Author 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!

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!

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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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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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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I've been so excited for this game and I am so grateful that the Internet properly hyped it up. I have not been disappointed.

My husband and I have several pages of notes now too!

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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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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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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Wrote a kids book with my oldest today and I am so proud!

Sarcasm during hard times is necessary to our survival, tbh.

@profanity.accountant

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. 😭

Oh my god

Gamer couple weekend. 💜

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.

100% yes. Destroying it is the only part you'll probably enjoy!

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.

Miuu is amazing cause I can add stickers to the journal, too.

And yes some of these apps have journals but I have to separate this particular one to help my brain switch into self compassion mode.

Not pictured: my therapy binder where I track my daily use of DBT skills.

Healing is work.

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Screenshot showing apps: Top left: miuu note Top middle: bend Top right: insight timer showing a 5 and saying see you tomorrow Left, just below miuu and bend: Duolingo widget showing a 12 day streak Middle: finch self care widget with a purple finch bird in an overly purple and spring themed room Bottom: app icons: phone bluesky, chrome, text message, and camera

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.

T H I S.

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.

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! 🙄

This just cements the thought in my head of it being a Meta thing now. Usually those apps push the negative hard.

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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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?

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.

Yes, yes it does. They'll figure it out eventually, like the rest of their counterparts.

They used to watch a lot of Fox, but since the "drama" has started, they say they'd rather ignore it.

These are unfortunately two veterans.

For reference: their scale for drama was ignoring me having asthma all my life, also calling that dramatic.