Category: writing and storytelling

A pirate, a ninja, and a gens de couleur walk into a bar in 1784 New Orleans….

A pirate, a ninja, and a gens de couleur wak into a bar in 1784 New…

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Tris Prior is more than just a buff, kick-butt character

 I know that books typically have more depth than films, but YA fiction has tended…

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Where do good female characters come from?

While recently researching blog posts about the Divergent film series, I ran across a 2011 blog post…

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Katniss vs. Tris: Who is the stronger character?

As the DC Comics superhero clash movie Superman Vs. Batman hits the theaters this weekend,…

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The story in “Unsafe On Any Campus?”

Oddly, many people, including professional writers, don’t think of nonfiction books in terms of story….

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Is Katniss Everdeen a strong female character?

I have now seen all four Hunger Games movies and read all three books, and…

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Five take aways from the Royal Palm Literary Awards

St. Nic, Inc., my re-imagination of the Santa Claus myth through the lens of an…

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Will Tracy Lawson’s novels become this generation’s Ayn Rand substitute?

By SR Staley Resist, the second novel in Tracy Lawson’s Resistance Series, picks up right…

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Fixing writer’s block

By Claire W. Staley As a writer, I am familiar with this common ailment: Writer’s…

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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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