Welcome to my part of the world.
When my husband and I packed up and moved to Alaska, I traded in my high heels for snow boots- because at sixty below, fashion doesn’t matter.
I write Southern fiction filled with hope, humor, and small-town charm. If you love stories with quirky characters and towns where everybody knows your name and business, you’ll feel right at home.
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Shelly is a writer, speaker, wife & Mother
Shelly Says
Here you’ll find humorous short stories to make you laugh, devotions to encourage you, southernisms so you can learn how to speak Southern and delicious new recipes for you to try.
Inside each of us is a natural-born storyteller waiting to be released. Robin Moore
What I offer to my readers:
Short stories guaranteed to make you laugh.
Learn how to speak Southern.
Delicious new recipes to try.
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Southernisms
Asking questions and learning about other cultures brings me joy. I also enjoy trying to convey our way of thinking…
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Sally Says Nothing
Sally Sweeney sat front and center at the Truly community hall, bracing forthe annual chili cookoff—a contest as predictable as…
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Trading Old for New
The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps. Proverbs 16:19 I think we can all…
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