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.


Welcome to Suite and Savory. Can we help you?
/in Uncategorized/by donalee MoultonBy donalee Moulton Shopping plays a big role in my new book, Melt. The second in the Lotus Detective Agency series, it follows three women who meet in a yoga studio and discover they have a penchant for solving crime. In the first book, Bind, a very expensive watch is stolen from the gym where […]
December and Sheepdogs by Saralyn Richard
/in Uncategorized/by Saralyn RichardMany of you know that my sidekick for many years was a naughty-turned-nice sheepdog named Nana. Nana was our second sheepdog, and we had high expectations for her, since our experience with the breed was stellar. In fact, we’d always believed sheepdogs were people in dog suits. Nana, however, surprised us by being the wildest, […]
It’s Time for Advent Ghosts
/in Christmas, Mystery, Paula Gail Benson, Short Stories/by Paula Bensonby Paula Gail Benson Since 2015, I have been participating in Loren Eaton’s annual celebration of a “spirited” holiday by contributing to his call for “drabble” (short stories of exactly 100 words) that evoke the spectral or paranormal aspects of the season. Over the years, I’ve considered the perspectives of the deceased with unfinished business, […]
The Short and Sweet Elevator Pitch
/in Ideas, Mystery, writing life/by Kathleen KaskaFrom 2015 to 2020, I worked as the marketing director at Cave Art Press. One of my weekly tasks was writing a blog called Five-Minute Writing Tips, which eventually became the book Do You Have a CATHARSIS Handy? The book was orphaned when the company closed. Lately, I’ve been thinking about resurrecting both the blog […]
Christmas the Movie Way
/in Christmas, humor, Mysteries, Mystery, writing a mystery novel/by Bethany MainesChristmas Strikes Back A few years ago, I became interested in scriptwriting. Like many people, I assumed that after a lifetime of watching movies that writing them couldn’t be that hard. I’ll pause here for your laughter to die down. Specifically, I was interested in Christmas movies and why they sucked. Which is unfair, one […]