by Judy Penz Sheluk | Apr 12, 2018 | Blog Hopping
Canadian author Joanne Guidoccio have much in common: we live about 90 minutes apart (though have never met in person), we both left the corporate world to work as a freelance writer, we both turned to a life of crime (fiction) and we both have protagonists named...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Apr 9, 2018 | New Release Mondays
I had the pleasure of meeting Karen Neary Smithson at Booeymongers at the Sisters in Crime Guppy’s lunch get-together during Malice Domestic 2017 in Washington, DC. At the time, Karen was waiting for publishing news and shortly after the conference, she announced that...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Apr 5, 2018 | One Writer's Journey
Spring 1934: President Roosevelt was trying to prevent an auto strike. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler was working on a plan to increase Germany’s population. Clark Gable attended the Academy Awards dinner, but Katherine Hepburn and Charles Laughton declined to attend....
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Apr 2, 2018 | New Release Mondays
I’ve been a fan of Jim Jackson’s Seamus McCree series since his debut novel, BAD POLICY. If you haven’t read Seamus, you’re in for a treat! Author Name: James M. Jackson Book Title: Empty Promises (Seamus McCree #5) Book Genre:...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Mar 29, 2018 | My Publishing Journey
I was at a friend’s house a few days ago. Her husband, an intelligent man who I quite like, always makes a point of asking how the “book writing” is going, although what he really means is “how much are you making?” I know this to be a...