by: Staci Stallings First, full disclosure: This was not my original post this month. There’s a reason I changed it, and this may or may not explain why. I have learned one thing—my life is about learning about life. Some of it has to do with the writing. I’ve spent years trying to make sense […]
What Resolutions?
And here we are. It’s already eleven days into 2019, friends. Some will say “Hooray!” and some will say “Yikes!” Have you executed your new year resolution yet? Or did you decide to not have any new year resolution this time around? Even though I like checklists, the one thing I try to avoid at […]
Series… Love Them Or Not? Plus Giveaway!
I love reading series. I enjoy the main hero and heroine’ story and often find myself rooting for secondary characters and wanting them to get their own books. And in the following books, it’s fun catching up with the characters I already fell in love with! I might be partial here because Autumn is a […]
Lost Pages
Remember my French guy? The one whose story I planned to finish? After that post, I got busy. I found a historical thread to tie into the contemporary story. I polished my 124 pages, worked in the new thread, and expanded the manuscript to 141 pages. It was a great story. I loved the characters, […]
My One Year Anniversary with InspyRomance + #Giveaway
I was glancing through my old blog posts for InspyRomance.com when I noticed I had written my very first post back in October 2017. That means I’ve had the privilege and pleasure of blogging here for a year now. Wow, time sure flies! I’ve truly enjoyed the community I’ve found with both the authors and […]
Friday Five + #Giveaway
I must admit that it’s been one of those weeks where I’ve woken up not knowing what day it is. Life has gotten busy with my kids back in school and me trying to invest as much of my brain energy into meeting deadlines before the year ends. Add to this the other dozen things […]
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 Impact of a Good Kiss + An Excerpt + #Giveaway
I love most everything about being a romance author, especially the research I get to do. This so-called research ranges from studying photos of a couple holding hands (so I can better describe how their fingers intertwine) to watching rom-coms or reading romance books. When I do the latter, I get so much inspiration for […]
Quirky Characters & Wounded Souls
I’m honored to host my guest, Tara Johnson today. We’re members of American Christian Fiction Writers Arkansas, so we see each other several times a year at meetings and once circled Dallas repeatedly trying to get to the ACFW conference. Here’s Tara: Quirky Characters and Wounded Souls by Tara Johnson Barney Fife. Scarlett O’Hara. Inigo […]
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 […]