by Judy Penz Sheluk | May 21, 2022 | Inspiration, My Publishing Journey
Readers of my Glass Dolphin Mystery series know that Levon Larroquette is an antiques picker (think of the TV show, American Pickers) and the charismatic ex-husband of protagonist Arabella Carpenter. In book 1 (The Hanged Man’s Noose) we find out exactly why...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | May 14, 2022 | My Publishing Journey
I spent the better part of my teen and early-mid twenties reading everything Agatha Christie wrote (including the six books written under the pseudonym of Mary Westmacott. A while back, I reread the Murder on the Orient Express was pleasantly surprised to find that it...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | May 7, 2022 | Behind the Scenes, One Writer's Journey
I’ve never actually met today’s guest author, J.R. Lindermuth, but we’re both members of the Short Mystery Fiction Society—J.R. is a past Vice President—and he was kind enough to review Heartbreaks & Half-Truths: 22 Stories of Mystery &...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Apr 30, 2022 | Let's Talk About Writing, One Writer's Journey
As an author, I’ve taught creative writing and presented workshops and one of the reasons for “not writing” or “not finishing” that often comes up is “I have such a busy life, I just can’t seem to find the time to...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Apr 23, 2022 | My Publishing Journey, Past & Present
When I was about sixteen, my mother and her best friend, Kay, dragged me to an “event” where a blind psychic would go into the audience, take a proffered object, and tell the owner something about it (for something like $10 a pop). At the time, Kay and my mom were big...
