by Judy Penz Sheluk | Oct 29, 2022 | Behind the Scenes, My Publishing Journey
The Winter 2021 edition of Mystery Readers Journal (Volume 37, No. 4) featured Cold Case Mysteries, and I was thrilled to have my article on writing cold case cozies included. At the time, I had published three books in my Marketville Mystery series: Skeletons in the...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Oct 21, 2022 | My Publishing Journey
It’s release day for Before There Were Skeletons and advance reviews have been amazing. Here are my five favorites (name dropping intentional). Maureen Jennings, author of the Murdoch Mysteries: “Private Investigator Calamity (Callie) Barnstable is a...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Oct 15, 2022 | My Publishing Journey, One Writer's Journey
There’s been a lot of behind the scenes work, and it’s still a work-in-progress, but the Marketville Buecher website is now live. This German language website was made possible by my wonderful German translator, Petra Schmelzeisen, and her techie husband,...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Oct 8, 2022 | Let's Talk About Writing, One Writer's Journey
Like many authors, my mystery writing publishing journey began with the publication of a short story. That was 2014, and since that time I’ve written and published seven full-length novels, edited and produced three multi-author short story anthologies of mystery and...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Oct 1, 2022 | Behind the Story, One Writer's Journey
In preparing for an upcoming speaking engagement I’ve been thinking a lot about writing novels and short fiction. A question that often comes up relates to theme. “What’s your book about?” someone asks. The easy answer is the plot—this happens and then this happens,...
