Author Archive: Raven West
The Ojai WordFest – A Successful Book Signing Event
In spite of it being a very unusual cloudy and chilly Sunday afternoon in Ojai, the 2nd Annual WordFest was an extraordinary success! Probably due to the weather, the attendance was rather low for an event of this type, but I met some very interesting authors including one who was more than a little familiar …
Erase the “Self-Published” Label – Become a Publisher!
Once upon a time, a very long time ago – actually, it was only about a decade ago, but it seems like a very very VERY long time ago – the question everyone I met at book signings and festivals was “What is your book about?” If they liked the answer, they bought a personally …
Author Raven West 
Answering the “Are You Self-Published?” Question
Raven West ♦ April 6, 2013 ♦ Leave a comment
It happened again. Just after posting my last blog on the topic of being labeled a “self-published” author, I was once again asked that very same question last night when I showed a co-worker a copy of the just released 2013 Small Publishers, Artists and Writers Network (SPAWN) catalog of books which featured my latest …
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