Fifth Monday Guest Author Judy Penz Sheluk

Anthologies & Lemon Meringue Pie As the editor and publisher of four (soon to be five) multi-author anthologies of mystery and suspense, I’m often asked how I select the stories that appear in the collections. It’s a fair question. Over the course of those five anthologies, I’ve read close to 400 submissions. Of those, I’ve […]

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Guest Author Alyssa Maxwell Muses on the Holidays

The holidays are almost over and I’ll be sad to see them go. Because I love it all: the music, the lights, the food, people being a little nicer to each other . . . But there’s a good chance I’ll soon be getting a lot more writing done than I have in the past few weeks. Between shopping, preparing, wrapping, socializing, etc., it’s been hard to be productive. Whether you’re a writer or you devote your time to anything else on a regular basis, I’m sure you know exactly what I mean. But sometimes I wonder if the distraction… […]

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