B is for Bring Back Firefly!
In today’s continuation of the A-Z Challenge, I give you: B is for Bring Back Firefly! If you’re one of those people who wants to tell me to let it go, I will proudly wrap myself in my Browncoat pride Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: Get off the Unicorn
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Get Off the Unicorn by Anne McCaffrey. Cover art by Paul Alexander. What I Love about this Cover: The original title of this book was called Get of the Unicorn–Get being the main character–but the publishers Read More…

A is for Amos
Today kicks off the A-Z Challenge, which I’ve decided to take part in because I’m insane like that. (Though I believe most authors are!) If you’ve not heard about this challenge, it’s similar to NaNoWriMo, but instead of writing an Read More…

Review by SFCrowsnest
Andy Whitaker of SFCrowsnest in the UK reviewed Class-M Exile. Of my upcoming novella, he says “There’s a nice twist to the end of this story…It’s well worth reading.” You can read the entire review here: http://sfcrowsnest.org.uk/class-m-exile-by-raven-oak-ebook-review/
After Party Interview
The wonderful folks at the Seattle Comedy Group’s ComedySportz Improv group had me as the guest of their After Party Podcast late, late Saturday evening (as in 11 PM late). We played a version of the old Match Game with Read More…
Monday Night Gaming: Dominion
This week’s Monday Night Gaming: Dominion. Publisher: Rio Grande Games # of Players: 2-4 players Best with: 3 players # of Expansions: 8 (as of 2015) I absolutely love this game. In fact, I’d go so far as to Read More…

Scrivener Saturday: Multi-Book Projects
This week’s Scrivener Saturday: Multi-Book Projects & Using Binders to Contain Them. [important]This tip has been edited to demonstrate a shorter, better way to do this. Thanks to Gwen Hernandez, author of the book, Scrivener for Dummies, for the faster Read More…

Flashback Friday: Hobbits, D&D, and King
This week’s Flashback Friday: Hobbits, D&D, and King. I’m happy to have fantasy author, Erik Buchanan, here for a guest post on how The Hobbit, Dungeons & Dragons, and Stephen King influenced him as a writer. I started reading when I was Read More…
Book Cover Throwback: Childhood’s End
This week’s Book Cover Throwback: Childhood’s End by Aruthr C. Clarke. What I Love about this Cover: There is a simplicity to everything being central on that cover, yet a complexity in what is on the cover. This is one Read More…

Interview on Writer 2.0 Podcast
Author and Podcaster, A. C. Fuller, interviewed me as a guest on his Writer 2.0 Podcast, episode #33, which went up today. We talked about: my transition to full-time writing; what people misunderstand about the rain in Seattle; how to build Read More…
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