Hey everyone, long time without a newsletter, huh? That's because I've been busy writing, posting excerpts of my work at www.writing.com/authors/shelley2007 (I've also set up a discussion page at my site, www.shelleystoehr.com, so far it's set up for discussion of my new works, but if you have a discussion idea, let me know!) Anyway, I've also set myself up on Myspace and Livejournal, so I've been busy keeping up with or getting that going.

On a personal note, I'm quitting drinking because it always makes me cry and freaks out my husband. It's going to be hard after a long day with the kids, to not have a vodka rocks, but I think it's something I should do.

I'm about 50 pages into a new book, called The Book, which was a short story in the anthology Lost and Found, but which I've expanded, or am in the process anyway. I'm finding it to be a tough book to write because it covers time from when the protagonist is in 4th grade til 9th grade (or maybe 8th, I haven't decided yet), plus there are really 2 main characters with lives going on.

Welcome newcomers to my newsletter, and old friends, thanks for your loyalty. Email me any time!

-- Shelley Stoehr

Selected Works

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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