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.
A New Story
/in Anthologies, Author Life, Mystery, Paula Gail Benson/by Paula Bensonby Paula Gail Benson As I celebrate my birthday this week, I’m also partying about a new story being published in A DEATH IN THE NIGHT by Dragon Soul Press. The anthology, released on August 30, 2023, contains eleven tales of assassins, which, as described on Amazon, may be about persons who are well paid, […]
BOOK LAUNCH NUMBER TWO AND THE TERRIFYING SPECTRE OF SPEAKING ON A PANEL AT BOUCHERCON/23––and that’s not all…
/in Author Life, author promotion, Book events, Writing and the Arts/by Joyce WoollcottBouchercon Update! I missed the blog last month due to a technical error on my part … so here are two blogs in one! Might be fun actually, as I have now just returned from Bouchercon and can give a report. The expectation and the realization! It was terrific—and my panel was fun, I made […]
Movie Making
/in Author Life, author promotion, How to Write, Movies/by Bethany MainesLet’s Make a Movie! I’ve have often been told that I write “cinematically”. I don’t know what that means exactly, but like most writers I’d love to have a movie made of one of my books. And for the past few years, I’ve been experimenting with writing scripts. I took a seminar on how to […]
How I Spent the Summer of 2023
/in Author Life, Book Clubs, Book events, Convention, Cozy Mysteries, How to Write, Mystery, Romantic Suspense, Samantha Newman Romantic Mystery series, Suspense/by Gay YellenI could sum up the Summer of 2023 in two words: blistering hot! That’s been the headline for so many of us this year. Humans make plans, and the gods laugh. Back in June, when the Stiletto Gang posted our plans for the summer, mine included book events, taking a vacation with my sweetie, and […]
Reviews that Sink Authors
/in Author Life, Writing and the Arts/by DebraReviews that Sink Authors by Debra H. Goldstein Traditionally, authors are told to ignore their reviews. Maybe some can, but most can’t. In fact, many writers can’t help focusing on anything except the bad ones. I read reviews. Sometimes I totally agree and learn from the point being made, but more often, I’d love to […]