Category Archives: Publishing Commentary
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 …
Answering the “Are You Self-Published?” Question
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 …
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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