Hi there! I’m so excited to be here as a new member of the Inspy Romance authors! I wanted to take this first post to introduce myself, tell you about my books, and talk about pie. Yes, you read that right. Pie. I’ll get to that important topic in a moment. First, I should tell […]
Modern-Day Good Fridays
by: Staci Stallings Sometimes timing becomes important. This is one of those times. Right now, as you read this Easter Sunday has passed, and we have entered fully into the Easter Season. By the time you get to Easter, it’s sometimes easy to forget about Good Friday. Good Friday, the day Jesus hung on the […]
If music be the food of love?
Okay, I promise those of you who know the quote, I’m not going to misquote Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night! When Duke Orsino says If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die, he wants so much music played he gets sick of […]
A Research Trip to Peacock Hill (+ #giveaway)
I have always loved old houses. And new ones, for that matter. I suspect it’s to do with my mom. We grew up touring historic homes whenever the opportunity arose. And, if it’d been awhile since we had the chance, there were usually model homes somewhere we could to wander through. (I’m sure that’s a […]
Sunday Edition – Happy Easter
I’m doing something today that I don’t think I’ve done in my entire married life (except maybe if Christmas fell on a Sunday, but even then I’m not sure I did). What could I possibly be talking about? I’m fixing dinner—like the evening meal. We usually have a big lunch on Sunday and then […]
Writing Bold, Brave, and Beautiful
My dad was my greatest cheerleader when I shared with him at a young age that I wanted to be a writer. He told me to enjoy the good days and to embrace the not-so-good—even the awful—since they would provide a foundation for my writing, as well as my life. This was tough advice to […]
Good Friday – IR closed
Thank you for stopping by InspyRomance. We are closed today to commemorate Good Friday. Remember His sacrifice, which freed us from our sins. John 19:1-3, 16-20, 28-30 (NLT) “Then Pilate had Jesus flogged with a lead-tipped whip. The soldiers wove a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they put a purple […]
You did what, now?
That’s what I ask myself all the time. My poor hubby might also ask me this…a lot. Yeah, I’m kind of impulsive and impetuous (and impertinent and all kinds of other im-words). This time, though, it was a really good thing! When they sent me the invitation to become a part of InspyRomance, I have […]
Creating Character: How Acting Helps My Writing by Deb Kastner
Recently I’ve had the opportunity to act at a local theater in its production of Jekyll and Hyde, the ultimate good vs evil with outstanding choral musical score that never fails to give me goosebumps. It’s been ten years since I’ve treaded the boards and it’s been great fun and a wonderful stress reliever for […]
Love Is…
I started reading romance novels when I was in my early teens. I started with some written in the mid-60s my mom had handed down to me and by the time I was 14 or 15 had graduated to the early Harelquin novels that were very clean and almost always about some secretary in a […]