A few days ago, Marry Me for Real, Cowboy hit the virtual bookshelves, kicking off my seventh Christian contemporary romance series… and my second western romance series. It occurred to me a while back that I had never done a sibling series. Oh, most of my series have had siblings in them, but never before […]
That Special Feeling
You know that feeling you get when you finish a book you absolutely love, and you want to hold onto the characters and the story a little bit longer? And as much as you love to read, you just can’t bring yourself to step into another story world quite yet. All you want to do […]
The Exclusive Scoop on Senator Coulter’s Secret Bride (#Giveaway)
Hello! It’s Tara here at the Indiana Christian Leadership Network. Tonight, my guest is none other than the young, handsome bachelor taking the Indiana political scene by storm – Harrison Coulter. Thank you so much for coming tonight and talking with me tonight. Harrison: It’s my pleasure, Tara. Tara: Viewers, if you don’t know Harrison, […]
An Author’s Retrospective (and a giveaway)
On September 7, my book Finding Love for the Playboy releases! Playboy is Book 4 of my Matchmaking Moms of Oceanview Church series, and the final “planned” matchmaking effort for the moms! One book remains, the Christmas-themed finale, Finding Love for the Matchmaker, releasing October 7! Let’s review for a moment how I’ve released this […]
Finding Flow
by: Staci Stallings For the past couple of years I’ve been intensely interested in the concept of flow or flow state. Some call it optimal performance state. Basically, it’s when you go from System 2 thinking (consciously thinking about something) to System 1 thinking (automatic thinking or subconscious thinking). A good way of understanding it […]
Front Matter, Back Matter, What Does It Matter? by Merrillee Whren
As you read the title of this post, are you wondering what I’m talking about? If you’re a writer, you know what I mean. If you are a reader and not a writer, do you know what this post is about? Just in case you might not know, I’ll explain. I’m hoping you will let […]
Overlapping Timelines
I’m in the process of finishing the final edits on the next book in a series featuring triplet brothers. The first book, Valerie’s Verdict, was about Brad, the organized leader of the group. That book ends two years before this book, Alexandra’s Appeal, begins. This book is about the prodigal brother, Jon. We catch up […]
Meet Royal Hewitt from Hope for Love (& Giveaway)
Next week, Hope for Love, book 3 of the Hope Ranch series will release. I thought it would be fun to bring Royal Hewitt along to say hello and tell us a little about what’s been going on with him. So come on in and sit down, Royal, and say hello. Royal: Hi, there. It’s […]
Do You Belong?
Belonging is a recurring theme in my 35+ stories. I could point to one after the other and explain to you why the hero or heroine feels like an outsider in their own life. In some cases, that theme is fairly hidden. In others, it’s super obvious. Take Kenna Johnson in Lavished with Lavender, which […]
Let the Games Begin!
In June, I released Book 1 of my new Matchmaking Moms of Oceanview Church series. Here’s my blog post about it to refresh your memory. Meet the Moms was a short prologue novella to introduce the matchmakers. Book 2 (Finding Love for the Loner) will release July 7. My hope was that the short novella […]