by Judy Penz Sheluk | Apr 2, 2022 | Behind the Scenes, One Writer's Journey
I’ve had the privilege of serving alongside of Winona Kent for the past two years on the Crime Writers of Canada Board of Directors but I never knew her “Google Street View” trick until this moment. I think I may end up using it myself. Take it away,...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Mar 26, 2022 | One Writer's Journey
One of the most common questions I get asked, both at events, and during author interviews, is if I have any writing advice. I always quote Agatha Christie first: “There was a moment when I changed from an amateur to a professional. I assumed the burden of a...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Mar 19, 2022 | One Writer's Journey, When One Thing Leads To Another
One of the great benefits of having served on the Crime Writers of Canada Board of Directors since 2017 has been the opportunity to get to know fellow authors in a variety of sub-genres under the Mystery/Crime umbrella. I was especially fortunate to have served as...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Mar 12, 2022 | Let's Talk About Writing, One Writer's Journey
Every reader and every writer has a pet peeve. Mine happens to be the overuse of exclamation points. In his “10 Rules,” Elmore Leonard says: “Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Mar 5, 2022 | One Writer's Journey
I’m the only child of two very strict European immigrant parents (no sleepovers for this kid). Both have passed on, my father at age 42 (stomach cancer) and my mother in 2016 after a lengthy battle with COPD. But while they are no longer a physical presence in...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Feb 19, 2022 | Let's Talk About Writing, One Writer's Journey
It was February of 2000 when I first met Barry Dempster, an award-winning poet and author. He was the instructor at my very first creative writing workshop, and as I recall, there were about a dozen of us huddled into the basement of the Holland Landing Public...
