Clicking Our Heels – The Charities and Social Issues We Care About The Stiletto Gang members have lives outside of writing. Today, we tell you about some of the charities and social issues we are passionate about. T.K. Thorne– Maranathan Academy, a non-profit school in Birmingham, AL that gives critically at-risk children a second chance, […]
Clicking Our Heels – Summer Flowers It’s summer and the flowers are blooming. We all have different favorites – and some of us even have a reason behind our choices. Lynn McPherson – I like lilies–all sorts. They bloom every year and produce big, colorful flowers–can’t beat that! T.K. Thorne – Black-eyed susans because they […]
Clicking Our Heels – Animal lover? Our Pets Over the Years. Monthly Clicking Our Heels Giveaway: To enter for a chance to win the first three books of the Sparkle Abbey series or AB Plum’s The Boy Nobody Wanted (2 winners will be selected this month) comment below on the blog. Good luck and happy […]
by Rachel Brady I confessed a strange behavior to a friend this week, and rather than receive the mockery I expected, I was shocked to learn that my bizarre activity was not unique. This has inspired me to publicly embarrass myself so that I might poll the Stiletto Faithful. Maybe it’s true. Maybe we are […]
by Rachel Brady Interesting development here. I was making decent progress on my new manuscript until I shared the first half of a first draft with my editors. Quick question–have any of the writers here ever shared early pages with an editor and been told, “I love it! Keep going!” right off the bat? That […]
by Ellery Adams. Why don’t I? Because I’m no good at it. Wait, that came out wrong. When I began writing mysteries, I focused on the puzzle first. I’ve always been a bit of a jigsaw puzzle geek and now I even do cryptograms when I’m waiting a long time (at the doctor’s office, for […]
I’ve been mulling over what I was going to write about today and I came to one conclusion: not Charlie Sheen. Haven’t we all seen enough of this most public of implosions? I, for one, continue to wonder where his parents, siblings, friends, and yes, even exes, are in this mix. Can’t someone forcibly commit […]
Meredith Cole I have a confession to make. I can’t wear stilettos. Hmm. I hope this admission won’t get kicked off the blog today. Perhaps it will help if I say that my sleuth in POSED FOR MURDER and DEAD IN THE WATER wears heels? I’ve tried to wear high heels, but I always feel […]
In another week, life as we know it will return to normal. Why? You ask. The election will be over. I know I say this every year, but I have never seen so much mud-slinging as this season of the mid-term elections has brought. In New York alone, we are assaulted by negative campaign ads—apparently […]
Maybe it’s because I’m a writer, but I’ve become very attuned to reviews of any kind. Movie reviews, shoe reviews on Zappos, clothing reviews of items on my favorite online store. Having become a student of the review, I’ve come to the conclusion—way too late for my self esteem—that they are all completely subjective. I […]