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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.