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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.
“Tis the Season – The Voting Rather than the Holiday One
/in Uncategorized/by Debra‘Tis the Season – The Voting Rather than the Holiday One by Debra H. Goldstein Have you ever noticed the increase in your emails or in list serv postings during the period before nominations are turned in for writing awards? Some requests are blatant – please vote for me. Others are more subtle – noting […]
Alekos!
/in author promotion, New Release, Romance, Romantic Suspense, Series, Summer Reads/by Bethany MainesAlekos Now Available! Whew! I’ve made it to summer and the final (for now) book of my Rejects Pack trilogy. Alekos wraps up the storyline started in the books 1 and 2 (Hudson & Killian) in what I hope is a satisfactory conclusion. Hint: I’m trying to tell you there’s a Happily Ever After without […]
Family
/in Author Life, Uncategorized/by Gay YellenI’ve been thinking about families lately. Specifically, two kinds of family: the kind we are born into and the kind we create for ourselves among the strangers we meet in the course of our lives. I have a brother I love dearly. I never had a sister, but I was blessed with girl cousins who […]
The Force Behind Words
/in Donnell Ann Bell, How to Write/by Donnell Ann BellBy Donnell Ann Bell When I was growing up, I heard often—particularly on the playground–the children’s rhyme, “Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can never hurt me.” I looked up its origin, which appears to have been around since the 1830s. I suspect whoever coined the phrase meant well, probably devised the […]
The Arts Are For Everyone!
/in How to Write, Inspiration, Uncategorized, Writing and the Arts/by Linda RodriguezThe Arts Are For Everyone! by Linda Rodriguez A few years ago, I was giving writing workshops at a local high school on the wrong side of the tracks. These kids had already been through lots of trauma and stress, though they were only in their teens. These particular twenty kids, however, fell in love […]