Have you ever noticed when a character makes a certain facial expression … well … a LOT? I think I notice things like that more because I catch myself doing it when I write. My characters have this tendency to lift one eyebrow higher than the other. Why? Yeah. I have a tendency to do […]
When Do You Find the Time?
by: Staci Stallings By far the biggest question I get from my writer friends is: “When do you find the time?” While right now there are a lot of novellas being released which usually run around 20,000 to 40,000 words, my books tend to be…. uhm, longer, to say the least. The one I’m working on right now […]
Fan-girling with Lisa Wingate by Janet W. Ferguson!
Today I’m super excited to ask a few questions of one of my favorite authors, Lisa Wingate! Welcome, Lisa! I loved reading the Carolina Chronicles series of novels, especially The Sea Keeper’s Daughters, The Prayer Box, and The Story Keeper. I adored the books for the excellent writing, the vivid characters, and the beach! I’m […]
Giveaway with Virginia Vaughan-And The Walls Came Tumbling Down
I invited my Mississippi friend and author, Virginia Vaughan, to Inspy Romance today! She has a great message and a giveaway for us! Welcome, Virginia! Many thanks to Janet for having me on the blog today. I wrote this blog post way back in 2011, less than year before I received my first publishing contract […]
Take Me to the Beach! #giveaway Blown Together #eBook
My happy place is at the beach, so it made sense to me to set my fourth novel there.Walking along the sandy shores of Fort Morgan, Alabama, while a storm approached, the story fell together in my mind. A lonely (and quirky) romance writer who was the queen of bad dates lived in a little […]
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 […]
Trash Bags: Mirror, Mirror Excerpt
by: Staci Stallings “Hold up!” Luke said, yanking to a stop. He looked at Sage and couldn’t stop the grin. In the orange T-shirt that was 3 sizes too big, she looked like a traffic cone. “Looks like they put you to work.” “Yeah,” and she didn’t look overly thrilled about that at all. “Yay me.” Swallowing […]
98% Right
by: Staci Stallings First, I was a student back in the day, and back then, I got a variety of grades. Most of my grades were in the A-range—90 and above. Not all. Just most. While my grades were 90 and above, I was still often disappointed when they weren’t a 100%. And if I […]
20 Years… Not So Long As it Seems
by: Staci Stallings It was 20 years ago that I pulled something I always loved to do out of the mothballs and dusted it off. At the time, I was a 20-something with a one-year-old and a whole bunch of time on my hands. You see, prior to that, my life had pretty much been […]
My Most Personal Story Yet
by: Staci Stallings Behind the Story of “Whisper If You Have To” Some of you know me or know of me. Others may never have heard the name Staci Stallings until this very minute, and that’s okay. In fact, part of me likes not being known. One thing I do know is this: my readers […]