse is going around again as if most of the major authors in sff aren't still straight white men..it's tiring. your work needs to be interesting, that's it.
December 27, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I see 'who will think of the straight white men?!' discourse is going around again as if most of the major authors in sff aren't still straight white men..it's tiring. your work needs to be interesting, that's it.
this was the year I realized I wasn't shouting into the void (which was good news for the void because it was super sick of hearing from me) so thanks to everyone who joined me on this journey. There's a lot more to come!
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December 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
this was the year I realized I wasn't shouting into the void (which was good news for the void because it was super sick of hearing from me) so thanks to everyone who joined me on this journey. There's a lot more to come!
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December 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Calculus of Hope is done. Valley of Storms Paper edit officially done Vacation mode engaged (which means if I don't find fun projects to do I will start spiralling within 24 hours so I'm going to watch movies, paint minis, and sketch).
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December 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Calculus of Hope is done. Valley of Storms Paper edit officially done Vacation mode engaged (which means if I don't find fun projects to do I will start spiralling within 24 hours so I'm going to watch movies, paint minis, and sketch).
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December 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Watched #DoctorSleep today (loved it) and the whole time I was thinking 'this feels like a Mike Flanagan project' and I get to the end and the first title card is 'Written and Directed by Mike Flanagan.' and I don't know if I felt smart for figuring that out or dumb for not knowing that already.
December 21, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Watched #DoctorSleep today (loved it) and the whole time I was thinking 'this feels like a Mike Flanagan project' and I get to the end and the first title card is 'Written and Directed by Mike Flanagan.' and I don't know if I felt smart for figuring that out or dumb for not knowing that already.
getting back to sketching which I haven't really done since design school.. It's a relaxing way to keep myself from scrolling while I watch tv. my sketches are terrible but that's not the point. i may eventually upload some of the more promising ones to illustrator to refine them.
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December 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM
getting back to sketching which I haven't really done since design school.. It's a relaxing way to keep myself from scrolling while I watch tv. my sketches are terrible but that's not the point. i may eventually upload some of the more promising ones to illustrator to refine them.
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2025 Progress Report!
I didn't have a real word count goal for December, I just wanted to get The Calculus of Hope drafted, and I met that goal and wrote 27,611 in the process.
my goal for 2025 was to write 300,000 words and I wrote 307,611.
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I didn't have a real word count goal for December, I just wanted to get The Calculus of Hope drafted, and I met that goal and wrote 27,611 in the process.
my goal for 2025 was to write 300,000 words and I wrote 307,611.
#WriterSky
#AuthorSky
December 17, 2025 at 9:47 PM
2025 Progress Report!
I didn't have a real word count goal for December, I just wanted to get The Calculus of Hope drafted, and I met that goal and wrote 27,611 in the process.
my goal for 2025 was to write 300,000 words and I wrote 307,611.
#WriterSky
#AuthorSky
I didn't have a real word count goal for December, I just wanted to get The Calculus of Hope drafted, and I met that goal and wrote 27,611 in the process.
my goal for 2025 was to write 300,000 words and I wrote 307,611.
#WriterSky
#AuthorSky
I watched a lot of really good movies this year (Superman, Frankenstein, Conclave, FF among others) but #WakeUpDeadMan has ended up as my absolute favorite.The best of this series by far. It was a twisty, rewarding mystery and also an astonishing meditation on faith.
December 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I watched a lot of really good movies this year (Superman, Frankenstein, Conclave, FF among others) but #WakeUpDeadMan has ended up as my absolute favorite.The best of this series by far. It was a twisty, rewarding mystery and also an astonishing meditation on faith.
New Blog Post - What the fuck do I think I'm doing?
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Slow Burn, Long Tail - Chad Grayson
I’m already on record, stating how 2025 was a banner year for me. I feel kind of weird stating that, since it sucked so bad for so many other people, but for me it went really well (effects of the nat...
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December 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
New Blog Post - What the fuck do I think I'm doing?
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2025 will go down as the year, four years into this career, that i proved to myself that, oh yeah, there are actually 'pockets of demand' for my books. When I make an effort I find an audience and they go on to read my other stuff. This is not just a vanity project, which was a relief.
December 17, 2025 at 2:16 AM
2025 will go down as the year, four years into this career, that i proved to myself that, oh yeah, there are actually 'pockets of demand' for my books. When I make an effort I find an audience and they go on to read my other stuff. This is not just a vanity project, which was a relief.
76,237 words! The A/B draft if The Calculus of Hope is DONae. that's two whole novels written entirely in 2025!
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December 17, 2025 at 1:31 AM
76,237 words! The A/B draft if The Calculus of Hope is DONae. that's two whole novels written entirely in 2025!
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