NEW!!! A Baby in the Basement — My Life as a Cattleman’s Wife

Writings about my real-world, trial-by-fire education in the cattle industry, and the wonderful-crazy-amazing-chaos it is juggling a 24/7, 365-day-a-year, no-punches-held lifestyle with a day job and an artistic career.

Installments to be posted as they are written.

• The Backstory, part I
• The Backstory, part II
• The Fragile Thing Known as Life
• House Guests
• Things I Have Learned from Cows

Music Notes – a musical advice column

Got a music-related question you want an answer to? Need some advice on lessons, teachers, practice time, instruments, or band relations? See what Heather has to say! Submit your question via the contact form and have it addressed on heather-stearns.com! Your email and first name will be reposted (a la Dear Abby).

Demon’s Music — a “Demonic” serial

When a strange piano mysteriously appears backstage of the Old Brisby Theatre, Maren and Cal find themselves in the middle of a demonic takeover… But it’s real hard to avoid a deal with the devil when he offers you just exactly what you want…

• I: The Piano
• II: Tough
• III: Eaten
• IV: Crush
• V: Visions
• VI: Wants and Needs
• VII: Talk
• VIII: Hunger
• IX: Temptation
• X: Realizations
• XI: Good Night
• XII: Deal or No Deal
• XIII: Just Relax
• XIV: Hard Questions
• XV: Spilling the Beans
• XVI: The Lair of the Beast
• XVII: Cat and Mouse
• XVIII: Piano Roll
• XIX: Spotlight

Shatterproof – A “Demonic” Serial

Leslie knows something is terribly wrong when she finds her father gone and his office ransacked. With the help of an unlikely ally, she’ll bring him back… Even if the path leads straight into the depths of Hell.

• Prologue
• I: Gone
• II: Stranger
• III: A Kiss
• IV: Demons
• V: Unfortunately Sober
• VI: Breakfast with a Side of Answers
• VII: A Hard Place
• VIII: A Chat with Death
• IX: Ambush
• X: Things Aren’t as They Should Be
• XI: Collin’s Truth
• XII: Taking the Plunge
• XIII: Separated
• XIV: Masks
• XV: Facing the Devil
• XVI: In It Together