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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.
Killing It at Killer Nashville
/in Author Life, amateur sleuth mysteries, Book events, Convention, Cozy Mysteries, crafting cozies, How to Write, humor, indie publishing, Lois Winston, Mysteries, Mystery, Mystery Series, women sleuths/by Lois WinstonBy Lois Winston Most writers are introverts. We spend much of our days alone with only our laptops or computers (or paper and pen for those who are still old-school) and rarely step foot into the real world. We’d rather spend our time in the world of our imagination with the characters we’ve created. However, […]
A Slow Down Period by Dru Ann Love
/in Dru Ann Love, Drus Book Musings/by Dru Ann LoveI don’t have much to ramble about this time. Last time I posted in April, I was attending Malice Domestic Convention where our short story, “Ticket To Ride” I co-wrote with Kristopher Zgorski was a finalist. We won the Agatha for Best Short Story. The accolades continue with our story being a finalist for Best […]
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 Less often, some dogs are irritable, withdrawn, mean-spirited, selfish, and sometimes […]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 […]