Author Shelby Lee
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Author of spicy books that hurt and heal.
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Shelby Lee
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Well hello #romancelandia, #booksky, and #booktok. 💙⏰📚🌶️🖤 (And others 😉)
My name is Shelby Lee.
I'm an author of dark and spicy books that hurt and heal (me? You? Characters? Who knows!)
You can find everything (and even some sales!) at authorshelbylee.com
I can't wait to meet you!
💜 Shelby Lee
My name is Shelby Lee.
I'm an author of dark and spicy books that hurt and heal (me? You? Characters? Who knows!)
You can find everything (and even some sales!) at authorshelbylee.com
I can't wait to meet you!
💜 Shelby Lee
I'm just saying: CANCELLED!, Father Figure, and Eldest Daughter are fueling my dark romance writing urges.
The Life of a Showgirl has no skips. None. Zero. So friggin good!
The Life of a Showgirl has no skips. None. Zero. So friggin good!
October 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I'm just saying: CANCELLED!, Father Figure, and Eldest Daughter are fueling my dark romance writing urges.
The Life of a Showgirl has no skips. None. Zero. So friggin good!
The Life of a Showgirl has no skips. None. Zero. So friggin good!
3300 words written today!
Managing mental and physical health with intense creative work is a challenge.
So excited to be back in the groove of things. And so happy I found these characters true voices after two years and four drafts!
Managing mental and physical health with intense creative work is a challenge.
So excited to be back in the groove of things. And so happy I found these characters true voices after two years and four drafts!
September 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
3300 words written today!
Managing mental and physical health with intense creative work is a challenge.
So excited to be back in the groove of things. And so happy I found these characters true voices after two years and four drafts!
Managing mental and physical health with intense creative work is a challenge.
So excited to be back in the groove of things. And so happy I found these characters true voices after two years and four drafts!
Friends with disabilities of all types,
I urge you to look into your rights within the court system.
I just learned of mine after ten years fighting legal battle after legal battle, despite asking and pleading for more help.
This is also a great time to remember to never give up on yourself.
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I urge you to look into your rights within the court system.
I just learned of mine after ten years fighting legal battle after legal battle, despite asking and pleading for more help.
This is also a great time to remember to never give up on yourself.
💜
June 19, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Friends with disabilities of all types,
I urge you to look into your rights within the court system.
I just learned of mine after ten years fighting legal battle after legal battle, despite asking and pleading for more help.
This is also a great time to remember to never give up on yourself.
💜
I urge you to look into your rights within the court system.
I just learned of mine after ten years fighting legal battle after legal battle, despite asking and pleading for more help.
This is also a great time to remember to never give up on yourself.
💜
Do you also get excited when you guess the next line in a TV show or are you normal?
April 28, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Do you also get excited when you guess the next line in a TV show or are you normal?
Shout out to my fellow spoonies who have to wake up around the same time everyday to take the medicine to survive.
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April 14, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Shout out to my fellow spoonies who have to wake up around the same time everyday to take the medicine to survive.
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Blue Prince was correctly hyped up by the Internet and I am so glad.
Have had a good fun day nerding out with the husband.
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Have had a good fun day nerding out with the husband.
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April 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Blue Prince was correctly hyped up by the Internet and I am so glad.
Have had a good fun day nerding out with the husband.
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Have had a good fun day nerding out with the husband.
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Do the things.
Live in the moments in between, even when things are uncertain.
The gray is where creativity thrives.
In the questions.
In the dreams.
In the nightmares that turn passion into action.
Creativity thrives on uncertainty, begging for us to set it right.
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Live in the moments in between, even when things are uncertain.
The gray is where creativity thrives.
In the questions.
In the dreams.
In the nightmares that turn passion into action.
Creativity thrives on uncertainty, begging for us to set it right.
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April 4, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Do the things.
Live in the moments in between, even when things are uncertain.
The gray is where creativity thrives.
In the questions.
In the dreams.
In the nightmares that turn passion into action.
Creativity thrives on uncertainty, begging for us to set it right.
💜
Live in the moments in between, even when things are uncertain.
The gray is where creativity thrives.
In the questions.
In the dreams.
In the nightmares that turn passion into action.
Creativity thrives on uncertainty, begging for us to set it right.
💜
Eight years ago today, my oldest asked if we're supposed to kiss our friends after catching me and now hubs failing to sneak a quick goodbye kiss at a gas station.
And now here we are, married for five years, made it through a pandemic and still going strong.
Love you, babe.
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And now here we are, married for five years, made it through a pandemic and still going strong.
Love you, babe.
💜
March 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Eight years ago today, my oldest asked if we're supposed to kiss our friends after catching me and now hubs failing to sneak a quick goodbye kiss at a gas station.
And now here we are, married for five years, made it through a pandemic and still going strong.
Love you, babe.
💜
And now here we are, married for five years, made it through a pandemic and still going strong.
Love you, babe.
