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...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Nov 5, 2022 | Let's Talk About Writing, One Writer's Journey
Like many authors, my mystery writing publishing journey began with the publication of a few short stories, one of them, a flash fiction piece titled ‘Beautiful Killer’ was picked up by Untreed Reads for Flash and Bang, a collection of short crime fiction...
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 | Oct 8, 2022 | Let's Talk About Writing, One Writer's Journey
Like many authors, my mystery writing publishing journey began with the publication of a short story. That was 2014, and since that time I’ve written and published seven full-length novels, edited and produced three multi-author short story anthologies of mystery and...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Oct 1, 2022 | Behind the Story, One Writer's Journey
In preparing for an upcoming speaking engagement I’ve been thinking a lot about writing novels and short fiction. A question that often comes up relates to theme. “What’s your book about?” someone asks. The easy answer is the plot—this happens and then this happens,...
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...
