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Shellie Rushing Tomlinson

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born

in Natchez, The United States

gender

female

website

http://www.allthingssouthern.com/index.php

twitter username

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Humor, Religion & Spirituality, Entertainment

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April 2011

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As an infant, Shellie Rushing Tomlinson had one of the earliest cases of appendicitis ever documented. Subsequently, fifty-four doctors came to Natchez, MS to study her case. In retrospect, Shellie believes it may have been better had they studied her brain. Shellie is willing to admit it. She hears voices. After briefly considering medication she has instead chosen a career in storytelling to allow them all a chance to be heard. It's working out pretty well.

Shellie enjoys entertaining and encouraging a wide range of audiences. Whether sharing her humorous slant on growing up southern in civic and educational settings or offering inspiring thoughts in church retreats and ladies' seminars, Shellie's talks are always full of laughs and motiva...more As an infant, Shellie Rushing Tomlinson had one of the earliest cases of appendicitis ever documented. Subsequently, fifty-four doctors came to Natchez, MS to study her case. In retrospect, Shellie believes it may have been better had they studied her brain. Shellie is willing to admit it. She hears voices. After briefly considering medication she has instead chosen a career in storytelling to allow them all a chance to be heard. It's working out pretty well.

Shellie enjoys entertaining and encouraging a wide range of audiences. Whether sharing her humorous slant on growing up southern in civic and educational settings or offering inspiring thoughts in church retreats and ladies' seminars, Shellie's talks are always full of laughs and motivation. Biography

Shellie Rushing Tomlinson lives in Lake Providence, Louisiana with her husband, Phil. They have two children and three grandchildren. Shellie is the author of "Lessons Learned on Bull Run Road", "'Twas the Night before the Very First Christmas","Southern Comfort with Shellie Rushing Tomlinson" and the Penguin Group USA release, "Suck Your Stomach In and Put Some Color On", voted Nonfiction Finalist of 2009 by SIBA, the SIBA Independent Booksellers Alliance. "Sue Ellen's Girl Ain't Fat, She Just Weighs Heavy!" hit stores May, 3rd 2011 with an advance endorsement from Jeff Foxworthy who called it "laugh out loud funny!"

Shellie is owner and publisher of All Things Southern and the host of a daily radio show and weekly video segment by the same name. A list of the twenty-eight radio stations that carry Shellie's southern features can be found here. You can listen to Shellie's All Things Southern LIVE Talk Show each Monday evening at 5-6 PM CST on TALK 540KMLB. The show streams LIVE and podcasts are available so everyone can join Shellie's southern celebration!

Shellie writes a weekly inspirational feature in Newsstar, a Gannett owned paper serving the Ark/La/Miss and a monthly print and online column for Lousiana Road Trips.

When Shellie isn't writing, speaking, taping her show, answering email or writing content for the next deadline, you can find her playing tennis with Dixie Belle, (the chocolate lab who thinks she is in charge of running Shellie's life).

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Yes, literally. In an effort, I suppose, to stay true to my life’s overall theme, my knees are weird. FYI, my knees have ALWAYS hurt. When I was a teenager running bleachers during basketball conditioning I thought it was normal– that everyone’s knees were aching. A trip to the ortho in my 30′s when I was playing tons of team tennis and my knees were killing me revealed that no, not so much. I’... Read more of this blog post »

