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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.
Book Clubs, By Saralyn Richard
/in Book Clubs, Book events, Detective Parrott Mystery Series, Mysteries, Reading, Saralyn Richard/by Saralyn RichardI’ve been thinking a lot about book clubs, and I’ve known a lot of them over the years. Big ones, small ones, literary ones, social ones, online ones, in-person ones. I’ve belonged to a few, myself, but in recent years I’ve attended mostly book clubs where my books were being discussed. And even those have […]
The Summerville Book Festival
/in Uncategorized/by Paula Bensonby Paula Gail Benson At the end of February, I journeyed to Summerville, South Carolina, which is a growing metropolis of about 53,000 people located a little more than 20 miles from Charleston. I went there for the 2nd annual Book Festival sponsored by Main Street Reads, an independent bookstore located in the center of […]
The Anthropomorphizing of an Octopus
/in Author Life, Kathleen Kaska, Nature/by Kathleen KaskaThe Anthropomorphizing of an Octopus I just finished reading Shelby Van Pelt’s delightful novel, Remarkably Bright Creatures. Van Pelt tells the story of an octopus named Marsellus who lived in an aquarium and befriended the elderly nighttime cleaning lady. Several chapters are written from Marcellus’ point of view. It is an excellent example of anthropomorphizing, the […]
Every Little Thing
/in New Release, Romance, Romantic Suspense, writing life/by Bethany MainesQuarter 1 had a lot of things… And Thing 1 and Thing 2 were not blue-haired pranksters. The things were both writing. Last year, I blithely signed a contract with Varus Publishing to provide 4 books in 2026. I had exactly 1.5 books of those four written when I signed. Well, if you want to […]
Life in the Cracks
/in Author Life, Book Clubs, Gay Yellen, Romantic Suspense, Samantha Newman Romantic Mystery series, Spring/by Gay YellenI had an entirely different topic planned for today’s post until I learned that this date marks a celebration of “life in the cracks” for at least one community in California. I think it’s actually something we all should celebrate, especially these days. It’s the Festival of Life-in-the-Cracks Day! Time to celebrate the first signs […]