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 | 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 | 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 | Feb 16, 2021 | Behind the Scenes, My Publishing Journey, Where There's A Will
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if, as an author, every word, sentence, paragraph, and page would be pitch perfect on the first draft. Or even the final draft before going to a proofreader for one last review. Of course by this time the most egregious errors have...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Aug 16, 2018 | My Publishing Journey
It’s been four years since I signed my first book contract for The Hanged Man’s Noose in July 2014, and three years since it was published. If someone had told me then that I’d have three novels published, with another one coming out in a...
