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 New Beginning that Feels Like Groundhog Day
/in Author Life, How to Write, Ideas/by DebraA New Beginning that Feels Like Groundhog Day by Debra H. Goldstein I’ve started a new work in progress. I’m only nineteen pages into it, but I’ve rewritten those same nineteen pages at least five times. My initial goal was to write 1000 words a day while I was at the beach. For the most […]
Creativity
/in Author Life, humor, Ideas, Inspiration/by Bethany MainesIs it Creativity or Goddess? As someone who works in a creative field professionally, I’m endlessly interested in how creativity functions. Where does anyone get their inspiration? Heck, where do I get my inspiration? The Greek idea of a muse—a goddess who comes by to inspire an artist—makes sense to me because sometimes ideas do […]
Surviving the Storm
/in Book Clubs, Cozy Mysteries, life, Mystery, Romantic Suspense, Samantha Newman Romantic Mystery series, Suspense/by Gay YellenEver heard of a derecho? I hadn’t, until recently. It’s related to a tornado, and can be just as deadly. Instead of twisting up everything in its path and tossing it around, a derecho’s furious winds wreak devastation in a straight line, like a giant hundred-mile-an-hour freight train. Last May, one barreled through two hundred […]
Confessions of a dormant writer
/in Author Life, characters, Donnell Ann Bell, How to Write, Ideas, Suspense/by Donnell Ann BellBy Donnell Ann Bell I have three problems when it comes to writing fiction. Simplicity bores me, I have a perfectionist problem, and I write above my pay grade. Don’t get me wrong. I’m far from perfect. But I work hard to make sure my research is accurate. I also carry “What if?” and minutia […]
Special Guest – Catriona McPherson
/in Guest, characters, Mysteries, Mystery, New Release/by Mary Lee Ashfordby Sparkle Abbey Today we welcome a very special guest back to the blog and she’s chatting about the latest in her Dandy Gilver series – The Witching Hour. Plus let’s talk about in-laws… Catriona take it away! “Two houses both alike in dignity” says Shakespeare of the Montagues and the Capulets at the start […]