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Shelly Ellis

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Shelly Ellis is a NAACP Image Award-nominated women's fiction/romance author and creator of the Gibbons Gold Digger and Chesterton Scandal series. Her fiction writing career began when she became one of four finalists in a First-Time Writers Contest when she was 19 years old. The prize was a publishing contract and having her first short-story romance appear in an anthology. She has since published ten novels and was a finalist for 2015 NAACP Image Award in the Literary Fiction Category, a three-time finalist for the African American Literary Award in the romance category (2012, 2016, and 2017), and a finalist for the 2015 RT Reviewers' Choice Award in Multicultural Romance category.

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Shelly Ellis Don't give up and be patient. There are plenty of obstacles along the way to publishing your work and most of them include rejection. Also keep in min…moreDon't give up and be patient. There are plenty of obstacles along the way to publishing your work and most of them include rejection. Also keep in mind that, publishing involves a lot of "hurry up and waiting" too. You get a good response to your query and they ask for pages. Yeah! Now you have to wait for them to read the pages. They ask for a full manuscript. Yeah! Now you have to wait for a response to your full. It can test one's resolve and one's nerves but its the name of the game. Those who succeed are not only tenacious but also have the patience of Job!(less)
Shelly Ellis I'm working on a few projects simultaneously. But when it comes to work I know will be published, I'm working on a new series about a family that live…moreI'm working on a few projects simultaneously. But when it comes to work I know will be published, I'm working on a new series about a family that lives in the fictional town of Chesterton, Virginia, where my current Gibbons Gold Digger series takes place. It involves a lot of drama, intrigue... I call it my black version of Downton Abbey and my editor calls it the book version of The Haves and the Have Nots. This one is definitely more of a women's fiction work than romance, which is what I usually write. But I love the characters and their dynamics. I'm having fun writing it.(less)
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Hospitals weren’t usually happy places, especially the Wilson Medical Center ICU where many of the patients were hovering near death’s door and a pall of sickness seemed to hang over every surface. But today the ICU staff at least tried to be festive in honor of the new nurse’s birthday. Meredith, the plump nurse with the springy red curls and freckles,

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“This wasn’t like the secret she’d kept for Paulette more than a decade ago. This was much, much bigger, and the price Paulette could pay for continuing to be blackmailed by her ex could be immeasurable.”
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“He reached out and trailed a finger along her chin and neck, but stopped when she shrank away him. “What? I can’t touch you anymore?” “I told you I was married!” “I don’t give a fuck what you are! You still mine, girl.”
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“took a deep breath. “I won’t get married if it hurts you that much.”
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