Author: SR Staley

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).

Most Popular Posts of 2011

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

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Content and Production Values Key to Video Effectiveness

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

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Agenting Book Prices to Marketing Success

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

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Kindling Pirates

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

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The Marketing Value of a Second Book

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

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The Reality Behind Book Advances

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

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When Is It Time to Approach An Agent?

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

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Reading Rejection

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

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Literary Agent Fishing: How Many Books Do You Need to Sell to Hook an Agent?

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

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Tips For Starting a Novel

A friend just asked me if I had any tips for starting a novel. He…

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