by Judy Penz Sheluk | Feb 4, 2023 | Behind the Story, One Writer's Journey
The title came first. Before There Were Skeletons, a nod to Skeletons in the Attic, book 1 in my Marketville Mystery series. In book 1, Calamity (Callie) Barnstable, my protagonist, 36 at the time, inherits a house in Marketville from her father, who has died in an...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Nov 19, 2022 | Behind the Story, One Writer's Journey
If you follow me on social media, you’ll know I’m the owner of Golden Retriever named Gibbs (after Leroy Jethro Gibbs of the long-running TV show NCIS). Gibbs, who turned seven on October 21, is a good dog who lives up to the stubborn streak of his...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Oct 29, 2022 | Behind the Scenes, My Publishing Journey
The Winter 2021 edition of Mystery Readers Journal (Volume 37, No. 4) featured Cold Case Mysteries, and I was thrilled to have my article on writing cold case cozies included. At the time, I had published three books in my Marketville Mystery series: Skeletons in the...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Oct 21, 2022 | My Publishing Journey
It’s release day for Before There Were Skeletons and advance reviews have been amazing. Here are my five favorites (name dropping intentional). Maureen Jennings, author of the Murdoch Mysteries: “Private Investigator Calamity (Callie) Barnstable is a...
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...
