by Judy Penz Sheluk | Feb 21, 2019 | Giveaways, My Publishing Journey
In my #Bell Let’s Talk: My Story post on January 31st, I mentioned my story, Cleopatra Slippers, which is in my flash fiction collection, Unhappy Endings. With just three very short stories, this is a quick read. Normally priced at .99 (and available on Kindle...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Feb 14, 2019 | Inspiration, My Publishing Journey
True confession: I fell madly, deeply in love for the first time when I was fifteen. To say things in the Penz household were somewhat unstable might be putting a gloss on it—my father had died the year before, my mother was coping badly, and I didn’t have any...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Jan 24, 2019 | My Publishing Journey, Superior Shores Press, The Best Laid Plans
Back in October, I announced that my publishing imprint, Superior Shores Press, would be accepting submissions for its first multi-author anthology, The Best Laid Plans. I’ll admit to being a wee bit nervous. What if no one submitted? A well-rounded anthology...
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...
