Just wanted to say hi to new subscribers, I see there are a bunch of you.

My son just turned one in Oct., so my life is a little less hectic than when he was a baby... back to writing as much as I can. Right now I'm working on a new book called "Birth Mother", about a girl who searches for and finds (and lives with for awhile) her birth mother. My agent just started shopping around "Let Her Cry", which is about a girl finding herself and finding love while caring for her bipolar mother. Of course, "Girl Broken" is still out there, waiting for a publisher. Fingers crossed!

I'm trying to quit drinking altogether, but so far have not been successful. Somehow, at the end of the night when the kids are in bed, it's either a vodka rocks or a razor... how unhealthy, but its true. But life can only get better, or so I hope.

Speaking of hope, I have a small piece in Joan Kaywell's anthology, "Dear Author, Letters of Hope".

I hope you are all doing well, and I wish I had more news to report.

Best,
Shelley

Selected Works

Young Adult Fiction/kindle

Somebody's Daughter
Somebody’s Daughter combines multiple points of view to tell the chilling events of a party gone wrong when the adults have all checked out of their children's lives.

Young Adult Fiction

Crosses
Nancy and Katie are best friends with one big thing in common -- they both cut themselves, “Not by accident, we do it purposely -- and regularly -- because physical pain is comforting, and because now it has become a habit.”

Weird on the Outside
When sixteen-year-old Tracey runs away she finds that making ends meet in New York City for a young girl with few real skills is nearly impossible. That’s when Tracey becomes Amanda, a topless dancer.

Tomorrow Wendy
“I’ve discovered that if you wear a big enough hat, no one worries much about what’s going on inside your head,” says Cary. And no one, not even her boyfriend, Danny, knows about the things inside Cary’s head. Especially the feelings she has for Wendy, a girl with bright green hair and hard-candy sadness in her eyes.

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