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.
Using All The Senses by Lynn Chandler Willis
/in Uncategorized/by Lynn WillisOne of the easiest ways to immerse a reader into your story is by making use of the five senses. You want the reader to be able to taste the spice in that cajun chicken and dirty rice. You want them to enjoy every bite right along with your character. You want the reader to […]
Research
/in Author Life, How to Write/by Bethany Mainesby Bethany Maines Recently, I was working on a bit of research for a novel and was forced to reach up into my library of reference books… OK, let’s just pause and admit that’s how old I am. I have reference books. When I wrote my first novel, Bulletproof Mascara, my heroine was a linguist, […]
Gay Yellen: Motorcycle Diaries
/in Author Life/by Gay YellenBack when we worked nearly 24/7 to make a living, my husband and I managed to make a few getaways on his motorcycle, a sparkling red Honda Goldwing. For a two-wheeler, it was a stout and sturdy machine, weighing in, fully packed, at around nine hundred pounds. Once, at a gas station, when we pulled […]
Passing Day(s) by Debra H. Goldstein
/in Uncategorized/by DebraPassing Day(s) by Debra H. Goldstein What a day this has been! Where did time go? These two sentences seem to sum up the way I’ve been feeling lately. I’m not sure why, but it seems like the days are getting shorter and my to-do list, while not much longer than at other times, seems […]
Clicking Our Heels – The Gang is Reading!
/in Author Life, Clicking Our Heels, The Stiletto Gang/by DebraClicking Our Heels – The Gang is Reading! Authors are writers, but they also are readers. As diversified as the Gang is, we recently decided to see what genre or genres we read in, what some of our favorite authors are, and what we are reading. Saralyn Richard – I enjoy books from all genres, […]