Author Archive: Raven West
Savvy Authors Newest Contributor!
I’m very proud to announce that I have been invited to be a contributing writer on Savvy Authors, a new author site dedicated to “providing (sic) the best tools, classes, and networking opportunities for authors in all stages of their writing careers, from aspiring novelists to multi-published authors.” I invite you all to read my …
Why Does So Much of Today’s Popular Fiction Have Crappy Endings?
As a writer, it’s very difficult to rationalize the popularity of today’s fiction. What is worse is when one spends time and money buying “into” these popular works only to be totally frustrated with the many plot errors and, ultimately thinking of alternatives to how the author could have, or should have, written a more …
Author Raven West 
If we are all “Slaves of the Internet” – How do we Break Free?
Raven West ♦ October 27, 2013 ♦ Leave a comment
In the October 26, 2013 issue of the New York Times Sunday Review, Tim Kreider wrote a poignant article on the difficulties, if not impossibilities, of making a living as a writer in this highly competitive, zero pay world of on-line publications. Slaves of the Internet is a wake-up call for anyone who believes that having a career …
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