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.
Women: Not So Mere–T.K. Thorne
/in T.K. Thorne/by TK ThorneWho knew? The women’s movement to win the vote in the United States (which didn’t happen until 1920) began with book clubs! In my life, “feminism” was a word often expressed with a sneer, the struggle for equality seen as an effort to shed femininity and be man-like. Burn your bra at the peril of […]
Dogs as Characters by Saralyn Richard Those of us who love dogs as much or more than we love people, understand that dogs possess all the qualities of fictional characters. They are intelligent, communicative, emotive, comforting, resourceful, energetic, hard-working, friendly, and sometimes heroic. Less often, some dogs are irritable, withdrawn, mean-spirited, selfish, and sometimes […]
The Meet Cute
/in Paula Gail Benson, Anthologies, How to Write, humor, Ideas, Romance, Shakespeare, Short Stories, Writing and the Arts/by Paula Bensonby Paula Gail Benson Currently, I’m working on an up-to-10,000 word short story for the third Lowcountry Romance Writers’ (LRWA) anthology. The story must somehow involve South Carolina and a vacation. I’m basing mine on characters I developed in my story that appeared in the first LRWA anthology. It’s been fun to give this couple […]
Discovering the donair
/in Author Life, Uncategorized/by donalee MoultonFood seems to weave its way into my writing uninvited. In my latest book, Conflagration!, food is the foundation for a friendship that springs up in 1734 between the main character Philippe Archambeau, a court clerk, and the jailer he befriends. Lunch becomes a means to extract information, then it becomes much more. In my […]
Marketing for Authors
/in Author Life, author promotion, Novels, Publishing, Series/by Bethany MainesCan an Author Really Do Marketing Too? For traditionally published authors the marketing happens without much input. Whatever ads are placed are done by the publisher who can adjust the price point at their discretion. This can be frustrating or blissful for an author depending on their viewpoint. I swing between the two. I love […]