Author Archive: Raven West
New Review – Red Wine for Breakfast
On Amazon – GREAT READ FOR WINTER, February 9, 2011 ***** Raven’s novels are exciting, entertaining and just what you would want to read on a cold day when you have 18 inches of snow. I’m sure it would also be a fun read in the hot days of summer. There is romance and intrigue …
Is the Pen Dead?
There has been talk recently (see links below) that schools are no longer going to teach penmanship. With students as young as kindergarten texting and tweeting, will there come a day when writing with a pen becomes a lost art? Think about it. When was the last time you wrote a check, or for that …



The E-Book Royalty Mess: An Interim Fix
Raven West ♦ February 19, 2011 ♦ Leave a comment
From the Authors Guild – A perspective on what REALLY happens in the real world of e-publishing. It’s not a pretty sight: Negotiating a publishing contract is frequently contentious, but authors have long been able to take comfort in this: once the contract is signed, the interests of the author and the publisher are largely …
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