Treating Guns Realistically in Children’s Literature

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

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Southern Yellow Pine Publishing Lists Books by SR Staley

Southern Yellow Pine Publishing, a publisher specializing in southern topics and authors, is now selling…

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Why Sci Fi Films Don’t Measure Up to the Classic Sci Fi Books

I have a few thoughts on why contemporary science fiction films like Star Trek: Into…

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“Renegade” book trailer called “captivating”

The book trailer for Renegade was published on youtube on Thursday, June 13th, and it’s…

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Putting the “Great” in the Great Gatsby

I recently was reminded how much movie actors can change characters and meanings in books…

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Book Signing: June 22nd!

Come see and talk to SR Staley as he signs copies of his novels The Pirate of…

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Does the New York Times boost book sales?

In an earlier post, I discussed a recent article I had written that appeared in on-line…

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“Land Without Mirrors” engages, challenges readers

My review of Land Without Mirrors by Marina Brown has appeared on the Tallahassee Democrat’s…

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Anatomy of a successful New York Times pitch

The New York Times has a great on-line forum called Room for Debate. The concept…

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Review of The Mother Teresa of Tallahassee’s autobiography

My review of Rev. Bernyce Clausell’s autobiography No Time to Die appears in the Tallahassee…

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