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.
The Best Job: Telling Stories
/in Uncategorized/by The Stiletto GangBy Sparkle Abbey We have the best job! We’re storytellers. Not only that, we’ve been blessed recently with readers who have taken the time to email or tell us in person about their experiences in reading our books. One lovely reader shared that she got through an illness abroad ship with our first three books […]
Linda Rodriquez’ book, Plotting the Character Driven Novel Review by Juliana Aragon Fatula
/in Uncategorized/by The Stiletto GangOne of the first writers to reach out to welcome me was the mystery writer, Linda Rodriquez. We met many years ago, at AWP in Denver, Colorado and she kept in touch via social media. She invited me to join the Stiletto Gang last year and I began blogging about being a writer. My excitement after […]
Planting the Seeds of Reading and Writing
/in Uncategorized/by The Stiletto GangBy Kimberly Jayne When I was eight, I was a third-grade student at Desert View Elementary. My teacher was a tiny elderly woman in her eighties. Mrs. Hawkins was sweet and welcoming and, because of her, I looked forward to going to school. I adored her. It was 1963, a year that changed America, and […]
Celebrating the Short Story: the 2016 Agatha Short Story Nominees
/in Uncategorized/by Paula Bensonby Paula Gail Benson Malice Domestic has become a wonderful homecoming for me each year. Held in late April or early May near Washington, D.C. (for the last several years in Bethesda, Maryland), it celebrates the best in the “traditional mystery,” written in the style of Agatha Christie, where the emphasis is on resolving the […]
Revision and Television
/in Uncategorized/by DebraRevision and Television by Debra H. Goldstein Lately, I’ve been fast forwarding through a lot of television shows, avoiding the commercials. It makes it possible for me to quickly get to the gist of each program, but also makes me realize how much of normal program running time is taken up by ads. Perhaps the […]