by Judy Penz Sheluk | Mar 11, 2016 | Polls & Surveys
Recently, several members of the Short Mystery Fiction Society debated the best places to write. That discussion prompted me to create these polls: one for writers and one for readers; if you’re both, by all means vote in each poll, and have fun with it....
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Mar 4, 2016 | Interview with an Author
Katherine Prairie, a geologist and IT specialist, stepped away from the international petroleum industry to follow her passion for writing. An avid traveler with an insatiable curiosity, you never know where you’ll find her next! But most days, she’s in Vancouver,...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Feb 26, 2016 | My Publishing Journey
Several years before I even thought about writing a mystery novel, I took some creative writing classes. Inevitably the word count limit for the writing assignments would fall in the “flash fiction” category (typically fewer than 500 or 1,000 words,...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Feb 19, 2016 | Interview with an Editor
It’s my honor to introduce Lourdes Venard. I have worked with Lourdes during pre-publication of The Hanged Man’s Noose, as well as in her role as Editor, First Draft, a newsletter for more than 600 members of Sisters in Crime, Guppy Chapter. Lourdes is...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Feb 12, 2016 | One Writer's Journey
I’m one of those people who can talk to anybody—at least for a few minutes—and given my background as a freelance writer/journalist, I can also sound reasonably intelligent on a wide variety of unrelated subjects. So you’d think someone who’s...
