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.
Down the Rabbit Hole
/in Donnell Ann Bell, History, Ideas, Police, Research, writing life/by Donnell Ann BellBy Donnell Ann Bell I’m glad I only blog once a month on The Stiletto Gang. Mainly because when I stumble on a topic I’d like to discuss, that’s how long it takes to condense the mushroom cloud in my brain into a few cohesive paragraphs. Case in point, I recently read an ad in […]
Judging a Book by Its Title
/in Author Life, Mysteries, Sparkle Abbey, writing life/by Mary Lee AshfordWe often get asked about our book titles and we do have some fun with them. The Sparkle Abbey books sport titles such as “The Girl with the Dachshund Tattoo” and “Fifty Shades of Greyhound” and the Mary Lee Ashford books, “Game of Scones” and “Risky Biscuits.” As with most traditionally published authors, we had no […]
Steps In A Journey
/in Brooke Terpening, Colorado Gold Rush Literary Contest, Donnell Ann Bell, Pacific Northwest Writers Association Contest, Publishing, Royal Palm Literary Awards, Severn River Publishing, Writers League of Texas Literary Contest/by Brooke TerpeningThe creative side of writing is a joy, but, as we all know, the business of getting your novel into the world can be daunting. As I’ve learned, it takes a village and a support network along with a healthy dose of determination to birth a book. I started my publication journey by joining Sisters […]
Brown Hound Press & The Last Detail
/in Judy Penz Sheluk, Short Stories/by Judy Penz ShelukThe Last Detail is the title of a short story, written by me and recently published by Brown Hound Press. A new online publisher, Brown Hound is a small press based in Lexington, Kentucky that publishes offbeat mystery, dark humor, southern gothic, and literary fiction. Brown Hound Press plans to publish one short story a […]
Going Home
/in Author Life, characters, Cozy Mysteries, Mystery/by Lois WinstonBy Leslie Wheeler Three years after our parents died, my sister and I finally sold our childhood home. Giving up a place with so many happy memories was hard, but I believed we had to do it. Houses are meant to be lived in, and neither my sister, nor I, nor our children wanted to […]