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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).
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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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Most Popular Posts of 2011

SR Staley January 2, 2012

Thank you readers! I’m quite pleased with the reception my blog has received during its…

 Posted in Keys to Success, Marketing, Publishing
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Content and Production Values Key to Video Effectiveness

SR Staley December 24, 2011

As part of my marketing efforts for A Warrior’s Soul, I started a series of…

 Posted in A Warrior's Soul, Keys to Success, Marketing
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Agenting Book Prices to Marketing Success

SR Staley December 12, 2011

I thought it might be interesting to report on the most popular posts in each…

 Posted in Keys to Success, Marketing, Publishing
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Kindling Pirates

SR Staley December 9, 2011

Last week, I noticed an unexpected deposit in my bank account from “Amazon digital services.” I…

 Posted in Pirate of Panther Bay, Publishing
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The Marketing Value of a Second Book

SR Staley November 28, 2011

One of the more pleasant surprises from the publication of A Warrior’s Soul has been…

 Posted in A Warrior's Soul, Marketing, Pirate of Panther Bay
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The Reality Behind Book Advances

SR Staley November 19, 2011

Irene Watson has a useful commentary on book advances over at Blogging Authors (Nov 13,…

 Posted in Publishing
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When Is It Time to Approach An Agent?

SR Staley November 10, 2011

Okay all you first time novelists, sit down before you read this post. A couple of…

 Posted in Publishing
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Reading Rejection

SR Staley November 8, 2011

Like most authors, I’ve had more than my share of rejections from agents and publishers….

 Posted in A Warrior's Soul, Keys to Success, Pirate of Panther Bay, Publishing, SR Staley
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Literary Agent Fishing: How Many Books Do You Need to Sell to Hook an Agent?

SR Staley November 6, 2011

I’ve written before on how the conventional publishing market is changing, and how literary agents…

 Posted in Marketing, Publishing

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