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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.
So You Want to Write a Book – Part 7
/in Author Life, How to Write/by Mary Lee AshfordBy Sparkle Abbey We’re back this month for another chapter of So You Want to Write a Book! If you’ve followed along on this journey so far, you know that we’ve covered how to get started, getting to know your genre, brainstorming, and revision. This month we’d like to talk a bit about editing. Step […]
Clicking Our Heels: Thanksgiving – Our Special Memories
/in Clicking Our Heels/by Stiletto GangClicking Our Heels: Thanksgiving – Our Special Memories Thanksgiving holds special memories for each member of The Stiletto Gang. Some are personal memories of family, some of food, and some … well you be the judge. Donnell Ann Bell – Sweet potatoes. It’s the only time I make them because my husband doesn’t like them. […]
Reinventing the Wheel
/in Author Life, characters, Nikki Garcia Mystery Series/by Kathryn LaneFor my fifth Nikki Garcia mystery, Nikki’s brother, Andy, is introduced as a character. He’d been mentioned in a couple of earlier Nikki novels, but this is his debut as a living, breathing character. Andy is a sleep researcher, studying the deep-winter sleep of black bears, and torpor, shorter periods of hibernation, in squirrels […]
We are Living History— by T.K. Thorne
/in Thorne, Uncategorized/by TK ThorneWe are living history. In 1958, the janitor at Temple Beth-El in Birmingham, Alabama discovered a satchel in the building’s window well with a fuse running from it. Fifty-four sticks of dynamite were in that bag. The fuse had burned out within a minute of igniting it. No one knows what happened, perhaps an early […]
Return of the Corn Mothers 2022 by Juliana Aragon Fatula
/in Uncategorized/by Juliana Aragon FatulaDear Reader, The year 2022 has been incredibly challenging and rewarding. The books I’ve published have opened doors for me and taught me how to network and reach my audience. My publisher, Bower House Books/Conundrum Press, Denver, CO helped me to promote my books by nominating me for book awards and sharing my work […]