For a writer, “end” often is considered the most wonderful word. I prefer adding an “s” and changing “end” to “send.” Why? Because until a story is accepted and published, I don’t consider it to be a final piece. Rather, the story can be edited and improved. Often, a writer thinks a story is ready […]
Clicking Our Heels – Redoing Life – Maybe At some point in life, one looks back and contemplates a re-do. Stiletto Gang members are no different, but the question is whether given the chance to re-do anything, would they? Paula Benson – Maybe I would have gone to the Bristol Speedway to watch a race […]
A Panel of Great Reads from Bouchercon by Debra H. Goldstein When I’m asked to blurb a book or moderate a book panel, I have one nagging fear. I’m petrified I’m going to hate the book. It might be lack of plot, poor characterization, boring writing, or simply a topic that doesn’t interest me. My […]
Bouchercon 2017 was held in Toronto, Canada and I’m still enjoying a few extra days there, but here are two highlights from the week: Here is our panel discussing crime novels set on the coasts. From the left are Ryan Aldred (mysteries set in Costa Rica), Baron Birtcher (Hawaii), David Burnsworth (Charleston SC), Michele Dorsey […]
Debra’s Gone Fishing — Canadian Style — at Bouchercon
Clicking Our Heels is Moving — and swag for your thoughts!!!!!! Beginning in November, Clicking Our Heels is moving to the first Wednesday of every month! We know you’ve gotten used to finding out what we all have to say about different topics on the last Thursday of the month, but now you’ll get our […]
Apples and Honey – My Wish for You by Debra H. Goldstein For more observant Jews, today is the second day of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Reform and many conservative practitioners concluded celebrating the holiday last night. Besides its celebratory new year’s translation, Rosh Hashanah is also referred to as the Day of […]
Kathleen Donnelly…Photo by Piper’s Pix Every now and then a writer is blessed with a gift that provides the inspiration that fuels a dream. In 2015, at Killer Nashville, Paula and I met Kathleen Donnelly, a woman given such a gift by author Lisa Jackson. This year, at Killer Nashville, we heard what transpired after Kathleen won the scholarship. […]
In Memory of Bonnie (B.K. ) Stevens by Debra H. Goldstein In the movie, It’s a Wonderful Life, there is a line “No man is a failure who has friends.” The outpouring of testamentary comments on list servs, Facebook, and exchanged through private e-mails as people learned of the sudden death of Bonnie (B.K.) Stevens […]
Summer is almost over, but there still is time for a few great summer reads before Labor Day. Here are a few suggestions from members of The Stiletto Gang. Paula Benson: Gigi Pandian’s Accidental Alchemist mysteries — The Accidental Alchemist, The Marauding Magician, and The Elusive Elixir — I love the living gargoyle, Dorian Robert-Houdin. […]