💜
I just want to fucking write my smutty suspense books in peace damnit. (Autocorrect said space and you know what? That'd be fine, too!)
It's so hard to be creative when that creativity is being attacked maliciously and without good reason.
It hurts.
Alas, I shall keep following my dreams!
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It's so hard to be creative when that creativity is being attacked maliciously and without good reason.
It hurts.
Alas, I shall keep following my dreams!
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March 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I just want to fucking write my smutty suspense books in peace damnit. (Autocorrect said space and you know what? That'd be fine, too!)
It's so hard to be creative when that creativity is being attacked maliciously and without good reason.
It hurts.
Alas, I shall keep following my dreams!
💜
It's so hard to be creative when that creativity is being attacked maliciously and without good reason.
It hurts.
Alas, I shall keep following my dreams!
💜
Wrote a kids book with my oldest today and I am so proud!
Sarcasm during hard times is necessary to our survival, tbh.
Sarcasm during hard times is necessary to our survival, tbh.
March 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Wrote a kids book with my oldest today and I am so proud!
Sarcasm during hard times is necessary to our survival, tbh.
Sarcasm during hard times is necessary to our survival, tbh.
March 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Pros of living in Nebraska: Early spring in February!
Cons of living in Nebraska: Revenge winter (With blizzards) in March!
It was 50, now it's going down to like 17 with a rain/snow mix overnight and back up to 50s and flooding tomorrow night.
My body cannot handle the changes. 😭
Cons of living in Nebraska: Revenge winter (With blizzards) in March!
It was 50, now it's going down to like 17 with a rain/snow mix overnight and back up to 50s and flooding tomorrow night.
My body cannot handle the changes. 😭
March 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Pros of living in Nebraska: Early spring in February!
Cons of living in Nebraska: Revenge winter (With blizzards) in March!
It was 50, now it's going down to like 17 with a rain/snow mix overnight and back up to 50s and flooding tomorrow night.
My body cannot handle the changes. 😭
Cons of living in Nebraska: Revenge winter (With blizzards) in March!
It was 50, now it's going down to like 17 with a rain/snow mix overnight and back up to 50s and flooding tomorrow night.
My body cannot handle the changes. 😭
Oh my god
This is TERRIFYING!!!!! It's literal dictator propaganda. This is The Hunger Games type shit. I actually feel sick watching this.
I can't stress this enough:
FUCK DONALD TRUMP AND ABSOLUTELY EVERY ASSHOLE WHO EVEN REMOTELY AGREES WITH HIM
I can't stress this enough:
FUCK DONALD TRUMP AND ABSOLUTELY EVERY ASSHOLE WHO EVEN REMOTELY AGREES WITH HIM
March 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Oh my god
Gamer couple weekend. 💜
March 1, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Gamer couple weekend. 💜
Reposted by Author Shelby Lee
In case this is the first post you see when you wake up, don't forget it's economic blackout day.
Don't think of it as an insignificant thing. It's a drill for bigger action-- a practice run so we can count who is willing to do even the simple things.
Or think of it as a warning shot.
Don't think of it as an insignificant thing. It's a drill for bigger action-- a practice run so we can count who is willing to do even the simple things.
Or think of it as a warning shot.
February 28, 2025 at 9:46 AM
In case this is the first post you see when you wake up, don't forget it's economic blackout day.
Don't think of it as an insignificant thing. It's a drill for bigger action-- a practice run so we can count who is willing to do even the simple things.
Or think of it as a warning shot.
Don't think of it as an insignificant thing. It's a drill for bigger action-- a practice run so we can count who is willing to do even the simple things.
Or think of it as a warning shot.
Having an asthma and allergy flare up. Sucks so bad and I struggle to give myself grace when this happens cause it happens so much. 😭
It's to be expected when we go from -22 to 68 degree weather though.
It's to be expected when we go from -22 to 68 degree weather though.
February 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Having an asthma and allergy flare up. Sucks so bad and I struggle to give myself grace when this happens cause it happens so much. 😭
It's to be expected when we go from -22 to 68 degree weather though.
It's to be expected when we go from -22 to 68 degree weather though.
This is self care:
Journal app for self compassion journal, bend app for small workouts to improve flexibility, insight timer for meditation, Duolingo for refreshing on my Spanish and give myself something to learn, and finch self care app because that has been my biggest motivator for 570 days.
Journal app for self compassion journal, bend app for small workouts to improve flexibility, insight timer for meditation, Duolingo for refreshing on my Spanish and give myself something to learn, and finch self care app because that has been my biggest motivator for 570 days.
February 25, 2025 at 5:52 AM
This is self care:
Journal app for self compassion journal, bend app for small workouts to improve flexibility, insight timer for meditation, Duolingo for refreshing on my Spanish and give myself something to learn, and finch self care app because that has been my biggest motivator for 570 days.
