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 Unseen (Forget Unsung) Heroines
/in Uncategorized/by CathyPI had this great post planned. J Bethany inspired me so much with her “how I organize my corner of the universe,” I intended to admit to uhm… less organization. And no spreadsheets. I’m more along the lines of J.M. Phillippe’s “winging it.” I even took a photo of the messy pile of notes and […]
I’M LIVING IN THE ROARING TWENTIES
/in Uncategorized/by Kay KendallBy Kay Kendall For the last five years I’ve lived half of my life in the 1960s. Life inside my head, that is. During this time I wrote two mysteries—one set in 1968 and the second a year later. Because it was important for me to evoke the time period and get the feel just […]
Winging It
/in Uncategorized/by J.M. Phillippeby J.M. Phillippe Earlier this month, fellow Stiletto Gang author Bethany Maines posted a great blog about how she organizes her novels using spreadsheets and graphs — all online! I was super impressed. And then intimidated. Because my organization of a novel looks a lot more like this: Sometimes I can’t even read my own […]
Meet the Authors of the 2015 Agatha Best First Novel Nominees!
/in Uncategorized/by Paula BensonEach year at Malice Domestic, writing excellence is recognized by the Agatha awards. This year’s nominees for Best First Novel are (in alphabetical order by first name): On the Road with Del and Louise, Art Taylor (Henery Press) Macdeath, Cindy Brown (Henery Press) Plantation Shudders, Ellen Byron (Crooked Lane Books) Just Killing Time, Julianne Holmes […]
Making a List and Checking It Twice
/in Uncategorized/by Linda Rodriguezby Linda Rodriguez I’m a big believer in using all the help technology and professional writing books and programs can give me in writing. I’ve tried using all kinds of workbooks, charts, and forms in working on a novel. I’m even now learning to use Scrivener to write my next book. I’m hardly on the […]