by Judy Penz Sheluk | Nov 26, 2022 | Behind the Story, One Writer's Journey
After seven years of splitting our time between our condo bungalow in Southern Ontario and our place on Lake Superior, my husband Mike and I decided it was time to try lakeside living on a fulltime basis. There were a lot of reasons for the decision, though the...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Nov 19, 2022 | Behind the Story, One Writer's Journey
If you follow me on social media, you’ll know I’m the owner of Golden Retriever named Gibbs (after Leroy Jethro Gibbs of the long-running TV show NCIS). Gibbs, who turned seven on October 21, is a good dog who lives up to the stubborn streak of his...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Nov 12, 2022 | Behind the Story, One Writer's Journey
I’ve never met CJ Shane, but we’ve come to know each other through our membership with Sisters in Crime Guppy branch, where she’s a frequent contributor on the digest. I also know that she’s a very talented artist, and jewelry maker, in...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Nov 5, 2022 | Let's Talk About Writing, One Writer's Journey
Like many authors, my mystery writing publishing journey began with the publication of a few short stories, one of them, a flash fiction piece titled ‘Beautiful Killer’ was picked up by Untreed Reads for Flash and Bang, a collection of short crime fiction...
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...
