Category: violence and bullying
Unsafe on Any Campus? Available for pre-order!
Unsafe on Any Campus? College Sexual Assault, and What We Can Do About It is available…
Game of Thrones and rape as a plot device
By SR Staley A virtual firestorm of debate erupted last month over a rape scene…
Treating Guns Realistically in Children’s Literature
While volunteering for the Tallahassee Writers Association at Downtown Marketplace, an older woman picked up…
Fiction and Storytelling as a Way of Visualizing Success
Authors are often surprised by the reactions of readers who seem to find things in…
Dealing with Violence Against Women & Girls
One of my epiphanies writing Renegade centered on the role of violence in the lives…
Is Violence Necessary in Children’s Literature?
Conflict is the essence of story, but does conflict need to include violence and physical…
How I know I’ve Hit My Target Audience
Oneof the biggest challenges writers face is knowing whether or not they’ve hit the mark…
When Reality Meets Fiction: Guns & Vigilante Justice
A sad story playing out in Oklahoma City reminds me of how fiction and reality…
