by Judy Penz Sheluk | Apr 30, 2022 | Let's Talk About Writing, One Writer's Journey
As an author, I’ve taught creative writing and presented workshops and one of the reasons for “not writing” or “not finishing” that often comes up is “I have such a busy life, I just can’t seem to find the time to...
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 | 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...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Feb 12, 2022 | Let's Talk About Writing, One Writer's Journey
Elmore Leonard started out writing westerns, then turned his talents to crime fiction. One of the most popular and prolific writers of our time, he wrote about two dozen novels, most of them bestsellers, such as Glitz, Get Shorty, Maximum Bob, and Rum Punch. Unlike...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Feb 5, 2022 | Let's Talk About Writing, One Writer's Journey
I’ve been a published mystery author since 2014, and during that time I’ve learned a lot about the world of publishing. Along the way, I’ve had plenty of support and asked for lots of advice, but much of what I’ve learned was done by trial and...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Jan 29, 2022 | Let's Talk About Writing, One Writer's Journey
In last week’s post, I wrote about using music lyrics in a book or story. That made me think about quoting lines or verses from poems, but it also raised the question of whether parodies of songs were safe or off limits. Let’s start with poetry, Despite my...
