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.
Author Bill Crider, one of the loveliest people I ever knew.
/in Uncategorized/by Susan P. BakerThe other day I picked up a used book from the bookshelf in the little library at the 55+ community in which I live. The novel is one of the over 100 Bill Crider published during his lifetime. Bill was the head of the English Dept. at Alvin Community College, which is a few miles […]
Check Your Rearview Mirror
/in Author Life, Brooke Terpening, Mysteries, Mystery/by Brooke TerpeningI adore mysteries. As a reader, I carefully scour the page for clues and try to figure out “who done it.” Part of the fun is deciphering which are red herrings. If the ending has a surprising twist, I search out the breadcrumbs leading to the solution. If those tiny hints don’t lead me to […]
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 […]