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.
Shark versus Machine
/in Brooke Terpening/by Brooke TerpeningI was saddened to hear of the passing of Janet Reid, a.k.a., the Query Shark. As an aspiring author, I followed her blog posts on query letters and was fortunate to get a private critique by the Query Shark herself. Her comments and suggestions were spot on, but more than that, she appeared to care […]
A Hand, a Fist —T.K. Thorne
/in T.K. Thorne, Uncategorized/by TK ThorneWhat kind of world allows young American football players to feel comfortable making a video about raping an unconscious girl? A world where the defense against a brutal, fatal rape of a student in India is that “respectable women are not raped?” A world where a young Pakistani student is shot for going to school? The […]
Taste in Reading is like Cherry Garcia vs. Peanut Butter Swirl
/in Author Life, Cozy Mysteries, Mystery/by Lois WinstonI’ve been thinking quite a bit lately about how subjective taste is. What makes one person love something that another person has a hard time swallowing, let alone enjoying? The other night my husband and I sat down to watch a movie. After fifteen minutes he left the room to watch a hockey game on […]
Rambles from a clogged mind by Dru Ann Love
/in Convention, Dru Ann Love, Drus Book Musings/by Dru Ann LoveIt’s my turn to write a post and I have nothing. So I will ramble a bit.
In the right place
/in Mystery, Uncategorized/by donalee MoultonCéad míle fáilte. This Gaelic expression means “a hundred thousand welcomes.” If you live in Nova Scotia, as I do, this is an expression you will have seen for much of your life. (Pronouncing it is a different issue altogether.) A hundred thousand welcomes in any language speaks to the type of people you are […]