Hi friends! I may have mentioned my love for the beach once or twice… or a thousand times. If I didn’t, I LOVE THE BEACH, by the way! Last October, I was blessed to get to visit the beautiful Florida town of Santa Rosa. My lady friends and I stayed in the lovely area called […]
Inspiration & Making It Happen
Years ago, when our son was little, my sister-in-law lived in Memphis. She invited us to visit and bring our son to a mall with a carousel inside. We had a nice visit and our young son loved the carousel. On the way out of the mall, a cute guy with long hair and an […]
The Perfect Anniversary Gift
Sing with me to the tune of the Brady Bunch theme (if you’re old enough to remember it): Here’s the story of a lovely lady who was busy writing books, and couldn’t clean So her house turned upside down, without a vacuum and the bunnies won. Okay, so I stink at poetry and […]
Roundup of Blogs
Several of the inspy authors have personal blogs also. I thought since you’re here–you know at a blog–and you like it, you might want to check out more. So here’s the roundup in alphabetical order: Julie Arduini’s blog – Surrender Issues and Chocolate features inspiring messages of surrender, book reviews, faith issues, family, writing, a […]
What is love? Romance? With Jennifer Rodewald plus #giveaway
I’m happy to have my friend author Jennifer Rodewald back with us today at Inspy Romance. She has a new novel that will really leave you wrecked…but in a good way. It’s an honest and beautiful story that digs into when romance and marriage don’t go exactly the way we expect. That said, I’ll turn […]
Imagination
by: Staci Stallings Sometimes living in my imagination is difficult. Maybe that’s because I have what people call a “vivid imagination.” Do you know what that means, to have a vivid imagination? For me, it means that what I “experience” in my head is often as real or more real to me than things that […]
Audible Giveaway! Going Up South with Narrator Naomi Karez
I’m excited to bring back narrator Naomi Karez to Inspy Romance. She’s just finished the second book in my Southern Hearts series and has begun work on the third! If you missed meeting Naomi, you can find that post here: http://www.inspyromance.com/meet-narrator-naomi-karez-audible-giveaway/ You know, by the time I finish writing, editing, editing, editing, (did I mention editing?), […]
Being a Magi
by: Staci Stallings A long time ago I read a book that said, “There is a reason you notice the things you notice. They come into your sight to tell you something.” (paraphrase) I took that to heart and began actively noticing. That is, I notice when I notice something. Rather than going through life […]
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 […]
What is “HOPE”?
by: Staci Stallings As you’ve probably noticed, I try to name my series something inspirational. So “The Grace Series,” “The Courage Series,” “The Faith Series.” I’m currently publishing and writing the “Hope” Series, which has given me the chance of pondering hope—what it means, where it comes from, what takes it away, and where we […]