by Judy Penz Sheluk | Mar 4, 2023 | Behind the Story, One Writer's Journey
I was working on my latest book, Before There Were Skeletons, and having one of my “Agatha Christie Days”—and by that I don’t mean channeling my inner Miss Marple, but rather attempting to follow Dame Agatha’s sage advice, which is “to write even when you don’t want...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Feb 11, 2023 | Behind the Story, One Writer's Journey
With Valentine’s Day just a few days off, I remembered this post, which originally appeared on Debra Goldstein’s website on October 31, 2022. The timing of it had amused me, because I’ve never been much of a Halloween person. Even as a kid, I dreaded the...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Feb 4, 2023 | Behind the Story, One Writer's Journey
The title came first. Before There Were Skeletons, a nod to Skeletons in the Attic, book 1 in my Marketville Mystery series. In book 1, Calamity (Callie) Barnstable, my protagonist, 36 at the time, inherits a house in Marketville from her father, who has died in an...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Nov 26, 2022 | Behind the Story, One Writer's Journey
After seven years of splitting our time between our condo bungalow in Southern Ontario and our place on Lake Superior, my husband Mike and I decided it was time to try lakeside living on a fulltime basis. There were a lot of reasons for the decision, though the...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Nov 19, 2022 | Behind the Story, One Writer's Journey
If you follow me on social media, you’ll know I’m the owner of Golden Retriever named Gibbs (after Leroy Jethro Gibbs of the long-running TV show NCIS). Gibbs, who turned seven on October 21, is a good dog who lives up to the stubborn streak of his...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Nov 12, 2022 | Behind the Story, One Writer's Journey
I’ve never met CJ Shane, but we’ve come to know each other through our membership with Sisters in Crime Guppy branch, where she’s a frequent contributor on the digest. I also know that she’s a very talented artist, and jewelry maker, in...
