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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.
When You’re Busy Making Other Plans
/in Uncategorized/by J.M. Phillippeby J.M. Phillippe There is this saying: For most people, the shape of that life can be found in their daily routines, the tiny habits that carry us from waking up to going to sleep. Routines are seen as either amazing and wonderful, or soul-sucking and dreadful. I am someone who has always resisted a […]
The Celebrations Linger On
/in Uncategorized/by Paula BensonSinC Workshop Rather than transition (our monthly theme) to a new subject matter, I’m going to continue with the topic Linda Rodriguez so ably introduced on Friday: Bouchercon 2016, which took place over the last five days in New Orleans. Linda was very much a part of this special event with her participation in the […]
Bouchercon
/in Uncategorized/by Linda Rodriguezby Linda Rodriguez Right now, I’m at Bouchercon in New Orleans, so this will be a short photo-heavy blog. My Bouchercon began with the SinC Into Great Writing, “Doing Diversity Right,” afternoon after great drama in traveling there with lots of “will I make it in time” suspense. But my wonderful road-warrior husband dropped me […]
“Do you know what Dad did?”
/in Uncategorized/by CathyPWe’ve talked about transitions this month. Transitions in our writing careers. Transitions in manuscripts. A different kind of transition has been keeping me up at night–transitions in families. Perhaps it isn’t surprising. After all, “family” is a central theme in my stories for a reason. These days, my sleepless nights begin with a call from […]
The Dingbat Approach
/in Uncategorized/by Bethany MainesBy Bethany Maines This month at the Stiletto Gang we’ve been talking about transitions and how moving to a new stage of life can affect writing. But I have to admit that as I sat down to think about the topic all I found myself pondering was the actual literal transitions of writing. One of […]