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.
Book Launch
/in Uncategorized/by Stiletto GangMy book launch for Smell of Death was Saturday. I live in California but during the winter you never know what the weather might be like. We’ve had plenty of sunny days since the beginning of the year, but this wasn’t one of them. That was the first of the problems. Three storms in a […]
Let’s Talk About Sex
/in Uncategorized/by Stiletto GangCharlaine Harris, who writes the hysterical Southern vampire mystery series, swears that her books took off once she started putting sex into them. Oy! I went to an Orthodox Jewish Day School through sixth grade (substitute Rabbis for nuns, keep the rules, and you get the picture). Try as I might to construct a love […]
My Write of Passage
/in Uncategorized/by Stiletto GangCynthia Smith, author of Noblesse Oblige, is our guest blogger today. Deep in the being of every non-fiction writer lies the longing to be a novelist. So after seven non-fiction books that did fairly well (which means if I depended upon royalties alone to make a living I’d be flipping burgers at McDonald’s) – I […]
News Junkie
/in Uncategorized/by Stiletto GangI admit it. I’m addicted to news. I listen to NPR in my office and car. I listen to CNN at home. It’s the background noise of my life. I get antsy when I don’t have access to either. I feel disconnected, unplugged from the world. Camping trips are really hard. What if a war […]
The Theory of the Karaoke Gene
/in Uncategorized/by Stiletto GangI was lucky enough to be the honoree recently at a book signing/celebration to introduce the denizens of my hometown to my new book, “Extracurricular Activities.” My hometown is not very far from the town I live in now—just twenty miles—but because we’re separated by a bridge, it seems to be harder and harder for […]