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.
Clicking Our Heels – Challenges Being a Female Writer
/in Author Life, Clicking Our Heels, Mystery, Racism, Writing and the Arts/by Stiletto GangClicking Our Heels – Challenges Being a Female Writer Sisters in Crime was founded when Sara Paretsky and other female mystery writers saw a lack of parity between male and female authors. A later advertising slogan claims: “You’ve Come a Long Way Baby.” But let’s look at reality. What has been one of your challenges […]
Writers Without Borders
/in Author Life, Book events, Brooke Terpening, Mysteries, Mystery/by Brooke TerpeningOf the many reasons I love living in Colorado, the Jaipur Literature Festival is one of them. Wait a minute. Jaipur? Isn’t that in India? And they have a literature festival? Yes, they do. Known simply as JLF, it’s the world’s largest, un-ticketed event free to all, no matter how rich or poor. The […]
A Virus Changed Us—T.K. Thorne
/in T.K. Thorne/by TK ThorneCovid-19 changed us. Our grandchildren, or those who were very young during it, might forget all about it by the time they are grown, as most of my generation has little knowledge of the 1918 flu pandemic and the fact that President Woodrow Wilson tried to suppress news of that devastating because he thought it […]
What’s on Your Nightstand?
/in Author Life, amateur sleuth mysteries, characters, Cozy Mysteries, crafting cozies, Historical Mystery, History, Lois Winston, Mystery, Settings, Summer Reads, women sleuths/by Lois WinstonBy Lois Winston I’m an extremely eclectic reader. There are a few genres I don’t read because they turn me off. My apologies to the vampire and werewolf fans out there, but I just don’t get the allure of falling for someone who wants to drain me of my blood or sup on my entire […]
Short Mystery Fiction: Events and Publications
/in Anthologies, Paula Gail Benson, Short Stories/by Paula Bensonby Paula Gail Benson This past weekend, I thoroughly enjoyed Desert Sleuths’ WriteNow virtual conference. One panel had short mystery fiction experts Barb Goffman (whose short stories have been nominated for 43 awards, winning 3 Agathas, 2 Macavities, 1 Anthony, and 1 Silver Falchion, and who received this year’s Golden Derringer Lifetime Achievement Award from […]