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Happiness is a Process
Happiness is a process. A fucked up, tangled, mixed up process. There isn’t a straight line to it either. And when you have it, it’s as...
jrgraybooks
Apr 6, 20197 min read
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The Queer Elephant in the Room
Today’s blog post is featured on Frolic Media. It is a piece I struggled to find the courage to write, as well as publish. It’s very...
jrgraybooks
Mar 30, 20191 min read
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Speak No Evil is HERE and $20 Amazon giveaway!
Weston doesn’t believe in voodoo but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t believe in him. His life and family were steeped in the stuff and it...
jrgraybooks
Mar 28, 20192 min read
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The Never Ending Process
The only way to learn how to write is to write a lot. I can’t remember which writer I got that little piece of advice from but it has...
jrgraybooks
Mar 23, 20195 min read
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If you ever want to torture yourself…
Writing is hard. Writers do it because we love it. This isn’t a job you can do without loving it, just because of the sacrifice and the...
jrgraybooks
Mar 16, 20193 min read
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The Ever Growing Problem and a Speak No Evil Sneak Peek
I try to never comment on the drama that goes on in the genre. It’s not that I don’t have opinions. I have lots of opinions and I’m an...
jrgraybooks
Mar 9, 20194 min read
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I can’t tie my shoes.
I can’t tie my shoes. No fucking shit, I am being 100% serious right now. I am partially dyslexic. I don’t talk about it. I don’t bring...
jrgraybooks
Mar 2, 20194 min read
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No straight line to where I want to be.
It’s dark for like the sixth week in a row, and I have no motivation to do anything. I didn’t even blog the last two weeks because I’ve...
jrgraybooks
Feb 23, 20193 min read
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Don’t tell me what my sexuality and identity can be.
Life changes us. Our experiences change us. Maybe it’s just because of the way I was raised, but I learn things about myself all the...
jrgraybooks
Feb 2, 20193 min read
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Pushing for More
I want better for myself. I think we all do. I want to hold myself to a higher standard. I have been torn for weeks finishing up this YA...
jrgraybooks
Jan 26, 20192 min read
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The Little Lies We Tell Ourselves
Maybe we have the idea of mental health all wrong. I’ve been thinking a lot about mental health recently. I read a powerful twitter...
jrgraybooks
Jan 19, 20194 min read
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Love is Complicated
This is a hard one for me to write and I’m wavering before hitting publish even this morning. As I wrote last month, December is a hard...
jrgraybooks
Jan 12, 20194 min read
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New Year, New Something.
The world isn’t great right now. There is tension and stress woven everywhere we look. There are days it feels like it’s a rubber band...
jrgraybooks
Jan 5, 20193 min read
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Holidays Are Hard
Holidays are hard. Anyone who doesn’t agree with me might not have lived or loved as hard. Or maybe I was just dealt a different hand...
jrgraybooks
Dec 22, 20184 min read
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Grand Planning
I like to grand plan. I like to do it a lot more while I’m out in the majestic landscapes with little to no cell service. I like to think...
jrgraybooks
Dec 15, 20184 min read
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No you’re not welcome at my table.
During this time of year I start to see a lot of posts about ‘accepting family’ and ‘reaching across the table and hugging someone who...
jrgraybooks
Dec 8, 20183 min read
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Maybe rethink your comment.
I hate being misgendered. I’m not sure if all trans people feel this way, but for me it’s like being completely dismissed and people...
jrgraybooks
Dec 1, 20183 min read
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I choose you random citizen…
Friendship is fucking weird. First off, it’s like saying I choose you to another random human. And it’s not about fucking or procreation...
jrgraybooks
Nov 24, 20185 min read
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Stuck in a moment
It’s no secret I suffer from social anxiety. I’ve written about it before. I wrote about how it affected my GRL experience just two weeks...
jrgraybooks
Nov 17, 20183 min read
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I need to do more.
I’ve sat back and watched my rights dismantled for the last two years with not a thing I could do about it. I live in Texas, where being...
jrgraybooks
Nov 10, 20182 min read
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