by Judy Penz Sheluk | Oct 29, 2022 | Behind the Scenes, My Publishing Journey
The Winter 2021 edition of Mystery Readers Journal (Volume 37, No. 4) featured Cold Case Mysteries, and I was thrilled to have my article on writing cold case cozies included. At the time, I had published three books in my Marketville Mystery series: Skeletons in the...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Oct 21, 2022 | My Publishing Journey
It’s release day for Before There Were Skeletons and advance reviews have been amazing. Here are my five favorites (name dropping intentional). Maureen Jennings, author of the Murdoch Mysteries: “Private Investigator Calamity (Callie) Barnstable is a...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Oct 15, 2022 | My Publishing Journey, One Writer's Journey
There’s been a lot of behind the scenes work, and it’s still a work-in-progress, but the Marketville Buecher website is now live. This German language website was made possible by my wonderful German translator, Petra Schmelzeisen, and her techie husband,...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Sep 24, 2022 | Let's Talk About Writing, My Publishing Journey
You’ve written the book, it’s gone through editing, proofreading, formatting, cover art…the list goes on. As an author, you think, “I’ve done it.” But there’s one final, but very important, step. Getting advance reviews to...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Sep 3, 2022 | My Publishing Journey
Callie’s back! It’s been three long years since A Fool’s Journey, but Before There Were Skeletons, book 4 in my Marketville Mystery series, releases on October 21, 2022 in e-book, trade paperback and Large Print versions. I’m really excited...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Jul 9, 2022 | My Publishing Journey
Recently, Amazon changed their return policy to allow customers the option to return a Kindle e-book for a full refund AFTER the book has been fully read. Now, it’s one thing to download a book, read a couple of chapters, say, “this isn’t for...
