by Judy Penz Sheluk | Apr 25, 2015 | Guilt by Association
Crime Writers Of Canada has announced the shortlist for this year’s best in crime writing, so if you’re looking for a good read, here’s the list for you. I was especially pleased to see stories from World Enough and Crime and The Whole She-Bang 2 make the list! Good...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Apr 17, 2015 | Interview with an Author
Kathleen Kaska is a writer of fiction, nonfiction, travel articles, and stage plays. She’s also the author of the award-winning Sydney Lockhart mystery series. When she’s not writing, Kathleen spends much of her time traveling around the country, looking...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Apr 2, 2015 | My Publishing Journey, One Writer's Journey
In A Change of Direction, my most recent post in this series, I discussed my decision to shift my focus from searching for an agent to submitting directly to a well-established small press. Fortunately, my timing was bang on for Barking Rain Press, a publisher on the...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Mar 20, 2015 | Interview with an Author
I first “met” Susan Van Kirk through Sisters in Crime, Guppies (the great unpublished). Since that time, we have shared our “finding a publisher” stories, our highs and lows, and an editor. Susan’s first book was The Education of a Teacher (2010), a creative,...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Mar 6, 2015 | My Publishing Journey, One Writer's Journey
In my previous posts in this series [The First Cut is the Deepest; Calling All Agents], I addressed my hunt for an agent. Having invested the better part of a year with little to show for my efforts, by the end of 2013, I knew it was time to take a different approach....
