by Judy Penz Sheluk | Sep 13, 2018 | My Publishing Journey
If you visit my Home Page, you’ll see a countdown clock for the launch of Past & Present: Just 8 more sleeps to go! I’ve also received wonderful news from Diane Donovan, who is a Senior Book Reviewer for Midwest Book Review. Not only did Diane review...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Sep 6, 2018 | My Publishing Journey, One Writer's Journey
A version of this was first posted on this blog in Jan. 2015, when I had virtually no followers. Three and a half years later, a few more followers, and four novels (and a few short stories) later, I thought it was time to revisit it. The moral of this story:...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Aug 30, 2018 | My Publishing Journey, Past & Present
When I started writing my first novel, I never gave a moment’s thought to promotion. I was naive enough to believe that after I got a publishing contract, the publisher would do all sorts of promotion, while I’d visit bookstores and go to events...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Aug 16, 2018 | My Publishing Journey
It’s been four years since I signed my first book contract for The Hanged Man’s Noose in July 2014, and three years since it was published. If someone had told me then that I’d have three novels published, with another one coming out in a...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Aug 9, 2018 | My Publishing Journey, Past & Present
One of the most nerve-wracking things an author has to do is ask for advance reviews. It means sending out ARCs (Advance Reader Copies) and hoping that the people who kindly agreed to read your book actually like it. Because if they don’t, they’re not...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Aug 3, 2018 | My Publishing Journey
If you follow me on Facebook, you’ll know that I recently spent the better part of a month at our camp in Northern Ontario on Lake Superior (the U.S. side is known as the UP or Upper Peninsula). It’s a magical place where time seems to stand still, or at...
