by Judy Penz Sheluk | May 10, 2025 | My Publishing Journey
A Guest Post by Jim McDonald I first met Jim McDonald at the Tottenham Public Library a week before the massive Covid shutdown of March 2020. His short story submission, ‘Ticket Out’ to Midnight Schemers & Daydream Believers grabbed me from the first paragraph and...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | May 4, 2025 | Authors Helping Authors, One Writer's Journey
I first “met” Kaye George through Sisters in Crime Guppy branch, and she was instrumental in helping me to find a publisher (Barking Rain Press) in my early days. It’s hard to believe that was 11 years ago, though throughout those years we’ve...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Apr 26, 2025 | Midnight Schemers, My Publishing Journey, Superior Shores Press
Part of getting the word out on a new book is sending ARCs (Advance Reader Copy) to potential reviewers. The hope, of course, is that they’ll like the book enough to provide a blurb for inside the book or the back cover, one of those “can’t put it...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Apr 19, 2025 | Authors Helping Authors, One Writer's Journey
I’m an absolute sucker for clever “punny” titles and Mrs. Oliver’s Twist, the newest Quinn McFarland Mystery by Saralynn Richard had me at hello. More than that, her recent post on “Interiority” (The Stiletto Gang) got me to...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Apr 12, 2025 | My Publishing Journey, One Writer's Journey
It wasn’t all that long ago when I was terrified of standing in front of an audience to talk about my books. In fact, I even wrote a post about it in 2016. But part of being a successful author is participating in at least some public events, and while I...
