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.
Plotting vs. Pantsing
/in Uncategorized/by Linda Rodriguezby Linda Rodriguez In the mystery-writing community, people tend to divide themselves into plotters or pantsers. This seems to me to set up a false dichotomy where real authors either write out rigid, detailed outlines of their entire books before they begin their first draft or they start with nothing but perhaps an image or […]
The Box Set Funeral
/in Uncategorized/by CathyPBox sets have been a marketing staple in the publishing industry, but a lot of people are ready to call the technique dead and bury it. Queue the band and plan the funeral. Or not. The opportunities presented by setting up a box set remain as numerous—and practical—as ever. The sets offer a chance to […]
Austin Starr’s Bad Day
/in Uncategorized/by Kay Kendallby Kay Kendall The protagonist-turned-amateur-sleuth in my two mysteries is Austin Starr. Here she shares her thoughts about the problems she faces in my first book, DESOLATION ROW, and hints at ongoing issues that develop further in my second, RAINY DAY WOMEN. This year, 1968, looked so promising at first. I married my college boyfriend David. […]
The Flying of Time
/in Uncategorized/by J.M. Phillippeby J.M. Phillippe There comes a point in a new position where everything begins to feel routine. Where the schedule is pretty locked in, the tasks rote, and the days start to blend together. I always worry when this happens, because as the weeks whirl into months, I feel my life passes before my eyes […]
May is Short Story Month!
/in Uncategorized/by Paula Bensonby Paula Gail Benson Thanks to my friend, phenomenal author Art Taylor (Agatha, Anthony, Derringer, and Macavity award winner for short fiction and winner of the Agatha Award for Best First Novel for On the Road with Del & Louise: A Novel in Stories—check out his website at: http://www.arttaylorwriter.com/), I learned that May is Short […]