by Judy Penz Sheluk | Jun 10, 2018 | One Writer's Journey
I’m heading up to our camp on Lake Superior at the end of the month, and I need to stock up on books. Can you recommend a great read (book name and author, brief description) — and tell me why you loved it? My preference is mystery and suspense but...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | May 24, 2018 | One Writer's Journey
One of the things I most enjoy about being an author is meeting readers (especially readers who like my books!). Since the publication of The Hanged Man’s Noose, I’ve had the good fortune to be a guest author at a few local book clubs. Basically, the club...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Apr 19, 2018 | Blog Hopping, One Writer's Journey
“People were never right in saying I was Anne. But in some respects, they will be right if they write me down as Emily.” L.M. Montgomery Like many mystery writers, I grew up on Nancy Drew, graduated to Agatha Christie, and have discovered many other...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Apr 5, 2018 | One Writer's Journey
Spring 1934: President Roosevelt was trying to prevent an auto strike. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler was working on a plan to increase Germany’s population. Clark Gable attended the Academy Awards dinner, but Katherine Hepburn and Charles Laughton declined to attend....
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Mar 22, 2018 | One Writer's Journey
In Descrambling Scrivener: Part I, I promised to tell you what I’d learned from Gwen Hernandez’s excellent course on Scrivener. Here are the basics: Creating a new project: Think of Scrivener as a three-ring binder where you can store your writing, research, notes,...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Mar 15, 2018 | One Writer's Journey
Get together with any group of writers, whether it’s through an online chat forum or in person, and the subject of Scrivener is bound to come up. And while I’m sure Scrivener has its fair share of detractors, one thing is irrefutable: those who love it really love it....