by Judy Penz Sheluk | Mar 28, 2014 | One Writer's Journey
If you’re a regular follower of my blog, you’ll know that I’ve recently been commissioned to write a Marketing 101 column for First Draft, the bi-monthly newsletter of Sisters in Crime – Guppies. For those of you unfamiliar with SinC-Guppies, it’s...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Mar 3, 2014 | One Writer's Journey
At the 2014 Academy Awards, Ellen DeGeneres’ “selfie with stars” Oscar tweet was retweeted so many times (in less than an hour, DeGeneres’ photo was already up to 871,000 retweets, with 210,000 favorites) that it temporarily shut down Twitter. That’s the power of...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Feb 18, 2014 | One Writer's Journey
I recently had the good fortune to visit the Royal Ontario Museum in downtown Toronto. Affectionately known as the ROM, until March 23, 2014, the Museum is hosting the North American premiere of Wildlife Photographer of the Year, an internationally renowned exhibition...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Jan 12, 2014 | One Writer's Journey
Something you may or may not know about me is that I am a runner. I’m not a particularly fast runner, I don’t necessarily “look” like a runner, and I’m far from being a natural athlete. Nonetheless, running has been a passion since I took my first...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Dec 18, 2013 | One Writer's Journey
That’s the question posed by Sisters in Crime member Sherry Harris in a recent post on Wicked Cozy Authors, the joint blog of six authors who write wicked awesome cozy mysteries set in New England. As a pantser (someone who writes without an outline, outside of a...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Nov 2, 2013 | One Writer's Journey
My recent posts, Descrambing Scrivener Part I and Part II, were met with an incredible amount of attention. They also led me to a number of related posts, but none piqued my interest as much as a post by author Catherine Chant, a PRO member of the Romance Writers of...