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.
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 […]
Rejection
/in Author Life, author promotion, humor, Marketing/by Bethany MainesRejection is Knocking Part of any creative endeavor that gets shared with the public is rejection. I understand that not every person will love my creative projects. And I even get that somewhere out there is someone who hates my books and art. In fact, I kind of hope there is. I would like to […]
Do You Suffer from Food on the Brain?
/in Author Life, Cozy Mysteries, Desserts, Gluttony, humor, Mystery, Mystery Series, Secret Passions, women sleuths/by Gay YellenConfession time here. It has taken me years to admit this, but here goes: I am a foodaholic. I love food, and I think about it almost every hour of the day. My addiction began in the early days of writing the Samantha Newman Mystery Series. I didn’t recognize the issue until several readers complained that […]
Can a Book Effect Change?
/in Donnell Ann Bell, Inspiration, Linda Rodriguez, Publishing, Racism, T.K. Thorne, The Stiletto Gang, Writing and the Arts/by Donnell Ann BellGood Monday morning. The Stiletto Gang is a group of authors that touch mostly on marketing, the craft of writing, the concept behind our books and/or the genre of what we’re writing. Last week, two of our authors didn’t just touch on a topic, they challenged it and downright addressed the world’s most serious problems. […]