by: Staci Stallings From the newly-released Finale of the Hope Series… How she would ever say good-bye to Scott and Lane again, Jenna had no earthly idea. As she walked to the gate, tucked under Scott’s arm, holding Lane’s hand with her other, she let the thought of what the coming minutes would bring into […]
Counting Blessings
by: Staci Stallings Sometimes life is designed to make you remember what is really important and how easily our “blessing counter” can get skewed. So for about 3 months now, I have been “counting down” so to speak for November. November 1, “A Time to Love” would release and “Some Say Love” would go on […]
The Myth of Easy Romance
by: Staci Stallings As a Christian romance author it has become incredibly obvious to me why people struggle to understand “romance.” You see, my days are spent crafting stories about people falling in love. While in most such stories the characters have challenges, in mine very often the challenges are emotional explosions meant not just […]
Flight 259 #Excerpt
by: Staci Stallings Scott put down the tray in front of him and set the two drinks on it carefully. He was still trying to understand Jenna, this beautiful, exotic creature, who had so thoroughly captured his attention in less than a heartbeat. He hadn’t known her for thirty minutes, but something about her captivated […]
Thoughts on “Princess”
by: Staci Stallings The second book I wrote in my journey to and through author-hood is called “Princess.” Like most of my books, this one went through several phases to get where it is today. The first phase had to do with crafting the theme of the book. I knew going into this one that […]
In The Middle of a Mess
by: Staci Stallings As authors, we’re told not to react to reviews—at least not directly, out loud or in print. And ultimately that’s probably good advice because a critical review often feels like someone is attacking one of our children. While I don’t respond to critical reviews, I can’t help but think through how I […]
News From Nashville & Beyond
(Transcribed from a television interview with “The Music Plays… World Tour” featuring opening solo artist Kalin Lane and headliner Ashton Raines, both accompanied by their wives, Beth Raines and Danae Lane.) NFNB: First of all, welcome to you all. Thanks for sitting down with us. Ashton: Thank you for having us. NFNB: Let’s start with […]
I’m Never Doing That Again
by: Staci Stallings Let me be honest up-front. I don’t do deadlines. I’ve known this about myself for… well, my whole writing “career.” The thing is, I’m a journalist by trade, so you would think that deadlines would come naturally to me. Oh, how I remember the nights at the paper when I was a […]
Love as a Verb
by: Staci Stallings One of my most popular series is called The Courage Series (To Protect & Serve, White Knight, and For Real). The Courage Series revolves around a firefighter who becomes kind of the center-pin for a whole group of friends. In the course of the three novels, the characters again and again face […]
The Thinnest Thread
by: Staci Stallings I think people who don’t write have a notion about how the process goes. They think that a writer gets an idea, mostly fully formed, then they sit down and plot the book out, crafting all the twists and turns on paper before they ever start writing. The writing is of course […]