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...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Apr 3, 2025 | Larceny & Last Chances, My Publishing Journey, One Writer's Journey, Superior Shores Press
The Derringer Awards shortlist was announced on April 1st by the Short Mystery Fiction Society. All stories are blind-judged, which makes making the shortlist not just an honor, but validation. I’m so grateful that my short story, THE LAST CHANCE COALITION, made...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Mar 22, 2025 | Midnight Schemers, My Publishing Journey, Superior Shores Press
I’ll admit it. as hard as I tried, I could not dream up a cover concept for Midnight Schemers & Daydream Believers. Thankfully, my fabulous cover art designer, Hunter Martin, had no such difficulty. “What about a crow?” he said. “After all,...
