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.
Hanging Up My Stilettos
/in Uncategorized/by The Stiletto GangHanging Up My Stilettos By Laura Bradford It’s amazing how fast time flies, isn’t it? Sometimes, it seems like just yesterday that Maggie Barbieri and Susan McBride asked me to join them here at the Stiletto Gang. In reality though, it’s been four years–four very busy years. When I first posted here, Dangerous Alterations […]
Mystery Writers Who Inspired Me—Part 2
/in Uncategorized/by Kay KendallBy Kay Kendall Donna Leon is the author of 24 books in her mysteries series set in Venice, Italy. They feature an Italian policeman, Commissario Guido Brunetti , as he maneuvers among governmental corruption on all sides and tries to bring justice to a land where few people expect it. Although Leon is American by […]
Some Mystery Related Influences from my Childhood
/in Uncategorized/by The Stiletto GangMany mystery authors attribute reading Nancy Drew mysteries for the writing they do now. I also read Nancy Drew, but looking back, I believe many other things from my childhood had a greater influence on what I do today. Most of you know I’m much older than all the rest of the contributors to this […]
It’s about the Journey
/in Uncategorized/by Julie MulhernRecently, I visited The Girl with Book Lungs and told her about the detours I take when writing a book. They are many–just today they included seventies bands, Pet Rocks and a trip back to a previous book because I’d forgotten Mother’s housekeeper’s name. When I was a child, every August my parents would pile my […]
Cause and Effect
/in Uncategorized/by DebraCause and Effect by Debra H. Goldstein Cause and effect. I find the philosophy of causality, that B immediately results from event A interesting conceptually; but as a mystery writer, I don’t believe things happen in a perfectly linear way. My vision is skewed. For me, rather than the main path being A to B, […]