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The Stiletto Gang is a group blog full of traditional and indie published romance and mystery authors talking about writing, life, and how hard it is to find a new way to kill someone. Each day of the week features a new author. We keep our monthly blogging schedule posted in the sidebar. and we invite you to follow us on Facebook and/or sign up for daily blog alerts.
My Brother and Pluto -by T.K. Thorne
/in Thorne/by TK ThorneWell, this is something that doesn’t happen every day! My brother had a “small planet” (asteroid) named after him! (I know I’m not supposed to overuse exclamation points, but I can’t help it.) He earned this through his work on the New Horizons project—a NASA mission to study the dwarf planet Pluto, its moons, and […]
A Puzzling Art Mystery Within an Actual Art Theft Within a Cozy Mystery Novel
/in cozy mystery, amateur sleuth mysteries, Author Life, author promotion, Cozy Mysteries, cozy mystery books, crafting cozies, humor, indie publishing, Lois Winston, Marketing, women sleuths/by Lois WinstonBy Lois Winston Marketing is the bane of every author’s existence. Whether the author is traditionally published or independently publishing, we’re all responsible for much of our books’ promotion these days. Currently, Guilty as Framed, the eleventh Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery, is on sale through Amazon, Kobo, and Apple Books for only .99 cents. In […]
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Book
/in Uncategorized/by Saralyn RichardSaralyn Richard writes award-winning mysteries that pull back the curtain on settings like elite country manor houses and disadvantaged urban high schools. Her works include the Detective Parrott mystery series, Bad Blood Sisters, Mrs. Oliver’s Twist, A Murder of Principal, and Naughty Nana, a children’s book. An active member of International Thriller Writers and Mystery […]
Mystery Short Story Nominations
/in awards, Mystery, Paula Gail Benson, Short Stories/by Paula Bensonby Paula Gail Benson It’s that time of year when nominations are announced. Mystery short stories have categories in the Mystery Writers of America’s Edgars (for best short story and the Robert L. Fish award for best first short story), the Agathas given at Malice Domestic, and the Thrillers presented at Thrillerfest. Following are the […]
The 30,000-foot view of writing
/in Uncategorized/by donalee MoultonWe’ve been talking about editing, an essential element in the writing process that writers relish. When you’re creating characters, polishing plot, and tossing red herrings around to mystify readers, it can be easy to lose sight of the book as a whole, to remember what happened in chapter four when you’re on chapter fourteen. Writers […]