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.
Collaboration in the Stygian Swamp
/in Uncategorized/by The Stiletto GangMarilyn Victor – In her real life, Marilyn is an administrative assistant for a construction company. She started her writing career in grade school, penning Dark Shadows, Man from U.N.C.L.E. and James Bond stories for her friends, none of which she ever finished. It wasn’t until years afterward when she started brainstorming on how she […]
The Sign of the Twisted Candles
/in Uncategorized/by The Stiletto GangLast night I read my mother’s well-worn copy of The Sign of the Twisted Candles. She’d been given the book as a young girl. The copyright date inside the battered cover is 1933. Coming from a family with limited financial resources and lots of siblings, she didn’t own many books as a child. She’s treasured […]
My Literary Best Friend
/in Uncategorized/by Stiletto GangDistant father…housekeeper slash surrogate mother…pretty-boy boyfriend (according to the northern half of Evelyn David)…a trio of interesting girl friends, one a tomboy, one an obsessive eater, one a giant fraidy-cat…these are my adult recollections and interpretations of my favorite sleuth and heroine, Nancy Drew. But when I was a child? She was literary gold. I […]
Nancy Drew in the Dark Ages
/in Uncategorized/by The Stiletto GangBelieve it or not, even though I am the ancient member of the Stiletto Gang, Nancy Drew was popular when I was a girl. I received Nancy Drew mysteries every birthday and Christmas and had them read before the days were over. Like many others, I imagined myself doing all the things Nancy did on […]
Girl Power
/in Uncategorized/by The Stiletto GangI wanted a little blue roadster – even before I knew what a roadster was. I knew for sure that it was cooler than my Dad’s Plymouth. I didn’t want Ned Nickerson. He seemed like a vain pretty boy who just got in the way of the real star of the show. I did want […]