|
Dear Readers,
I’m so pleased that you’re taking a moment to visit my beautiful new website! Here, I hope you’ll find a bit more about me, my books for Avon Inspire, and perhaps even become my friend on Facebook.
 I’m thrilled to announce my next book, Winter’s Awakening is due out in February.
About an hour’s drive from my home in Southern Ohio is an Amish community. Whenever life feels too hectic, I grant myself an afternoon off and drive east. Before too long, I’ve left the highway and the noise and the fast food restaurants behind. Instead, I find peace.
There, nestled in the windy, hilly roads lined with thick oaks and maples, I breathe deep and relax. I sample fresh cheese from the dairy, read Amish cookbooks in the cluttered aisle at the general store, and of course, pick up a dozen fresh cinnamon rolls. I sit in one of the rocking chairs that lines one restaurant’s front porch and smile at the horses hitched to buggies…and chat with the folks who have time to visit.
I hope you’ll find my website a little bit like that-a place to take a break and catch up on news. An enjoyable place to visit.
With Blessings to you,
Shelley
 |
|
Filed in: blog
|
|
|
Well, it finally happened. February 2, 2010, came, and Winter’s Awakening is now available for sale!
What’s really exciting is Truly, Madly, a Lucy Valentine Novel, by Heather Webber, goes on sale today, too.
Why is that exciting? Because Heather is one of my critique partners…and she’s not only an awesome writer, she’s an awesome person. Heather and I met during a meeting of the Ohio Valley Romance Writers of America a little more than ten years ago. I was shy, she was too. I was confused and nervous. Until that first meeting, I had been sure that becoming a writer was just a silly dream.
Lucky for me, Heather had already sold a few short stories and needed a new critique partner. When she asked me to meet with her one morning at Borders, I jumped at the chance.
Ever since then, we’ve met every other week and traded papers. Heather taught me how to edit. She taught me about point of view. She taught me that it was okay to dream about big things-things like having a book with my name on it in a bookstore.
What did I teach her? My guess is perseverance. Or, maybe she had that already.
For the first three years that we were critique partners, we got lots of rejections. Then, slowly, we started getting lots of revision letters…then we finally sold our first books. Now, today, we’ve got books appearing on bookstore shelves on the very same day.
I can’t say it enough…I am blessed to know Heather Webber.
So, please join me in celebrating Winter’s Awakening’s release. And Truly, Madly, too. : )
Shelley
1 Comment
|
 |
|
|
Where to Find Shelley
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church
February 11, 9:00 am.
Speaking to the MOPS group.
Loveland, Ohio
Barnes and Noble, West Chester, OH
February 13, 1-3 pm
Participating in their Reader Appreciation Day event
Signing Winter’s Awakening
Mad Anthony Book Conference Hamilton, OH
April 16-17, 2010
Signing books and giving two workshops
ICRS in St. Louis, MS
June 28-30.
Signing for Harper One at
ICRS in St. Louis, MS
|
