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 Master Class in Comedy
/in amateur sleuth mysteries, Author Life, Cozy Mysteries, crafting cozies, humor, indie publishing, Lois Winston, Mystery Series, women sleuths/by Lois WinstonBy Lois Winston Someone recently asked me which author would I most want to take a master class from? Hmm…here’s the thing: I don’t get much out of long workshops. I find that an hour is my limit. Maybe I have too short an attention span, but I find that after an hour, my mind […]
And the Short Story Award Goes To . . .
/in Anthologies, Mystery, Paula Gail Benson, Short Stories/by Paula Bensonby Paula Gail Benson It’s awards season again. Here are short story and anthology categories for Macavity, Anthony, and Silver Falchion awards. I’ll also note that the Short Mystery Fiction Society is currently polling its membership concerning a new anthology category to be added to the Derringers. Many events on the horizon! Mystery Readers Internation […]
Entitled 2: Giving your book a title to remember
/in Writing and the Arts/by donalee MoultonLast month we talked about giving your story a title. Unlike article titles, book titles are usually the domain of the writer. This may be because the writer has a closer connection to the topic, the editor wants the writer to do the work, the writer and editor see it as the author’s prerogative. But […]
What Kind of Writer Am I?
/in Paula Gail Benson, Writing and the Arts/by Paula Bensonby Paula Gail Benson I’ve heard about plotters and pantsers. In Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott commends E.L. Doctorow’s advice that writing is like driving a car and only being able to see as far as your headlights, yet having the ability to complete the trip with that view. Plotters create a road map. Pantsers […]
Differences in People and Writing Styles
/in Debra H. Goldstein, Writing and the Arts/by DebraDifferences in People and Writing Styles by Debra H. Goldstein Recently, I flew to Denver for a very special reason: to meet my newest grandson. Because of my March back surgeries, I couldn’t be there within twenty-four hours of his birth. Instead, I had to settle for a few days shy of him being two […]