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 End and Beginning of a Journey: Five Questions (and a Bonus) for Life and Writing
/in Uncategorized/by Paula Bensonby Paula Gail Benson During the month of May, numerous commencement speeches have been featured on social media sites. I feel for the persons selected for this “honor.” In a matter of a relatively few minutes, these folks are expected to be inspirational, reflective, humorous, wise, and memorable. It’s a tough gig. My friend Art […]
Men Who Take on Other Men’s Children
/in Uncategorized/by Linda Rodriguezby Linda Rodriguez My stepfather coaches my little brother’s team When I look back on my life, I realize I’ve been lucky enough to be closely involved with three men who had the ability to take on children who weren’t their own genetic children and love and care for them as fathers. It will be […]
Virtually IRL
/in Uncategorized/by Bethany Mainesby Bethany Maines I laughed when I read AB Plum’s recent post about unhooking from the virtual world. It has been a long time since I didn’t enhance my RL (real life) experience with some sort of virtual interaction. Photos on Facebook, the occasional witty comment on twitter, blogs and websites, they are all part […]
Blogs, Facebook, Twitter and All Things Social Media
/in Uncategorized/by ABPlumBy AB Plum Thanks to the wonders of technology, I can write this blog a week ahead of its due date, schedule it, and take off tomorrow for a fun-and-frolic vacation in San Francisco. I’m writing the day before the Comey Testimony. (I capitalize testimony b/c it’s almost as if Mr. Comey’s appearance is a TV program or […]
A Writer’s Life – the Unvarnished, Smudged-Mascara Truth
/in Uncategorized/by Julie MulhernEvery so often, I run across a picture of Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher. She’s sitting at her kitchen table in front of a typewriter. There’s a coffee cup to her left, a coffee pot to her right, and a sweater casually draped around her shoulders. She’s wearing make-up. She’s also wearing a satisfied smile—as […]