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.
An Editor’s Joy
/in Uncategorized/by Linda Rodriguezby Linda Rodriguez I hold in my hands a beautiful book, an important book. It’s been a labor of love to put this together, struggling with the herding-cats nature of organizing a number of writers to get their work, bios, and contracts in to meet deadlines. To carry a project from the first bright idea […]
Grateful – With or Without (Horrors!) Wine
/in Uncategorized/by CathyPWe’ve been talking (off and on) about gratitude this month. I poked around to some of the sites I routinely follow and have loved all the recognition this month that as individuals, as a community, (and totally avoiding politics here, but I’m gonna say it anyway) and as a nation, there’s a lot to celebrate. […]
Why I Write Mysteries
/in Uncategorized/by Kay KendallBy Kay Kendall I don’t give a fig how a car works. Or electricity. Or a computer. They all could be black boxes, as far as I’m concerned, inside which mysterious things happen. Poof! The car turns on. Poof! Electricity powers the air conditioner. Poof! The computer recalls everything you type into it. What I […]
Playing the Glad Game
/in Uncategorized/by DebraPlaying the Glad Game by Debra H. Goldstein I was thinking about having a pity party. After months of constant travel promoting Should Have Played Poker: a Carrie Martin and the Mah Jongg Players Mystery (Five Star, a div. of Cengage – 2016), it seemed ironic that when my schedule allowed for two-three months of […]
Dystopian Games
/in Uncategorized/by Bethany MainesBy Bethany Maines You’re stuck in a lifeboat in the middle of the ocean with 8 strangers and no food or water, who do you eat first? Dystopian novels have held a prominent place on our National reading lists for the last few years and while I occasionally enjoy a jaunt into the horrific futures […]