by Judy Penz Sheluk | Jun 18, 2025 | Midnight Schemers, My Publishing Journey, Superior Shores Press
If someone had told me, when I was working on the first Superior Shores Anthology, The Best Laid Plans, that I’d be releasing my fifth anthology in six years in 2025, I would never have believed them. And yet, that’s exactly what’s happening, and...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Jun 4, 2025 | Giveaways, My Publishing Journey
I’m a member of the multi-author blog, The Stiletto Gang, where I post on the first Monday of every month. In June, the Stiletto Gang is running a multi-author mystery book giveaway. The Grand Prize winner will receive an 8 book prize package and three runners...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | May 31, 2025 | Midnight Schemers, My Publishing Journey, Superior Shores Press
A warm welcome to Debra Bliss Saenger, one of the 22 authors in the Midnight Schemers & Daydream Believers anthology. She’s visiting today to share her inspiration and plot moves and manoeuvres in her short story “Checking Out at the Live Free or Die...
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 | 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 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...
