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.
My View on The L.A. Times Book Festival
/in Uncategorized/by The Stiletto GangWe got back late Sunday afternoon and I’ve had time to reflect on my two days at the L.A. Times Book Festival. First, the pluses. It’s mind-boggling. So many people all in one place, and so. The UCLA campus is beautiful, the buildings are old and wonderful. If you love books, there were millions of […]
On the Road and Loving It
/in Uncategorized/by The Stiletto GangThis is a busy week. On Thursday night I’ve been invited to the Burlington County Literacy Volunteers Dinner with an Author , at Braddocks Tavern in Medford, NJ. As a writer, I celebrate those wonderful volunteers who “change lives word by word.” There will be an author at each table, and we’ll have the opportunity […]
Late Bloomers
/in Uncategorized/by The Stiletto GangOf course, it’s all relative as to what constitutes a late bloomer. In the garden it can mean late spring, late in the season, or late in the year. Last week millions of people were introduced to the world’s most famous (at least right now) late bloomer – Susan Boyle, she of the viewed 35 […]
Plotting in Your Sleep
/in Uncategorized/by The Stiletto GangThe great American author, Edna St. Vincent Millay, once wrote that she couldn’t get the woman onto the porch. What she meant, of course, was that she couldn’t figure out an organically sound reason for the character to do as the plot demanded. I struggle with this situation all the time. Plotting a mystery is, […]
Dear Mr. President
/in Uncategorized/by Stiletto GangI just read an article in the New York Times that described how, in the White House, it is one person’s job to cull ten letters from the tens of thousands that are received weekly for the President to read. The President reads them, and responds with a handwritten letter of his own to the […]