By Laura Spinella Whatever the genre of a book, I’m sure the writer has an interesting post publication story to tell. Author is a curious job that leads to people you would not otherwise meet and questions you wouldn’t ordinarily be asked. Some of the more common queries being: Where do you get your ideas […]
The Stiletto Gang is thrilled to have award-winning crime novelist Denise Hamilton with us today, talking about her latest novel, Damage Control, which is a departure from her series featuring Eve Diamond. Damage Control is already earning accolades from the publishing trades, including a starred review in Publishers Weekly, which called it “Excellent!” So I […]
We here at the Stiletto Gang try not to get thrown by a month that has five Tuesdays or five Wednesdays, and always make provisions. Hence, it’s two Maggie Barbieri posts in as many weeks! Your lucky day or unfathomable disappointment that you’re not seeing Bethany Maines? Don’t worry—she’ll be back next week. I’m purposely […]
1. If this particular hurricane had a name, I don’t remember it. We knew we were traveling south to Norfolk VA as the hurricane was heading toward the same destination. Our goal, to get there before it did. We nearly made it. Winds were blowing about 50 miles an hour when sailor husband checked me […]
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by Susan McBride A few months ago, I read an essay by Marilyn Brant that resonated with me. She delighted in a talk Jennifer Crusie gave at this year’s RWA conference about being yourself when you write. The point she made was that, while there are only so many stories to be told (and endless […]
by: Joelle Charbonneau My father’s birthday was this past Monday. He passed away almost three years ago after a long battle with cancer. It sucks that he’s gone and I can’t begin to tell you how much I miss him. I guess it isn’t surprising that my father’s birthday made me stop and think about […]
I just saw a report that says that 90% of the perishable food in our kids’ packed school lunches get to temperatures high enough to induce food-borne illness. You don’t say? I could have told you that. That’s why, like every other good mom in America, I buy an insulated lunch bag every year for […]
Saturday, August 27 – morning I hesitate to write this, because we’ve still got three more hours on the storm clock, but thankfully this hasn’t been as bad as the pundits predicted, at least in my area. I’m not complaining for one second. I’m grateful, eternally grateful. But given that the week started with an […]
Welcome to this months edition of Lori’s Book Sense. I hope you enjoy these great titles I’ve chosen for you this month. Mister X by John Lutz He mutilates his victims. Slices their throats. And carves an X into their flesh. Five years ago, he claimed the lives of six women. Then the killings abruptly […]