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.
A Barn That Won’t Sag; A Story I Can’t Hear
/in Author Life, Cozy Mysteries, crafting mystery, crafty a mystery, Sydney Lockhart Historic Hotel Mystery Series/by Kathleen KaskaA Barn That Won’t Sag; A Story I Can’t Hear Several years ago, I enrolled in a charcoal sketching class. I loved the simplicity of creating and bringing an image to life with shades of black and gray—seeing the face of a young girl staring back at me; a black-crowned night heron perched on a […]
Creative Process
/in Inspiration, Writing and the Arts/by Bethany MainesEmbracing the Process Recently, someone asked me about my inspiration for one of my books, and I hesitated to answer. Investigating the creative process can be fascinating, but also a little bit terrifying. Exploring how my brain processes and generates ideas can help guide my process toward fresh ideas. Or it could make me realize […]
Artificial Intelligence, a Friend… or a Foe?
/in Artificial Intelligence, cozy mystery books, Plagiarism, Romantic Suspense, Samantha Newman Romantic Mystery series, writing life/by Gay Yellenby Gay Yellen Recently, our local newspaper devoted an entire page of articles with disturbing headlines on the subject. The lead essay announced this: AI-HUMAN HYBRID EYED TO PREVENT ROGUE AI. My mind’s eye instantly conjured up the scary image of a human-robot cyborg. Hard to say what form it might actually take, but there’s […]
Author Photos
/in Judy Penz Sheluk, A Fatal Affair/by Judy Penz ShelukI’m going to let you in on a little secret: unless you’re young and dewy-eyed OR spectacularly gorgeous, most female authors approach getting new professional author photos with the same dread that might be reserved for bathing suit shopping (I can’t speak for male authors vis-a-vis bathing suit shopping, so I’m not even going to […]
What’s your favorite thing about September?
/in Author Life, Mysteries/by Mary Lee AshfordSeptember has finally arrived, but here in the Midwest it’s not feeling very much like Fall. Between the triple-digit heat index we’re currently experiencing and the packed-to-the-gills summer that felt like it was on fast-forward, it’s hard to believe that it’s September already. So we’re not going to talk about football games and fall leaves. […]