by Judy Penz Sheluk | Dec 28, 2024 | Movies & Books, One Writer's Journey
“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”― Mark Twain As an author, I’m often asked for advice. Beyond the usual “butt in chair, fingers on keyboard” and “write every day, even if all you have are five minutes...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Sep 17, 2020 | Book Reviews, Movies & Books
I first read The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein in January 2015, two weeks after my much-loved Golden Retriever, Copper, died of stomach cancer at the age of 12 1/2. Mike and I had picked up Copper when he was eight-months-old, a “return to...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Mar 26, 2020 | Movies & Books
This post originally appeared on Joanne Guidoccio’s blog. It’s a great blog — all sorts of author interviews and fun stuff — and I also published it in December 2016 and June 2018. But it remains one of my more popular posts, one that random...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Oct 4, 2018 | Movies & Books
This week, I’m introducing you to The Stiletto Gang, a multi-author blog where I post the first Monday of every month. Here’s the beginning of my Oct. 1st blog on Agatha Christie’s alter-ego, Ariadne Oliver: I spent the better part of my teen and...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Jun 14, 2018 | Movies & Books
This post originally appeared on Joanne Guidoccio’s blog. It’s a great blog — all sorts of author interviews and fun stuff — and I also published it in December 2016. But it remains one of my more popular posts, one that random strangers seem...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Dec 8, 2017 | Movies & Books
I’ll admit it. I love those impossibly cheesy holiday movies, the cheesier the better. In fact, I have a Holiday Movie Rating System (HMRS) that goes something like this: Paper-thin plot or wildly implausible plot: 5 points Female lead is either widowed,...
