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.
Lessons from Older Movies
/in Uncategorized/by Paula Bensonby Paula Gail Benson During this summer, I’ve taken some time to indulge in the joy of watching older, black and white films. I remember when I was growing up, a channel ran Bette Davis movies every Saturday afternoon. I learned to love her in Now, Voyager, Watch on the Rhine, The Little Foxes, Jezebel, […]
Guest Post: Susan Van Kirk on The Powerful Gift of Words
/in Guest, Guest Blogger, Judy Penz Sheluk, memories, New Release/by Judy Penz ShelukVisiting us today is bestselling author Susan Van Kirk. Susan and I were first introduced to one another by Lourdes Venard of Comma Sense Editing. This would have been in 2013, maybe 2014. Both Susan and I had written first manuscripts and we were filled with dreams of eventual publication for our cozy masterpieces. The […]
I Failed a Lie Detector Test
/in crafting mystery, Historical Mystery, How to Write, Ideas, Inspiration, Mystery, polygraph, Suspense, Uncategorized, women sleuths, writing life/by Kathleen KaskaI’ve confessed this to only a couple of people, but I’m now making it public: I failed a lie detector lie detector (polygraph) test. This happened in the early ’80s, when I was young and naïve—long before I began writing crime fiction. Back then, I believed lie detector tests were infallible. When I failed, I […]
Side Track to Success
/in Author Life/by Bethany MainesCountdown! I’m on the countdown to book 2 – Forged in Flame – of my contracted 4 from Varus Publishing. And if that seems fast to you, well, I agree. But it is what I signed up for. But the publishing schedule for four books in one year does mean that while one is getting […]
Spamalot (Not the Musical)
/in author promotion, Gay Yellen, Give Away, Lois Winston, Mystery Series, Romantic Suspense, Samantha Newman Romantic Mystery series, writing life/by Gay YellenI’m thinking about venturing into a career as a stand-up comic. I already have a enough material for a routine full of laugh-out-loud absurdity, delivered to me in the form of dozens of spam emails that arrive in my inbox every month, specifically, the ones that offer me fame and fortune as a best-selling author. […]