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.
Word Games by Saralyn Richard
/in words/by Saralyn RichardWord Games I’ve played word games for as long as I can remember. Crossword puzzles, acrostics, Scrabble, Boggle, and MadLibs were all favorites before apps like Words with Friends, Lexulous, Upwords, and Wordle came on the scene. I love them all, and I play regularly with friends, strangers, and computers. Recently my nephew told […]
A Journey to the Past (and the Present)
/in travel, food, memories, Paula Gail Benson/by Paula Bensonby Paula Gail Benson Last week, I made a trip to Charleston, S.C., for an appointment scheduled early on Wednesday morning. I live about an hour and a half to two hours away, so I decided to go down the day before to be on time and not have to fight the traffic. Years ago, […]
Three yogis, two cops, and one damn cute dog
/in Uncategorized/by donalee MoultonWe’re leaving winter behind and welcoming spring. This spring is particularly celebratory. I’m welcoming a new book. Bind is the first in my series, the Lotus Detective Agency. I thought this month I’d share an excerpt with you – and would love your feedback. First here’s a little background. Everything that happens in a yoga […]
Picking a Pen Name
/in Author Life, author promotion, Romance, writing life/by Bethany MainesWhat’s in a Pen Name? I recently have had the opportunity to submit to a dark romance anthology. For those that don’t know dark romance could be defined as a subgenre of romance that explores the messy, complicated, and sometimes twisted side of love and relationships. Dark romance is not my usual genre. A lot […]
Mother’s Day Index?
/in Author Life, amateur sleuth mysteries, Mother's Day, Mystery Series, Romantic Suspense, Samantha Newman Romantic Mystery series/by Gay YellenThere are all sorts of mothers in modern literature, from the unbearably overbearing and ambitious Mama Rose in Gypsy to the kind, upstanding, Marmee in Little Women. This past Mother’s Day weekend, the local paper published an article about the “Mother’s Day Index” a numerical attempt to calculate the monetary value of a mother’s work, […]