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.
Artificial Intelligence, a Friend… or a Foe?
/in Artificial Intelligence, cozy mystery books, Plagiarism, Romantic Suspense, Samantha Newman Romantic Mystery series, writing life/by Gay Yellenby Gay Yellen Recently, our local newspaper devoted an entire page of articles with disturbing headlines on the subject. The lead essay announced this: AI-HUMAN HYBRID EYED TO PREVENT ROGUE AI. My mind’s eye instantly conjured up the scary image of a human-robot cyborg. Hard to say what form it might actually take, but there’s […]
Author Photos
/in Judy Penz Sheluk, A Fatal Affair/by Judy Penz ShelukI’m going to let you in on a little secret: unless you’re young and dewy-eyed OR spectacularly gorgeous, most female authors approach getting new professional author photos with the same dread that might be reserved for bathing suit shopping (I can’t speak for male authors vis-a-vis bathing suit shopping, so I’m not even going to […]
What’s your favorite thing about September?
/in Author Life, Mysteries/by Mary Lee AshfordSeptember has finally arrived, but here in the Midwest it’s not feeling very much like Fall. Between the triple-digit heat index we’re currently experiencing and the packed-to-the-gills summer that felt like it was on fast-forward, it’s hard to believe that it’s September already. So we’re not going to talk about football games and fall leaves. […]
Clicking Our Heels – Anything Personal Incorporated Into Your Writing?
/in Clicking Our Heels/by DebraClicking Our Heels – Anything Personal Incorporated Into Your Writing? For fun, we asked each member of The Stiletto Gang if there was anything personal they do (sing, exercise, etc.) that they have incorporated into their writings? Donnell Ann Bell: I play the piano by ear and incorporated it into Deadly Recall. Donalee Moulton: I […]
Africa! —T.K. Thorne
/in T.K. Thorne, Uncategorized/by TK ThorneI didn’t know that I needed to go to Africa. When a friend asked if my husband and I wanted to go, I started to respond, “No,” but the word caught somewhere between apprehension and . . . something else: SEE MORE