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.
Killing it Together
/in Author Life, Book Clubs/by Gay YellenToday, I bring a double treat to the Gang, with S. Lee (Sandy) Manning and J.B. (Jim) Manning, award-winning writers who bill themselves as “A Killing Couple” for a couple of good reasons. One, they’re married. And two, the award-winning books they write include a few murder victims along the way. Jim’s books are chock-full of […]
Special Guest – Barbara Barrett
/in Guest Blogger, Uncategorized/by Mary Lee Ashfordby Sparkle Abbey Today we welcome long-time friend and fellow mystery author, Barbara Barrett to the blog. She is chatting about her latest release, Murder on the Court, which is the second book in her Unscripted Detective series. But first she shares a bit about the television series Parenthood and why she found it to […]
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 […]