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.
When the Malbec grapes go missing…there’s mayhem.
/in Uncategorized/by CathyPRelease day for an author is worse than the first day at a new school. Will anyone like it? Review it? Want to take it home for a play date? I threw an extra dose of nervousness into the mix because my novella, Malbec Mayhem, really isn’t a mystery. “Don’t confuse your readers—they expect a […]
How Mad Men in the Not-so-good-ole Days Made Women Mad Too
/in Uncategorized/by Kay KendallBy Kay Kendall The advent of Mad Men on television marked the return of the 60s to the popular consciousness. Before that, the tumultuous decade of the 1960s had a bad rep. It was a divisive time, and people were sick of it. The go-go economy of the 1980s buried “radical chic” in piles of […]
3 Lessons Learned about Fitness from a Recent Novel
/in Uncategorized/by ABPlumBy AB Plum On my January 5th morning walk, I dodged an oncoming car. I banged into a cement barrier, broke 4 toes, sprained my ankle, and bruised a tendon. During the slow recovery—no weight-bearing exercise—I read a lot. The book I was looking forward to the most proved the most disappointing. Why? Maybe I […]
Three Little Words and why not to use them
/in Uncategorized/by Julie MulhernThere are so many blogs with excellent advice on structure and character. I cannot hope to offer anything new or exciting or insightful. Besides, the way I plot a book is so simple that a first-grader could do it. There are fewer posts about actual words and how to string them together. I, for one, […]
Where’s Should Have Played Poker?
/in Uncategorized/by DebraWhere’s Should Have Played Poker? by Debra H. Goldstein One month down since Should Have Played Poker was published and while marketing, pr, and everything that goes into launching a book has killed my writing time, I’m still standing. Better yet, people are reading the book and telling others they should read it, too. There […]