Author Archives: jselbo

by Jule Selbo A few days ago, my publisher sent me a note and a file: “Here is the latest draft – the result of your reactions/addressing of the editor’s notes. You now have one more look-through before the ARC … Continue reading →

by Jule Selbo So embarrassed I am. So abashed I feel So distraught I missed it… Early morning, a few days ago. I was listening to Jesse Thorn’s BullsEye show on NPR; it’s one of my favorite interview shows because … Continue reading →

posted by Jule Selbo I got way behind in life this month, with traveling, with the publication of my latest Dee Rommel Book (8 DAYS), a persistent (obsessive?) re-work of chapter 12 and 13 in 7 DAYS and cooking for … Continue reading →

Plusses and Minuses   — Jule Selbo  If you’ve been keeping up with the blog in the last few days, you know that last weekend was the annual Crime Wave Conference, held in Portland, Maine at the Glickman Library at … Continue reading →

post by Jule Selbo I thought I was going to finish the latest book in my Dee Rommel series (8 DAYS, A Dee Rommel Mystery) last week. Last Friday. Didn’t happen. Saturday it didn’t happen. Or Sunday April 30. I … Continue reading →

By Jule Selbo This last month I’ve been involved in Acorn Productions’ Maine Playwrights Festival (MPF). My title is Playwright in Residence – and comes with a few specific tasks. Attend initial ‘cold’ (meaning no rehearsal) readings of the 10 … Continue reading →

blogged by Jule Selbo This is kind of jumping off from Shelley Burbank’s guest posting on Tuesday. Not on purpose – but when I read her blog – I thought – ahh! Minds in the same place! My very first … Continue reading →

blogged by Jule Selbo It happens every time I get to this point in a book – and yet I’m still surprised and angry and frustrated and consider taking up the less stressful (maybe it’s not) job of wearing an … Continue reading →

by Jule Selbo I’m reading John Grisham’s 2021 release The Judge’s List. Very soon – as I was reading – I got interested in how – in the first 100 pages, Grisham’s employed the “I can’t tell you now”, “I … Continue reading →

by Jule Selbo Every writer knows this: if you have dedicated yourself to getting out a book once a year (or nine months or six months or at whatever pace works for you), you commit to BIC/FOK time. Butt in … Continue reading →