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.
Finding My Way Home
/in Uncategorized/by The Stiletto GangMeredith Cole directed feature films and wrote screenplays before writing mysteries. She won the St. Martin’s/Malice Domestic Best First Traditional Mystery competition. Her book POSED FOR MURDER,set in Williamsburg Brooklyn, was published by St. Martin’s Minotaur in February 2009. She is a member of the Mystery Writers of NY board, and blogs at www.thedebutanteball.com . […]
The Writer’s Journey
/in Uncategorized/by The Stiletto GangThe writer’s journey is a long one. Full of fast starts and lots of waiting. Marked by great excitement, mixed with terrible lows, each author finds her own way. Or finds another career. Invariably the hardest part is not the writing. The time between finishing a book and seeing it published can usually be measured […]
Musings on Malice and Mystery
/in Uncategorized/by Stiletto GangWell, the Northern half of Evelyn David and I are back and I’m happy to report that we had a fabulous weekend. Even the food at the banquet was good…not rubber chicken! (It actually might have been, but I was so hungry at that point that I was ready to gnaw off my own arm.) […]
Making Me Think About My Priorities
/in Uncategorized/by The Stiletto GangBoth Susan’s last post and the following one about Malice made me mull over what I’m doing.Sometimes I think I’m a bit crazy to spend so much time writing, promoting, traveling etc. in order to further my career as a writer. I’m such small potatoes compared to so many big-names, is it all worth it? […]
The Definition of Genius
/in Uncategorized/by The Stiletto GangThere are writers who simply blow me away. Their use of language is so extraordinary that I deliberately read every “a, the, an,” etc.” No speed reading or skimming allowed. When I read Laura Lippman’s To the Power of Three, I decided that I’d never write another word again. No point. She said it all, […]