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.
Clicking Our Heels – Social Media
/in Uncategorized/by DebraClicking Our Heels – Social Media In this age of social media, we thought it would be interesting to ascertain how social media enhances or distracts from writing. Here are the various Stiletto Gang member thoughts: Bethany Maines – Social media has enhanced my writing by connecting me to readers and writers I wouldn’t have […]
Sources of the Mystery Short Story
/in Uncategorized/by Paula Bensonby Paula Gail Benson Continuing the celebration of May as Short Story Month (see http://shortstorymonth.com/ and http://storyaday.org/), here are a few sources where you can find excellent short stories and receive encouragement or ideas for marketing short stories. Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine (https://www.themysteryplace.com/ahmm/), Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (https://www.themysteryplace.com/eqmm/), and The Strand (https://strandmag.com/) are perhaps […]
Plotting vs. Pantsing
/in Uncategorized/by Linda Rodriguezby Linda Rodriguez In the mystery-writing community, people tend to divide themselves into plotters or pantsers. This seems to me to set up a false dichotomy where real authors either write out rigid, detailed outlines of their entire books before they begin their first draft or they start with nothing but perhaps an image or […]
The Box Set Funeral
/in Uncategorized/by CathyPBox sets have been a marketing staple in the publishing industry, but a lot of people are ready to call the technique dead and bury it. Queue the band and plan the funeral. Or not. The opportunities presented by setting up a box set remain as numerous—and practical—as ever. The sets offer a chance to […]
Austin Starr’s Bad Day
/in Uncategorized/by Kay Kendallby Kay Kendall The protagonist-turned-amateur-sleuth in my two mysteries is Austin Starr. Here she shares her thoughts about the problems she faces in my first book, DESOLATION ROW, and hints at ongoing issues that develop further in my second, RAINY DAY WOMEN. This year, 1968, looked so promising at first. I married my college boyfriend David. […]