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The Inspiration Behind the Character: Part V – Camilla Mortimer-Gilroy

by Judy Penz Sheluk | Jan 17, 2019 | Inspiration, My Publishing Journey

I was a teenager, about sixteen, when I got my first part-time job at a grocery store. It was called Sunnybrook Food Market and it was located at Midland and Lawrence in Scarborough, Ontario, about a mile and a half walk from my house, and a ten minute walk from...

Live Free or Tri: A collection of three short mystery stories

by Judy Penz Sheluk | Jan 10, 2019 | My Publishing Journey

Death and Deception Appearances are often deceiving and that is the underlying premise in this collection of short crime fiction: In “Live Free or Die,” naive 21-year-old Emmy falls hard for 31-year-old Jack, an efficiency expert from New Hampshire who is not all that...

The Inspiration Behind the Character: Part IV – Arabella Carpenter

by Judy Penz Sheluk | Jan 4, 2019 | Inspiration, My Publishing Journey

Of all my characters, shortbread cookie loving Glass Dolphin antiques shop owner Arabella is probably my favorite. Feisty and flawed, she’s a loyal friend who still loves her ex-husband, Levon Larroquette, even if she refuses to admit it. But what I really like...

The Inspiration Behind the Character: Part III – Emily Garland

by Judy Penz Sheluk | Dec 13, 2018 | Inspiration, My Publishing Journey

We first meet Emily Garland in The Hanged Man’s Noose, the first book in my Glass Dolphin Mystery series, and she returns in book 2, A Hole in One. In both books, Emily shares the stage with Arabella Carpenter, although in Noose, she’s the lead, and in...

The Inspiration Behind the Character Part II: Garrett Stonehaven

by Judy Penz Sheluk | Dec 6, 2018 | Inspiration, My Publishing Journey

In The Hanged Man’s Noose, the first book in my Glass Dolphin Mystery series, the basic premise is: greedy developer comes to the small town of Lount’s Landing with plans to build a mega-box store on the town’s historic Main Street, thereby...

My Publishing Journey: AntiqueWeek

by Judy Penz Sheluk | Nov 29, 2018 | Inspiration, My Publishing Journey

A quick post today, sharing my recent article in AntiqueWeek, where I talk about how a knowledge of antiques and history have influenced my writing. Click here to open the PDF.    
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