Author Archive: Raven West
USA StoryTellers Project: A Hanukkah Miracle for Modern Times
The night before the Borderline murders and fires in my hometown of Thousand Oaks, I was one of the storytellers for the Holiday and Families theme for the USA/VCStorytellers project along with six other storytellers. My story, “A Hanukkah Miracle for Modern Times” is about the first night of Hanukkah 20 years ago when the …
You’ve Got to Sweat the Small Stuff
The other night, my fourteen year old daughter and I, had a fierce argument. Nothing unusual for a teenager to disagree with a parent, however this wasn’t the usual difference of opinion about keeping her room clean, or staying out past curfew. This was about my reaction to her new tenth grade World History textbook …
Author Raven West 
A Writer…Writes
Raven West ♦ July 30, 2019 ♦ Leave a comment
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been a writer. It’s not what I do, it’s who I am. Stories come very easily to the creative side of my brain and flow through me onto paper with an almost supernatural compulsion via any means available; be it pencil, pen, or typewriter. Nothing in my life compares to …
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