by Judy Penz Sheluk | Jan 22, 2022 | Let's Talk About Writing, One Writer's Journey
Yes, I know, Stephen King makes it look so easy with his habit of using song lyrics in his novels. But here’s a head’s up: He’s a bestselling author, so most musicians are going to be more than okay with granting permission. And he’s got money,...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Jan 15, 2022 | Let's Talk About Writing, One Writer's Journey
Don’t Tell Me the Moon Is Shining; Show Me the Glint of Light on Broken Glass – Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) I first read this quote, attributed to Anton Chekov, in a Creative Writing Workshop back in 2002. To me, it epitomizes the principle of Show, Don’t...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Dec 4, 2021 | Let's Talk About Writing, One Writer's Journey
As the current Chair of Crime Writers of Canada (CWC), I’d be remiss if I didn’t take this platform to talk about writing associations. If you’ve read my bio, you’ll see that not only do I sit on the board at CWC, I belong to a number of other...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Nov 27, 2021 | Let's Talk About Writing, One Writer's Journey
What’s Ngrams you might be asking? If you don’t know, don’t feel bad. I didn’t know what it was either…until I had the pleasure of listening to Iona Wishaw’s Crime Writers of Canada webinar on historical research. Iona writes the...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Nov 20, 2021 | Let's Talk About Writing, One Writer's Journey
Recently, I had the pleasure of listening to Robert Rotenberg, a Toronto criminal lawyer and author who has been called “The Canadian John Grisham,” though he tells me he’d prefer to be compared to Scott Turow…but I digress. One of the things...
