I love you all, of course. You each have your own individual ways of blessing me, challenging me, and making me smile. Here are the ten reading styles I’ve found among my audience: Breathless—You see the wonder in every word. Each book you read takes your breath away. I’m totally flattered by your raving reviews […]
A Time to Write, A Time to Put the Pen Down
by: Staci Stallings As I get older (just turned 51 last Friday), one thing I’ve come to realize is that there really are seasons in life. Looking back, I see there were seasons of growing up, falling in love, going to school, getting married, having kids, having little kids, having bigger kids, their school, them […]
Between Books #Giveaway
Many moons ago, we saw a movie that inspired me. In the story, a young girl’s parents were authors. On deadline, they rarely spent time with her. Until they finished. When she came home from school that day, the whole family painted a room in their house. Though I’ve always made a point to work […]
A Western Inspy Author’s Midlife Crisis
Anyone who has read my books for awhile knows human characters aren’t the only ones I adore. Animals of all kinds often make an appearance, everything from the service dogs in my new series to goats, roosters, chickens, donkeys, llamas and more. But some of my favorites are the horses. Every summer as a child […]
Learning to Paint
by: Staci Stallings Life is interesting. First, back in 2014, my niece, Veronica, started coming every so often to talk about life. She, like many young people today, was trying to figure out college and how to get her feet on the ground. She was working through a lot of internal messaging that had culminated […]
Be Do Have–The Ultimate Lesson
by: Staci Stallings Many years ago I wrote an article for a blog called “Be Do Have.” It was about an insight I had recently had about life. In the article, I explained that most people in life get this backward. They believe that they need to have before they can do and they need […]
Summer Reading Survey & Giveaway
Ah, summer. As a kid, one of my favorite things about summer was the endless hours of reading time it brought. In my bed, on the couch, outside under the tree . . . it didn’t matter where. As long as I had a book in my hands, I was happy. This summer, I’ve been […]
10 Things You May Not Know About Me + #Giveaway
A lifestyle blogger that I follow recently did a “10 Things You May Not Know About Me” post, which I thought was fun and interesting, so I thought I’d do one for you today. I’m an ISFJ, which translates to Introverted, Sensing, Feeling, and Judging. My strengths? I’m loyal, hardworking, and supportive. My weaknesses? I […]
Bring in the Sidekick + Giveaway
It may surprise some of you to know that the character I consider my most important to date is not one of my main characters. It’s Sheba Burris from Love’s Redemption. She’s a former alcoholic who works in a mid-grade restaurant. At first glance, she seems low key, but Sheba supports the lead female character […]
Favorite Reading Nooks
I love cozying up with a great book. But, in order to really fall in, I have to be totally comfortable. Like, legs dangling over the side of a recliner, head propped in exactly the right way kind of comfortable. I look at these pictures of “my dream house reading nook” that come across social […]