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.
CREATING COMPELLING HEROINES or Making the Perils of Pauline Routine
/in Uncategorized/by The Stiletto GangThe Voice or one’s female-lead detective or PI in crime fiction–above all elements– must be consistent, just as your choice of words, control of weak qualifiers, control on adverbs and adjectives, down to your grammatical skill all impact on VOICE, the final product, your lead character’s VOICE controls the novel and reassures the reader even […]
Comedy of Errors Book Club
/in Uncategorized/by The Stiletto GangLast Tuesday, I boated to the Collinsville Library in Collinsville, Oklahoma. Okay, I didn’t really set sail, but with all the rain we’ve been experiencing, I might as well have. The wet weather didn’t dampen anyone’s enthusiasm for the monthly meeting of the Comedy of Errors Book Club. I was there to “launch” Murder Takes […]
The Lost Art of Saying Thank You
/in Uncategorized/by Stiletto GangChild #1 had her birthday in February; child #2 in April. Last night, the subject of thank you note writing came up and Jim asked both of them if they had written thank you’s for the birthday presents they received. The blank stares that were returned in response gave us our answer. That would be […]
Star Trek, the New Movie
/in Uncategorized/by The Stiletto GangHubby and I went to see the latest Star Trek movie. We aren’t Trekkies, nor ever have been. However, we did watch the first Star Trek series and the other movies. My sister was a Trekkie for a long time. Once on a visit to Las Vegas, we all went on the Star Trek virtual […]
Mystery Unsolved
/in Uncategorized/by The Stiletto GangThere is always a painful poignancy and urgency when a crime involves a child. May 25 will mark the 30th anniversary of the day six-year-old Etan Patz walked to his school bus stop, one block from his home…never to be seen again. His likely killer is in prison, a convicted pedophile who taunts police with […]