Let’s Talk About Writing | Judy Penz Sheluk

Let’s Talk About Writing: Defining a Series

by Judy Penz Sheluk | Feb 25, 2023 | Behind the Scenes, Let's Talk About Writing

For authors making the query rounds in the hopes of landing a publisher or an agent, much is made of being able to categorize the genre and sub-genre of your book. Defining an entire series is equally, if not more, important, if for no other reason than to inform the...

Let’s Talk About Writing: Secondary Characters

by Judy Penz Sheluk | Feb 18, 2023 | Let's Talk About Writing, One Writer's Journey

Several years back I had the pleasure of attending an event that featured Giles Blunt, author of the much-lauded Detective John Cardinal mystery series (if you haven’t read him, or watched the TV series, Cardinal, based on his novels, you must). At one point in the...

Let’s Talk About Writing: Short vs. Long

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...

Let’s Talk About Writing: Long vs. Short

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...

Let’s Talk About Writing: Book Blurbs

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...

Let’s Talk About Writing: Entering Writing Contests by Joyce Woollcott

by Judy Penz Sheluk | Sep 17, 2022 | Let's Talk About Writing, One Writer's Journey

Writers are an odd bunch. I believe most of us are a little reclusive by nature, and isn’t writing the perfect answer to someone who likes to be alone? Sitting quietly, putting words on the page? Sipping a coffee, cat or dog sleeping at our feet. Of course, this...

Let’s Talk About Writing: Defining a Series

Let’s Talk About Writing: Secondary Characters

Let’s Talk About Writing: Short vs. Long

Let’s Talk About Writing: Long vs. Short

Let’s Talk About Writing: Book Blurbs

Let’s Talk About Writing: Entering Writing Contests by Joyce Woollcott

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