by Judy Penz Sheluk | Jun 11, 2022 | 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 | May 21, 2022 | Inspiration, My Publishing Journey
Readers of my Glass Dolphin Mystery series know that Levon Larroquette is an antiques picker (think of the TV show, American Pickers) and the charismatic ex-husband of protagonist Arabella Carpenter. In book 1 (The Hanged Man’s Noose) we find out exactly why...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | May 14, 2022 | My Publishing Journey
I spent the better part of my teen and early-mid twenties reading everything Agatha Christie wrote (including the six books written under the pseudonym of Mary Westmacott. A while back, I reread the Murder on the Orient Express was pleasantly surprised to find that it...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Apr 23, 2022 | My Publishing Journey, Past & Present
When I was about sixteen, my mother and her best friend, Kay, dragged me to an “event” where a blind psychic would go into the audience, take a proffered object, and tell the owner something about it (for something like $10 a pop). At the time, Kay and my mom were big...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Feb 26, 2022 | My Marketing Journey, My Publishing Journey
Marketing books can be a bit of a full-time job (and not one I particularly enjoy…I like writing them, but the publicity part is far from second nature to me). That said, every now and again I’ll try something new. Here goes: The Superior Shores...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Oct 30, 2021 | My Publishing Journey, Superior Shores Press
For the past three Octobers, I’ve put out a Call for Submissions for an anthology to be published by my imprint, Superior Shores Press. That resulted in three collections that have been both critically acclaimed and well received by readers: The Best Laid Plans:...
