Who are the Stiletto Gang?
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.
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 […]
Unremarkable Me
/in Paula Gail Benson/by Paula Bensonby Paula Gail Benson This week, I received a report from a sinus CT. It contained the line: “The skull is unremarkable.” I had to think about that, rather like Hamlet contemplating Yorick’s skull in the graveyard scene in Shakespeare’s play. To put in context, in Hamlet, Act V, Scene 1, Hamlet and Horatio come […]
What to Giveaway
/in Author Life, author promotion, Give Away, Romantic Suspense/by Bethany MainesIs it good to giveaway a book? Well, as a recipient of the occasional free book, I will confirm that yes, I think it’s great when authors giveaway books. However, many authors feel extremely leery of giving away free books. There have been many instances of winners selling books or copying content, so that fear […]
Time for a Change?
/in Samantha Newman Romantic Mystery series, Romantic Suspense, Stress relief, Time, writing life/by Gay YellenThere are two kinds of people in this country: those who love Daylight Saving Time, and those who don’t. There’s a third group, I suppose: those who can’t decide, even though the reality of it has been around for nearly sixty years. The U.S. tried it twice before, during World Wars I and II, in […]
Spring Into Meeting Readers
/in Author Life, author promotion, Book events, Cozy Mysteries, Uncategorized/by Mary Lee Ashfordby Sparkle Abbey As we dig out from winter here in the Midwest, our thoughts turn to spring. And for us spring brings not only spring flowers and much nicer weather (we hope) but also great opportunities to get out to book events. It kicks off the season for mystery conferences, such as Left Coast […]