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.
Clicking Our Heels – Our Writing Kryptonites
/in Author Life, Clicking Our Heels, Writing and the Arts/by DebraClicking Our Heels – Our Writing Kryptonites Everyone thinks of writers as being focused and driven to write a specific number of words a day. The truth is writers can be distracted. Here are some of the things that make it difficult for each of us to write. Bethany Maines – Interesting conversations happening in […]
FOUND OBJECTS: FODDER FOR YOUR IMAGINATION
/in author promotion, Ideas, Mystery, Novels, Susan P. Baker, Suspense, Uncategorized/by Susan P. BakerFor over 35 years, I’ve been writing, attending conferences and workshops, and making appearances. Like other authors, I’ve often been asked, “Where do you get your ideas?” (Even this morning at a coffee!) With my background as a probation officer, attorney, politician, and judge (plus having worked s**t jobs over the 9 ½ years it […]
Getting a Life
/in Uncategorized/by DebraGetting a Life by Linda Rodriguez Yesterday I just crashed. I slept late. I couldn’t get myself moving on anything I had to do, not this blog post or a manuscript report that’s due, not my usual stint on the WIP, not any of the several business emails I needed to take care of, not […]
A Name and a Promise —T.K. Thorne
/in T.K. Thorne, Uncategorized/by TK ThorneRob Langford is probably not a name you are familiar with. He was a quiet, thoughtful man who wanted to make things better. When the FBI chose him to serve as Special Agent in Charge of the Birmingham, Alabama office, he came with an open mind. And that changed everything. Langford realized there was edgy […]
In Praise of Critique Partners
/in Author Life, Cozy Mysteries/by Lois WinstonThe other day, I had reached a point in my current manuscript, the 13th book in my Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery Series, that had me stymied. I was more than two-thirds toward writing “The End.” I knew that I was at the point where I needed to return to one of the red herring threads […]