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.
Book Trailers By Saralyn Richard I’m not sure when book trailers became “a thing,” but now the internet is flooded with video teasers that make prospective readers want to buy books in all genres. Some are professionally done; others are created with easy-to-use software, such as Canva, MovieMaker, and VistaCreate. What I like about […]
Benefits of Contributing to an Anthology
/in Anthologies, author promotion, How to Write, Paula Gail Benson, Romance, Short Stories/by Paula Bensonby Paula Gail Benson Robin Hillyer-Miles and I, two blogging partners here at The Stiletto Gang, also are members of the Lowcountry Romance Writers (LRWA), a chapter of Romance Writers of America based in Charleston, South Carolina. Since 2019, LRWA has organized and published two anthologies, titled Love in the Lowcountry: A Winter Holiday Collection […]
A New Beginning that Feels Like Groundhog Day
/in Author Life, How to Write, Ideas/by DebraA New Beginning that Feels Like Groundhog Day by Debra H. Goldstein I’ve started a new work in progress. I’m only nineteen pages into it, but I’ve rewritten those same nineteen pages at least five times. My initial goal was to write 1000 words a day while I was at the beach. For the most […]
Creativity
/in Author Life, humor, Ideas, Inspiration/by Bethany MainesIs it Creativity or Goddess? As someone who works in a creative field professionally, I’m endlessly interested in how creativity functions. Where does anyone get their inspiration? Heck, where do I get my inspiration? The Greek idea of a muse—a goddess who comes by to inspire an artist—makes sense to me because sometimes ideas do […]
Surviving the Storm
/in Book Clubs, Cozy Mysteries, life, Mystery, Romantic Suspense, Samantha Newman Romantic Mystery series, Suspense/by Gay YellenEver heard of a derecho? I hadn’t, until recently. It’s related to a tornado, and can be just as deadly. Instead of twisting up everything in its path and tossing it around, a derecho’s furious winds wreak devastation in a straight line, like a giant hundred-mile-an-hour freight train. Last May, one barreled through two hundred […]