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SR Staley has one more than 11 literary awards for his fiction and nonfiction writing. He is on the full-time faculty of the College and Social Sciences and Public Policy at Florida State University as well as a film critic and research fellow at the Independent Institute in Oakland, California. His award-winning Pirate of Panther Bay series (syppublishing.com) has won awards in historical fiction, mainstream & literary fiction, young adult fiction, and reached the finals in women's fiction. His most recent book is "The Beatles and Economics: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and the Making of a Cultural Revolution" due out in April 2020 (Routledge).
SR Staley

Blogs: What Are They Good For?

SR Staley April 4, 2012

My publisher, Wheatmark, recently has a series of on-line discussions as part of their Author’s…

 Posted in A Warrior's Soul, Keys to Success, Marketing
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The Hunger Games and the power of movies in reaching audiences

SR Staley April 1, 2012

Here’s a reality check for us book authors. The Hunger Games movie took in $153…

 Posted in Books, Films, Publishing Tagged , , , , ,
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OMG, i so loved this book!

SR Staley March 31, 2012

A Warrior’s Soul has been getting some great press in the blogoshere recently. Here are…

 Posted in A Warrior's Soul, Reviews
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The Hunger Games and the Dilution of Story

SR Staley March 27, 2012

The Hunger Games blew the doors off movie theaters this past weekend, rakiing in $155…

 Posted in writing and storytelling
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What’s in a Log Line?

SR Staley March 24, 2012

I recently submitted the manuscript to the second book in the Path of the Warrior…

 Posted in A Warrior's Soul, Marketing, Pirate of Panther Bay, Renegade
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John Locke and Donovan Creed By the Numbers

SR Staley March 8, 2012

John Locke (presumably a pen name) is the prolific novelist and author of the Donovan…

 Posted in Marketing, Publishing
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How I know I’ve Hit My Target Audience

SR Staley March 4, 2012

Oneof the biggest challenges writers face is knowing whether or not they’ve hit the mark…

 Posted in A Warrior's Soul, Marketing, violence and bullying, writing and storytelling
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More on the Ethics of Pulling Negative Reviews

SR Staley February 3, 2012

After reviewing my earlier post on negative book reviews, I realized I didn’t answer the…

 Posted in Marketing
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In Praise of (One or Two) Negative Reviews

SR Staley January 29, 2012

A very interesting discussion is taking place over at bloggingauthors.com where Irene Watson (22 Jan…

 Posted in Keys to Success, Marketing
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Girl Land

SR Staley January 21, 2012

Once in a long while you read a book that fundamentally forces you to rethink,…

 Posted in Pirate of Panther Bay, writing and storytelling

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