Copy Boy Archives - Shelley Blanton-Stroud

We’re having a POSTER GIRL launch party!

Shelley Admin2023-09-14T20:47:38+00:00AUTHOR, book club, Book Event, Book signing, Capital Books, Copy Boy, Fact and fiction, historical fiction, History, Indie Bookstores, Launch, Poster Girl, women in history, world war ii|

I'm so excited to invite you to POSTER GIRL's book launch party, Tuesday, November 14, 5-7 pm at Rossi Sculptural [...]

Reviews from respected readers

Shelley Admin2023-08-18T17:00:18+00:00advice, conference, Copy Boy, David Corbett, editor, Review|

It's such a gift--one of the more social aspects of writing--the chance to connect with engaged readers. In the case [...]

This thing I have about bookstores

Shelley Admin2023-08-05T17:45:09+00:00AUTHOR, Cara Black, Copy Boy, historical fiction, Indie Bookstores, Tomboy|

My dear friend (and awesome librarian) Nora found this picture of Jane Benjamin's two current books so near to the [...]

Signing Sunday 4/2/23 at Ruby’s Books, Folsom

Shelley Admin2023-03-30T13:41:48+00:00AUTHOR, Book Event, Book signing, Copy Boy, historical fiction, Indie Bookstores, Ruby's Books, Tomboy|

It's hard to measure the importance of indie bookstores to the ecosystem of books and readers and writers. I like [...]

Queen of Mean: Hedda Hopper

Shelley Admin2022-09-20T16:54:22+00:00#amwriting, Catriona McPherson, COLUMNIST, Copy Boy, Fact and fiction, Flyboy, Gossip, historical fiction, Interview, Mystery Review Crew, Research, Stories on Stage Sacramento|

Researching the third Jane Benjamin Novel (Flyboy, November 2023) had me reading quite a bit about 1940s gossip columnist Hedda Hopper. [...]

Inspired by Herb Caen

Shelley Admin2022-12-01T18:25:50+00:00AUTHOR, COLUMNIST, Copy Boy, Fact and fiction, Gossip, Herb Caen, historical fiction, origin story, Research, San Francisco, Tomboy|

I love this Jerald Silva painting of Sacramento literary luminaries featuring authors Cornel West, Joan Didion, Ann Bannon, Ernesto Galarza, [...]

Book release party at Bogle Winery

Shelley Admin2022-06-03T22:06:01+00:00AUTHOR, Book Event, Book signing, Copy Boy, Dust Bowl, Fact and fiction, FAMILY, historical fiction, Launch, Publishing, Tomboy|

Tuesday, June 28, 2022, 6:30-8:30 Pacific. You're invited to help me celebrate TOMBOY’s publication day at Bogle Winery with wine and heavy [...]

Start Jane Benjamin’s adventure with Copy Boy–free upload

Shelley Admin2022-03-02T19:27:48+00:00AUTHOR, Copy Boy, Dust Bowl, Fact and fiction, FAMILY, feminist, feminist noir, FREE, Giveaway, historical fiction, historical thriller, Noir, Publishing|

I loved Mona's cranky, disgruntled humor in Elizabeth Gonzalez James's debut novel, MONA AT SEA. That's why I was so [...]

Cantankerous and fussy

Shelley Admin2022-01-18T18:25:24+00:00AUTHOR, Copy Boy, Fact and fiction, feminist, Grit, historical fiction, historical thriller, History|

I wrote Copy Boy, my first of the Jane Benjamin novels, in ten years, dipping in and out of the [...]

Interviews are dangerous

Shelley Admin2022-01-18T18:27:28+00:00audience, AUTHOR, Copy Boy, Craft, Dust Bowl, Fact and fiction, FAMILY, historical thriller, Interview|

It's like I'm a sophomore. It's fascinating to me how a person can turn sixty and still feel, well, sophomoric. To [...]