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	Suck Your Stomach In and Put Some Color On!: What Southern Mamas Tell Their Daughters that the Rest of Y'all Should Know Too 3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 avg rating — 345 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sue Ellen's Girl Ain't Fat, She Just Weighs Heavy: The Belle of All Things Southern Dishes on Men, Money, and Not Losing Your Midlife Mind 3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lessons Learned on Bull Run Road 4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2001	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	'Twas the night before the very first Christmas 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2001	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Southern Comfort 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2004	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Suck Your Stomach in and Put Some Color On! 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2008	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sue Ellen's Girl Ain't Fat, She Just Weighs Heavy 6-copy solid counterunit 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Shellie Tomlinson liked Laura Murdoch's review of Sue Ellen's Girl Ain't Fat, She Just Weighs Heavy: The Belle of All Things Southern Dishes on Men, Money, and Not Losing Your Midlife Mind: " Shellie Tomlinson is the Erma Bombeck of the South. If you've ever lived in the South or even wanted to live in the South you'll laugh out loud at some of the eccentricities Southerners have that Shellie brings to light. She's spot on with some of... " Read more of this review »
Dec 07, 2012 04:07pm · see review
Shellie Tomlinson liked Kay's review of Sue Ellen's Girl Ain't Fat, She Just Weighs Heavy: The Belle of All Things Southern Dishes on Men, Money, and Not Losing Your Midlife Mind: " Enjoying this one so much that I'm rationing the final chapters, so as to extend much-needed laughing aloud moments! Shellie's unique story-telling talent translates into her writing perfectly. So glad I've heard her voice; it seems to arrive on t... " Read more of this review »
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Shellie Tomlinson liked Renea Winchester's review of Sue Ellen's Girl Ain't Fat, She Just Weighs Heavy: The Belle of All Things Southern Dishes on Men, Money, and Not Losing Your Midlife Mind: " Laugh Out Loud Funny. You'll love Shellie. Truly, she is the Belle of All Things Southern. "
Dec 07, 2012 04:06pm · see review
Shellie Tomlinson made a comment on her profile "Diana wrote: "Thank you for the friendship. It's nice to meet a fellow southerner on goodreads. I'm fairly new to the site, but I'm sure there are oth...more "
Aug 17, 2012 08:25am
Shellie Tomlinson made a comment on The Wedding Dress — Rachel Hauck "By the way, in addition to our regular sites/blogs, Rachel and I also blog with three other great southern writers at http://www.southernbelleview.com ...more "
Aug 13, 2012 01:41pm
Shellie Tomlinson rated a book 5 of 5 stars Making Sense When Life Doesn't: The Secrets of Thriving in Tough Times by Cecil Murphey read in July, 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Stock full of good takeaways presented in short memorable chapters. I enjoyed having Cecil on my radio show, ATS LIVE. You can find a podcast of his interview on my website and right now, I'm running a giveaway on my blog. You can enter here. Hugs, Shel ...more
Jul 11, 2012 07:35pm · see review
Shellie Tomlinson rated a book 5 of 5 stars Into the Free by Julie Cantrell (Goodreads Author) read in July, 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jul 11, 2012 06:27pm
Shellie Tomlinson is now a fan of Goodreads Author Scott Thompson
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Shellie Tomlinson rated a book 5 of 5 stars Fearless: The Heroic Story of One Navy SEAL's Sacrifice in the Hunt for Osama Bin Laden and the Unwavering Devotion of the Woman Who Loved Him by Eric Blehm read in June, 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I wish I had the influence necessary to have every American read the story of Adam Brown, small town hero, as told by Eric Blehm. It's that good. I had Eric on my radio show ATS LIVE, June 4, 2012. You can hear that interview on my podcast page: http ...more
Jun 06, 2012 12:38pm · see review

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“Southern Mamas are known for being subtle, like a freight train.”
― Shellie Rushing Tomlinson, Sue Ellen's Girl Ain't Fat, She Just Weighs Heavy: The Belle of All Things Southern Dishes on Men, Money, and Not Losing Your Midlife Mind

tags: humor, southern-women

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“One, just one, but definitely one of the great benefits of private prayer is that you can’t hide from your motives. In corporate prayer, we can sound like “all that”. We can blow Jesus smoke like nobody’s bizness in a crowd but, get alone with Him, and He won’t let you get away with the fake stuff. Try blowing Jesus smoke in your prayer closet and you’ll cough on it every time. Truth? That penetrating gaze of His hurts, but afterwards, it never fails to heal.”
― Shellie Rushing Tomlinson

tags: faith, jesus, jesus-christ, prayer

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