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…

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Game of Thrones and rape as a plot device

By SR Staley A virtual firestorm of debate erupted last month over a rape scene…

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Treating Guns Realistically in Children’s Literature

While volunteering for the Tallahassee Writers Association at Downtown Marketplace, an older woman picked up…

 Posted in A Warrior's Soul, Renegade, Self Defense, violence and bullying, writing and storytelling

Fiction and Storytelling as a Way of Visualizing Success

Authors are often surprised by the reactions of readers who seem to find things in…

 Posted in A Warrior's Soul, Renegade, Reviews, Self Defense, violence and bullying, writing and storytelling

Dealing with Violence Against Women & Girls

One of my epiphanies writing Renegade centered on the role of violence in the lives…

 Posted in Self Defense, violence and bullying

Is Violence Necessary in Children’s Literature?

Conflict is the essence of story, but does conflict need to include violence and physical…

 Posted in A Warrior's Soul, Pirate of Panther Bay, violence and bullying, writing and storytelling

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…

 Posted in A Warrior's Soul, Marketing, violence and bullying, writing and storytelling

When Reality Meets Fiction: Guns & Vigilante Justice

A sad story playing out in Oklahoma City reminds me of how fiction and reality…

 Posted in violence and bullying, writing and storytelling