Shelby Elizabeth by Shelby Nair

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August Already?

Hi again!

Hi Everyone!

I have a publishing update! Since my last email, I released my first ever children's book: a sweet father/daughter story about the "I love you" sign in ASL. My dad has always used it with me, to this day, and I thought others might enjoy it. So I worked with an amazing artist, Amber Finnegan, to create it, and released it in June.


My cats are still super co-writers. Graypaw loves reminding me to slow down as I type . . . to pet her between every word . . .





Indie/Small Press Highlight

I've been reading more rom-coms this year, and one I highly enjoyed recently was "Beauty and the Bookworm" by Sarah Sutton. It has a soft, nerdy mmc who is best friends with the artistic fmc, and agrees to fake date her to show her ex she's moved on.



Buy Beauty and the Bookworm




This Month's Bookish Quote

"The more that you read, the more things you will know.

The more that you learn, the more places you'll go."


~ Dr. Seuss




Art Spotlight


I have to highlight one of my favorite pages in my children's book. If you'd like to see more, the paperback is available for sale on Amazon!


Read "Look for the 'I Love You' Sign"


I'll try not to take so long between this and my next update (at least it was less than a year since last time, haha)! Thanks for reading!

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