[3] Shayne took a job watching a neighbor's horses so that she could earn the money to buy her first typewriter.
[4] The novel became the first of Shayne's Wings in the Night series, which she continued writing even after the Shadows Line was closed.
[5] Shayne has had over 70 novels published, including women's fiction, thrillers, romantic suspense, paranormal, and category romance.
[2] Many of her novels "[blend] mysticism into everyday life in a good vs. evil scenario.
"[7] Shayne also worked as a writer for the soap operas Guiding Light and As the World Turns and considered accepting the position of co-head-writer before deciding to devote her time to her novels.
[4][7] After several years of study at the Black Forest Clan, a chartered Wiccan seminary, Shayne became a high priestess and an elder in the Wicca religion and has been licensed as a minister.