By Laura Bradford Do you remember that Peanuts’ song about happiness? The one about tying shoes and holding hands for the very first time? Even now–with the passage of nearly four decades since I first heard that song–I can still sing along (in tune). And it still makes me, well, happy. In the event you may […]
Or How to Go Pleasantly Crazy by Bethany Maines A few weeks ago I set out to write about my character development process, but got somewhat distracted by cheese. I don’t apologize for that – cheese is great. It’s not an obsession or anything; it’s perfectly natural to like cheese. I don’t have a […]
The newest baby in our family is Julius. His daddy, my grandson, Nick, named him after a character in a football movie. Nick lived with us from the time he was 11 until he turned 22. When he was in high school and playing football, he was crazy about this movie and played it over […]
By Evelyn David Excuse me. This blog is a bit all over the place, but I assure you that it’s all connected – though maybe just in my head. Fellow Stiletto Gang member and person extraordinaire, Maggie Barbieri, has been raving about the positive effects of acupuncture. Intellectually, I’ve always believed that there is value […]
by Susan McBride For many years—and many books—I’ve had the pleasure of naming characters. It’s sort of like the appetizer of the writing process, at least for me. It’s something I do early on, when I’m still conjuring up what the story’s about. And it’s fun, too. What’s better than picking the perfect moniker for […]
In another attempt to avoid working last week, I reflected on a few real things that have happened to me or that I’ve done. I’ve decided that we’re going to call this blog, No Regrets Wednesday here at the Stiletto Gang. In another attempt to stretch out the work avoidance for as long as possible, […]
by: Joelle Charbonneau Valentine’s Day makes me sigh. No. That isn’t in a heart fluttering, wow isn’t that romantic kind of sigh. It’s a why do we do this to ourselves kind of sigh. That isn’t to say I don’t love romance and all that jazz. I do. I think romance is wonderful. I just […]
***Breaking News – Good Grief in Lottawatah has been published at Amazon, BN.com, and Smashwords. This is the 8th volume in the Brianna Sullivan Mysteries series. *** By Evelyn David Jill Kinmont Boothe died on Saturday. I never met her, but she was one of my few female heroes growing up. My introduction to Jill […]
Miss Dawn’s room, circa 1991 By Laura Spinella I never cried when I dropped a kid off at nursery school. I was happy to help them pack for college, happier still to move them into a dorm room and say, “See ya!” You probably think this makes me a bit of a cold fish. But […]
by Nancy J. Cohen Malice Domestic, a conference for cozy mystery fans, defines cozies as “mysteries which contain no explicit sex or excessive gore or violence.” If you’re a mystery fan and you want to hear about murders, turn on the evening news. Here you’ll learn about the despicable things people do to other people. […]