by Judy Penz Sheluk | Feb 5, 2026 | Once Upon a Time, One Writer's Journey
A new monthly series, which I’ve decided to call “Once Upon a Time”—a look at my writing journey. This one was originally published February 12, 2016 (or 10 years and a 100+ public speaking experiences later…) I’m one of those people who...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Feb 8, 2025 | Authors Helping Authors, One Writer's Journey
I can’t quite remember when or where I first met fellow Canadian author Barbara Fradkin, but I think it may have been at one of the Ontario Library Association’s SuperConferences, where we both would have been attending (and me, possibly emceeing) a...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Jun 4, 2022 | One Writer's Journey, When One Thing Leads To Another
Back in March 2019, I attended Left Coast Crime, an annual mystery conference that travels to a different west coast city every March or April. That year, it was in Vancouver, British Columbia. I’d never been to B.C., always wanted to go, and I’d always...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | May 28, 2022 | One Writer's Journey
Thursday, May 26, 2022 marked the end of my five years serving as a volunteer on the Crime Writers of Canada Board of Directors, the last two as Chair. It was an honour and a privilege to be part of such a fine organization, and despite the challenges of Covid, our...
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...
