Shelby L.E. (The Writer)
@shelbytheauthor.bsky.social
Writer, devourer of stories, gamer, Environmental science nerd, recycler of memes, and occasionally a complete, strung-out mess.
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If you also use humor to hide the pain, we're gonna vibe.
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If you also use humor to hide the pain, we're gonna vibe.
Pinned
Dear marketing/publishing peeps of bluesky: I am more than happy to follow you back and increase your network, but unless I DM you myself, please do not DM me to promote your services. If I need it, I know where to find you, which is why I followed you back.
Now that the contract has been signed, I can happily announce that my book "The Bargain", has been accepted by Nat 1 Publishing (nat1publishing.com)!
The End Totals
686 Days Querying
104 Query Rejections
4 Manuscript Requests
1 Acceptance!
#writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #amquerying #amwriting
The End Totals
686 Days Querying
104 Query Rejections
4 Manuscript Requests
1 Acceptance!
#writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #amquerying #amwriting
Nat 1 Publishing ► Books that make you question your choices.
Books that make you question your choices.
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September 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Now that the contract has been signed, I can happily announce that my book "The Bargain", has been accepted by Nat 1 Publishing (nat1publishing.com)!
The End Totals
686 Days Querying
104 Query Rejections
4 Manuscript Requests
1 Acceptance!
#writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #amquerying #amwriting
The End Totals
686 Days Querying
104 Query Rejections
4 Manuscript Requests
1 Acceptance!
#writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #amquerying #amwriting
#writingcommunity #amwriting #shamelessselfpromotion #blogsky #5amwritersclub #codependency
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Hopeless
In my chest there lives a hopeless romantic. Shrouded in a hoodie, she fills notebook after notebook with her dreams and grandiose plans in glitter gel pens. When her long skinny legs are tucked in…
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September 7, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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I am still alive, #amwriting , and exciting things are happening. Hopefully I'll have a more informative post very soon! #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #amquerying
August 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I am still alive, #amwriting , and exciting things are happening. Hopefully I'll have a more informative post very soon! #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #amquerying
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Another new blog-post. #writingcommunity #writing #blogsky #5amwritersclub #shamelessselfpromotion #amwriting
Another new blog-post. #writingcommunity #writing #blogsky #5amwritersclub #shamelessselfpromotion #amwriting
Snake
It’s serious business when we’ve called a sibling powwow. Even more so when it’s before church, in the empty youth group building. There was limited to no privacy at home, and wit…
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August 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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New blog post. #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #shamelessselfpromotion #blogsky
New blog post. #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #shamelessselfpromotion #blogsky
This Circus Never Sleeps
This is for you, at 2 in the morning, when the world is still and your mind is a three ring circus combined with an F1 racing event. Each ring holds a different freak of yours, and the shouting cro…
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August 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I just learned that the "Worst First Sentences" contest is finally retiring. As a parting gift, here's an awful opening sentence:
"The woman who stole my heart was a bombastic vixen with sultry whiskey eyes and hair that reminded me of a sloth’s fur: dense and full of algae." #writingcommunity
"The woman who stole my heart was a bombastic vixen with sultry whiskey eyes and hair that reminded me of a sloth’s fur: dense and full of algae." #writingcommunity
Home | The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
A whimsical literary competition for the worst possible opening sentences to novels never written.
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July 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I just learned that the "Worst First Sentences" contest is finally retiring. As a parting gift, here's an awful opening sentence:
"The woman who stole my heart was a bombastic vixen with sultry whiskey eyes and hair that reminded me of a sloth’s fur: dense and full of algae." #writingcommunity
"The woman who stole my heart was a bombastic vixen with sultry whiskey eyes and hair that reminded me of a sloth’s fur: dense and full of algae." #writingcommunity
Triple Digits! 100 Rejections as of today - so as a treat, here's an excerpt of the prologue and first 2 chapters of 'The Bargain'.
Read it, steal nothing, share it with your friends!
#amquerying #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #shamelessselfpublishing
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Read it, steal nothing, share it with your friends!
#amquerying #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #shamelessselfpublishing
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Spokane Falls #1: The Bargain
The Bargain (Spokane Falls #1) by Shelby L.E. Copyright © Shelby L.E., 2025 This excerpt is from a work in progress. All rights reserved. Please do not redistribute, reproduce, or adapt any portion w...
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July 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Triple Digits! 100 Rejections as of today - so as a treat, here's an excerpt of the prologue and first 2 chapters of 'The Bargain'.
Read it, steal nothing, share it with your friends!
#amquerying #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #shamelessselfpublishing
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Read it, steal nothing, share it with your friends!
#amquerying #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #shamelessselfpublishing
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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99 rejections guys. I've decided, for my 100th rejection, I'll be hosting a party to celebrate my tenacity and shredded spirit. I'm not giving up, but I am tired lol. #amquerying #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub
July 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
99 rejections guys. I've decided, for my 100th rejection, I'll be hosting a party to celebrate my tenacity and shredded spirit. I'm not giving up, but I am tired lol. #amquerying #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub
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New flash prose. Kinda figuring some stuff out right now.
#writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #amwriting #blogsky
New flash prose. Kinda figuring some stuff out right now.
#writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #amwriting #blogsky
Familial
Dad, I met a man who loves his daughters the way you love my sister and me. But if father-daughter relationships were paintings, then his is full of the blazing colors of the sunrise–a triumphant a…
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July 3, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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New flash prose. Kinda figuring some stuff out right now.
#writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #amwriting #blogsky
New flash prose. Kinda figuring some stuff out right now.
#writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #amwriting #blogsky
June 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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#WritingCommunity #ChatGPT #Selfreflection #MentalHealthAwareness #AIandmentalhealth
#WritingCommunity #ChatGPT #Selfreflection #MentalHealthAwareness #AIandmentalhealth
I Wasn’t Sure if I Would Publish This
I know in the writing community that even whispering “AI” in the same breath as “craft” is social suicide…and I get it. AI has been built on theft. But this post isn’t about that. It’s about a mome…
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June 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Actions speak louder than words. Choosing to speak is an action. #writingcommunity #currentevents
June 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Actions speak louder than words. Choosing to speak is an action. #writingcommunity #currentevents
Happy pride everyone, and in the words of Terry Pratchett: Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna be fooled again!
#pride2025 #discworld #writingcommunity #nokings
#pride2025 #discworld #writingcommunity #nokings
June 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Happy pride everyone, and in the words of Terry Pratchett: Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna be fooled again!
#pride2025 #discworld #writingcommunity #nokings
#pride2025 #discworld #writingcommunity #nokings
92 rejections with a total of 114 queries sent out. The frustration of waiting persists but I will outlast it. #writingcommunity #amquerying
June 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
92 rejections with a total of 114 queries sent out. The frustration of waiting persists but I will outlast it. #writingcommunity #amquerying
Currently tanking rejections like I’ve got no armor and am overburdened with 80k of emotional baggage. But I got a Bloodborne tattoo for a reason. If you’re in the same boat, maybe this’ll help you feel less alone. #writingcommunity #amquerying
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Git Gud
I hate that phrase. If you’ve ever played a FromSoftware game (Elden Ring, Dark Souls, Bloodborne) or souls-like (Lies of P, Nioh, Salt & Sanctuary), you’ve seen it. FromSoftware games are hard…
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June 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Currently tanking rejections like I’ve got no armor and am overburdened with 80k of emotional baggage. But I got a Bloodborne tattoo for a reason. If you’re in the same boat, maybe this’ll help you feel less alone. #writingcommunity #amquerying
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“And then the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” —Anaïs Nin
June 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
“And then the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” —Anaïs Nin
My brain on a day with little to no errands: I'll try to write but idk...
My brain on a busy day: The muse! She sings to me! I must create! My art suffers at the mundanity of dishes and laundry!
#writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #amwriting
My brain on a busy day: The muse! She sings to me! I must create! My art suffers at the mundanity of dishes and laundry!
#writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #amwriting
June 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
My brain on a day with little to no errands: I'll try to write but idk...
My brain on a busy day: The muse! She sings to me! I must create! My art suffers at the mundanity of dishes and laundry!
#writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #amwriting
My brain on a busy day: The muse! She sings to me! I must create! My art suffers at the mundanity of dishes and laundry!
#writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #amwriting
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Here's something everybody should be paying attention to: Congressional Republicans are trying to weaken the Affordable Care Act and put millions of people at risk of losing their health care. Call your Senators and tell them we can't let that happen.
Shhh. Republicans are trying to repeal Obamacare again. Sort of.
They’re not branding it an Obamacare repeal this time around, but congressional Republicans are pursuing cuts to programs that are part of the 15-year-old health-care law.
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June 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Here's something everybody should be paying attention to: Congressional Republicans are trying to weaken the Affordable Care Act and put millions of people at risk of losing their health care. Call your Senators and tell them we can't let that happen.
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Trust the process. Every great book started with a rough draft 📖
Kindly repost to encourage someone on their journey.
#amwriting #writersky
Kindly repost to encourage someone on their journey.
#amwriting #writersky
May 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Trust the process. Every great book started with a rough draft 📖
Kindly repost to encourage someone on their journey.
#amwriting #writersky
Kindly repost to encourage someone on their journey.
#amwriting #writersky
Another novella done, with a bunch more to go! Wilton and Raven's story took me to very unexpected places, but it's always wonderful to reach the end with a strong finish. Now to take a week-long break and then, *gulp* edit it. #amwriting #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub
May 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Another novella done, with a bunch more to go! Wilton and Raven's story took me to very unexpected places, but it's always wonderful to reach the end with a strong finish. Now to take a week-long break and then, *gulp* edit it. #amwriting #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub
Got some good writing in today. Anytime I have a meh writing stretch I worry that my mojo is gone, it was a dream all along, and I'm now reduced to a life of sledging words out as best as I can - then I have a day where it's effortless. Thank fuck. #amwriting #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub
May 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Got some good writing in today. Anytime I have a meh writing stretch I worry that my mojo is gone, it was a dream all along, and I'm now reduced to a life of sledging words out as best as I can - then I have a day where it's effortless. Thank fuck. #amwriting #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub
Me: I'm gonna write a cute, fluffy little novella about a reluctant first-time dog owner adopting!
Two weeks later
Me: *googling* structures of government with examples, what does the deep seafloor look like, bathypelagic zone
🙃Why do I do this to myself? #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #amwriting
Two weeks later
Me: *googling* structures of government with examples, what does the deep seafloor look like, bathypelagic zone
🙃Why do I do this to myself? #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #amwriting
May 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Me: I'm gonna write a cute, fluffy little novella about a reluctant first-time dog owner adopting!
Two weeks later
Me: *googling* structures of government with examples, what does the deep seafloor look like, bathypelagic zone
🙃Why do I do this to myself? #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #amwriting
Two weeks later
Me: *googling* structures of government with examples, what does the deep seafloor look like, bathypelagic zone
🙃Why do I do this to myself? #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #amwriting