I’m delighted to welcome guest blogger and former CIA officer, Carmen Amato, to the Stiletto Gang. I think you’ll enjoy the intrigue behind her writing. See you in June! Debra Salting the Story with Spycraft by Carmen Amato I was chatting with House of Mystery podcast co-hosts Alan Warren and Joe Goldberg when one of […]
Clicking Our Heels – How Do You Feel About A1? A1 is here, but what do our blog members think about it? Bethany Maines – I’m a graphic designer in my day job and AI has been steadily creeping into the field for decades. So it doesn’t strike me as particularly evil or out of […]
Clicking Our Heels – Our Personal Favorites – Police, Investigator, or Researchers Crime fiction writers often depend upon others to make sure our stories are accurate. Today, we talk about police, investigators, or researchers we have encountered who are our favorites – whether real or fictional. Barbara J. Eikmeier – A conversation with a forensic […]
Happy Dancing – With Our Bellies Full and the Fire Dying by Debra H. Goldstein I’m happiest writing when I’m sitting in front of a toasty fire or positioned to stare at a body of water. Both are calming to me. The result is that the words tend to flow. Sometimes, though, a roaring fire […]
Clicking Our Heels – Crime We’ve Avoided Writing About Each member of the Stiletto Gang has dragged their heels in the dirt rather than write about certain types of crime, but if we did, we’d have to develop a special protagonist or antagonist. T.K. Thorne – Murder has been my go-to crime, although I have […]
Clicking Our Heels – What is the Dream Book You Always Wanted to Write? Authors dream of the day their work will be published and hopefully, read. There is nothing as exciting as holding that first published piece, but sometimes it isn’t the writer’s dream book. In fact, the second and later published works may […]
Calling All Black Utensils – Or Else! by Debra H. Goldstein Do you have any black plastic spatulas, spoons, or ladles lurking in your kitchen? New research shows that they may cause cancer, hormone and thyroid problems, neurobehavioral and development problems in children, and interference with reproductive and immune systems. The causation factor is the […]
Clicking Our Heels – Family Stress Points and the Holidays Although we could talk about the wonderful aspects of the holiday season, we thought it would be fun to discuss what families often sweep under the rug – whether there are stress points that may become a flashpoint during the holiday season. Mary Lee Ashford […]
My Mother’s Slippers by Debra H. Goldstein (This is a reprint that I like to run every November – but even after ten years, I still haven’t gone through all the slippers) At this time of year, I think about my mother. She was a driving force in my life until her unexpected death in 2014. […]
Clicking Our Heels – Wardrobes and Our Novels and Characters When one thinks of the elements that go into a book, one thinks about things like characters, setting, voice, but the Gang members recently had a discussion about how wardrobe plays a role in our books and how we dress our characters. We thought we’d […]