by Judy Penz Sheluk | Mar 26, 2022 | One Writer's Journey
One of the most common questions I get asked, both at events, and during author interviews, is if I have any writing advice. I always quote Agatha Christie first: “There was a moment when I changed from an amateur to a professional. I assumed the burden of a...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Mar 19, 2022 | One Writer's Journey, When One Thing Leads To Another
One of the great benefits of having served on the Crime Writers of Canada Board of Directors since 2017 has been the opportunity to get to know fellow authors in a variety of sub-genres under the Mystery/Crime umbrella. I was especially fortunate to have served as...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Mar 12, 2022 | Let's Talk About Writing, One Writer's Journey
Every reader and every writer has a pet peeve. Mine happens to be the overuse of exclamation points. In his “10 Rules,” Elmore Leonard says: “Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Mar 5, 2022 | One Writer's Journey
I’m the only child of two very strict European immigrant parents (no sleepovers for this kid). Both have passed on, my father at age 42 (stomach cancer) and my mother in 2016 after a lengthy battle with COPD. But while they are no longer a physical presence in...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Feb 26, 2022 | My Marketing Journey, My Publishing Journey
Marketing books can be a bit of a full-time job (and not one I particularly enjoy…I like writing them, but the publicity part is far from second nature to me). That said, every now and again I’ll try something new. Here goes: The Superior Shores...
