by Judy Penz Sheluk | Mar 6, 2015 | My Publishing Journey, One Writer's Journey
In my previous posts in this series [The First Cut is the Deepest; Calling All Agents], I addressed my hunt for an agent. Having invested the better part of a year with little to show for my efforts, by the end of 2013, I knew it was time to take a different approach....
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Feb 6, 2015 | My Publishing Journey, One Writer's Journey
In My Publishing Journey: The First Cut is the Deepest, I wrote about my experience of meeting with an enthusiastic agent at a writer’s conference, and putting all my publishing dreams in her hands. While that turned out to be a rookie mistake, I wasn’t about to give...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Jan 10, 2015 | My Publishing Journey, One Writer's Journey
A year ago, I was actively looking for a home for my debut mystery novel, THE HANGED MAN’S NOOSE. I’m happy to say that I found the perfect fit with Barking Rain Press, but the journey to get there was filled with highs, lows, lots of learning and a liberal dose of...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Dec 30, 2014 | One Writer's Journey
For my last blog of 2014 I toyed with the idea of writing a “year in review,” but quickly realized I’d already covered that territory—either in a previous post or in one of my “new” pages. Here’s a recap of those new pages, with links to take you...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Sep 18, 2014 | One Writer's Journey
When Lois Winston, author of the Anastasia Pollack crafting mysteries, sent the callout for authors looking to participate in a dessert cookbook that would also include advice on love and writing, my first thought was, “sounds like a great fun, but I’m...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Aug 18, 2014 | One Writer's Journey
I participated in SavvyAuthor’s Summer Writing Boot Camp in July. The goal: write 50,000 words of a novel in a month. To save you from having to do the math, that equals 1,613 words a day. Now as someone who tends to write, revise and research as I go along (with the...