Journal app for self compassion journal, bend app for small workouts to improve flexibility, insight timer for meditation, Duolingo for refreshing on my Spanish and give myself something to learn, and finch self care app because that has been my biggest motivator for 570 days.
Reposted by Author Shelby Lee
T H I S.
Now you've heard it from both of us.
Now you've heard it from both of us.
Until you hear me say otherwise, file your taxes.
February 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
T H I S.
Now you've heard it from both of us.
Now you've heard it from both of us.
The silence from those around me who voted against my trans kids rights is very loud.
And if I even try to reach out, all I'll do is scream about it and how both my of my kids 504 and IEP are at risk.
Their apologies won't ever mean shit, especially without changed behavior.
And if I even try to reach out, all I'll do is scream about it and how both my of my kids 504 and IEP are at risk.
Their apologies won't ever mean shit, especially without changed behavior.
My feed if divided between admonishments to be understanding/forgiving, and people who feel like you and I: fuck these fuckers.
No, I won't forgive them, and no, I won't reach out.
They wanna work now to protect the vulnerable? Good, they can.
But what they want is redemption without work.
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No, I won't forgive them, and no, I won't reach out.
They wanna work now to protect the vulnerable? Good, they can.
But what they want is redemption without work.
1/
February 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The silence from those around me who voted against my trans kids rights is very loud.
And if I even try to reach out, all I'll do is scream about it and how both my of my kids 504 and IEP are at risk.
Their apologies won't ever mean shit, especially without changed behavior.
And if I even try to reach out, all I'll do is scream about it and how both my of my kids 504 and IEP are at risk.
Their apologies won't ever mean shit, especially without changed behavior.
Two good days in a row.
Which is apparently my limit on good brain and body days.
I've noticed a pattern since doing this DBT program, and it's nice to know I'm predictable, I guess. Lol.
Now onto a 3 - 5 day crash.
Yay! 🙄
Which is apparently my limit on good brain and body days.
I've noticed a pattern since doing this DBT program, and it's nice to know I'm predictable, I guess. Lol.
Now onto a 3 - 5 day crash.
Yay! 🙄
February 17, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Two good days in a row.
Which is apparently my limit on good brain and body days.
I've noticed a pattern since doing this DBT program, and it's nice to know I'm predictable, I guess. Lol.
Now onto a 3 - 5 day crash.
Yay! 🙄
Which is apparently my limit on good brain and body days.
I've noticed a pattern since doing this DBT program, and it's nice to know I'm predictable, I guess. Lol.
Now onto a 3 - 5 day crash.
Yay! 🙄
I'm gonna have a good day today.
Because fuck all this. *Gestures wildly*
You deserve to breathe, friend. Do so out of spite if you have to.
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Because fuck all this. *Gestures wildly*
You deserve to breathe, friend. Do so out of spite if you have to.
💜
February 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I'm gonna have a good day today.
Because fuck all this. *Gestures wildly*
You deserve to breathe, friend. Do so out of spite if you have to.
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Because fuck all this. *Gestures wildly*
You deserve to breathe, friend. Do so out of spite if you have to.
💜
Anyone else wondering how they ended up standing up and fighting for the right side of history when your own parents are doing the opposite?
Like how did I get here?
Like how did I get here?
February 12, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Anyone else wondering how they ended up standing up and fighting for the right side of history when your own parents are doing the opposite?
Like how did I get here?
Like how did I get here?
Building Legos cause my brain and body aren't up for much more today.
Saw advice somewhere that said if you can't bring yourself to write during your normal writing time to do something else creative.
It's helpful AF and I don't feel like a failure for not doing the thing.
Saw advice somewhere that said if you can't bring yourself to write during your normal writing time to do something else creative.
It's helpful AF and I don't feel like a failure for not doing the thing.
February 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Building Legos cause my brain and body aren't up for much more today.
Saw advice somewhere that said if you can't bring yourself to write during your normal writing time to do something else creative.
It's helpful AF and I don't feel like a failure for not doing the thing.
Saw advice somewhere that said if you can't bring yourself to write during your normal writing time to do something else creative.
It's helpful AF and I don't feel like a failure for not doing the thing.
I finished the chapter that was haunting me. It was harder than I thought and also easier than I thought.
Duality.
I'm excited to be on the last four hard chapters before I move into the FMCs healing phase.
I'm proud that I'm moving forward in a healthy way with this book.
💜🍍
Duality.
I'm excited to be on the last four hard chapters before I move into the FMCs healing phase.
I'm proud that I'm moving forward in a healthy way with this book.
💜🍍
February 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I finished the chapter that was haunting me. It was harder than I thought and also easier than I thought.
Duality.
I'm excited to be on the last four hard chapters before I move into the FMCs healing phase.
I'm proud that I'm moving forward in a healthy way with this book.
💜🍍
Duality.
I'm excited to be on the last four hard chapters before I move into the FMCs healing phase.
I'm proud that I'm moving forward in a healthy way with this book.
💜🍍