by Judy Penz Sheluk | Feb 27, 2021 | Behind the Scenes, My Publishing Journey
The name Dru Ann Love is legendary in cozy mystery book circles. No, she doesn’t write cozies, but she reads and reviews them. Lots and lots of them. And somewhere along the way she became known as a Book Advocate to authors and readers alike. I first met Dru...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Feb 21, 2021 | Moonlight & Misadventure, One Writer's Journey, Superior Shores Press
Moonlight & Misadventure started with a callout on October 1, 2020, for stories of mystery & suspense with an underlying premise of moonlight & misadventure. Out of 93 submissions, representing 26 US states, 4 Canadian provinces, as well as the UK, the...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Feb 20, 2021 | Book Reviews
The Push by Ashley Audrain My rating: 5 of 5 stars Blythe Connor wants to be a good mother, but the genetics of her own mother and grandmother aren’t in her favor. So when she gives birth to her daughter, Violet, and those lovey-dovey feelings don’t occur,...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Feb 16, 2021 | Behind the Scenes, My Publishing Journey, Where There's A Will
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if, as an author, every word, sentence, paragraph, and page would be pitch perfect on the first draft. Or even the final draft before going to a proofreader for one last review. Of course by this time the most egregious errors have...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Feb 12, 2021 | Book Reviews
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz My rating: 3 of 5 stars This book came highly recommended to me by the former owner of a bookstore. In fact, he said it was “the best mystery novel he’d read in the 2000s, and a blueprint to how to write a mystery.”...
