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.
Advent Ghosts or Who Can Write the Most Frightening Drabble?
/in Christmas, Paula Gail Benson, Short Stories/by Paula Bensonby Paula Gail Benson For thirteen years, Loren Eaton has hosted an event called Advent Ghosts to celebrate the tradition made famous by Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, which is to entertain readers and listeners with holiday stories featuring the paranormal. Scary, spooky, or simply speculative fiction is welcome — with one required element — […]
Battery Life
/in Author Life, Christmas/by Bethany MainesMy battery life be like… Whew! I rolled into November like I thought I was Rocky and I’m hitting mid-December like I’m Rocky after going the distance with Apollo Creed. I caught the flu over Thanksgiving weekend and that took me down right when I wanted to be hard charging into Christmas decorating! Combined with […]
Creating Colorful Characters
/in Author Life, Book Clubs, characters, Romantic Suspense, Series, Suspense, Uncategorized/by Gay YellenFor novelists, creating a memorable character that jumps off the page and into a reader’s imagination is darn hard to do. Which is why I frequently envy the person working at his desk in the other room, who always seems to be having fun. When my husband retired, people who knew him speculated on how […]
Best Advice: Do You Know or Do You Think You Know?
/in Author Life, How to Write, The Stiletto Gang/by Donnell Ann BellBy: Donnell Ann Bell Years ago, I belonged to an online mystery critique group in which I met my good friends Annette Dashofy, Rosemarie Szotak, as well as various critique partners in Australia, Canada, and beyond. There was one individual in our group who was a terrific writer and well versed in geography and military […]
My Mother’s Slippers by Debra H. Goldstein
/in Inspiration, Uncategorized/by DebraMy Mother’s Slippers by Debra H. Goldstein At this time of year, I think about my mother. She was a driving force in my life until her unexpected death in 2014. There are still times when I want to pick up the phone and share good news with her or ask for her advice, but […]