Author Archive: Raven West
Ladies and Gentlemen, We Have A WINNER!!!!
To say this was the most exciting challenge I’ve ever attempted and SUCCEEDED, is to put it mildly. With only 3 days to go, and 8,000 words to write, I really put my fingers and creativity into high gear! Didn’t help that near the end, my main character said one line…ONE LINE, that took the …
Author Raven West 
“Overnight” Success Takes About 10 Years
Raven West ♦ September 9, 2009 ♦ Leave a comment
The writer’s road is paved with pot holes and detours. Unless you’re a well-established author, a celebrity, or a politician, where publishing houses beat down your door with offers of huge contracts and advances, most writers are simply doing our best to just keep going. I spent eight years writing my first novel “Red Wine …
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