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.
Why Is This Night Different From All Other Nights?
/in Uncategorized/by Stiletto GangI’ve got a ton of people coming for dinner on Saturday night. It’s the start of Passover and we celebrate with a ritual meal called a Seder. This holiday marks the Biblical exodus of the Jews from Egypt. We sing songs, say prayers, and eat certain traditional foods (yes, this is the origin of matzoh […]
Split Personality
/in Uncategorized/by Stiletto GangLorraine Bartlett is the author of Murder Is Binding, the first in the Booktown Mystery series, now available, and the author of the Jeff Resnick Mystery series. Dead In Red will be released in late June by Five Star. I’m writing under two names: L.L. Bartlett writes the Jeff Resnick Mysteries, which are either psychological […]
Don’t Give Up Your Day Job
/in Uncategorized/by Stiletto GangComing late to a writing career, the first piece of advice I was given was not to quit my day job. Unless lightening strikes, it could take a decade of work before the income from your writing pays the bills. And that’s the optimistic view. For more than twenty years, my day job has been […]
Spring Cleaning: Hoarders versus Non-Hoarders
/in Uncategorized/by Stiletto GangIs there any better feeling than throwing stuff out? Am I the only person who feels this way? (Show of hands, please.) The whole spring cleaning exercise started this year when my teenage daughter, whose bedroom had last been decorated when Clinton was in his first term of office—before the blue dress, before we used […]
For Writers: Organizing Your Time
/in Uncategorized/by Stiletto GangOr I could title this, “Figuring Out How to Get Other People to Do your Chores.” The older I get, the harder it is for me to take care of everything in my home like I used to do. I’ve been paying someone to do my housework for years. Back when I had kids at […]