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.
Late Bloomers
/in Uncategorized/by The Stiletto GangOf course, it’s all relative as to what constitutes a late bloomer. In the garden it can mean late spring, late in the season, or late in the year. Last week millions of people were introduced to the world’s most famous (at least right now) late bloomer – Susan Boyle, she of the viewed 35 […]
Plotting in Your Sleep
/in Uncategorized/by The Stiletto GangThe great American author, Edna St. Vincent Millay, once wrote that she couldn’t get the woman onto the porch. What she meant, of course, was that she couldn’t figure out an organically sound reason for the character to do as the plot demanded. I struggle with this situation all the time. Plotting a mystery is, […]
Dear Mr. President
/in Uncategorized/by Stiletto GangI just read an article in the New York Times that described how, in the White House, it is one person’s job to cull ten letters from the tens of thousands that are received weekly for the President to read. The President reads them, and responds with a handwritten letter of his own to the […]
One of My Favorite Jobs
/in Uncategorized/by The Stiletto GangOver the years I’ve had lots of jobs, some of them great, some not so great. I started babysitting when I was 10 and continued on through high school, I did housework for neighbors, cared for the bedridden, worked in an auto parts store, took inventory in a department store all before I was 18. […]
A Teacher Affects Eternity*
/in Uncategorized/by The Stiletto GangCarolyn Rosenberg was my first grade teacher. What do I remember? She was pleasingly plump, white haired, and at least 120 years old. Of course, in retrospect, she was probably still in her 50s, if that. The rest is a pleasant blur. While I don’t remember any specific lessons, I’m fairly certain that she taught […]