Author Archive: Raven West
You Are What You Drive – DRIVE Fast and Furious the sales of your book the only way YOU can!
A rather well known author once wrote; “What’s in a name?” If you paid $26,000 for a Chrysler mini-van, would it feel the same as driving a FireBird convertible? And what would have happened if Marion Morrison hadn’t changed his name to John Wayne? For those of you who have been reading my column since …
When the Universe Calls, You’d Better Pick Up the Phone
There are definitely times in a writer’s life when life itself interferes with the writing process. My first novel “Red Wine for Breakfast” was published in 1999, the second “First Class Male” in 2001, (Lighthouse Press) then nothing for the next ten years when I decided to go with Createspace for “Undercover Reunion”. Oh sure, …
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Is Originality Dead in Prime Time Television?
Raven West ♦ February 2, 2014 ♦ Leave a comment
Either I’m watching way too much television, or there really is a severe lack of creativity and originality in the writing world. In one week, there were not one, not two, but three prime time series which had the identical plot. Castle on ABC, Hawaii 5-0 on CBS and Psyche on USA Network all involved …
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