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Riley wants turkey

This is not your typical Thanksgiving post!

Posted on November 19, 2018Leave a comment

This is not your typical Thanksgiving post! Nope, it’s not. Why? Because everybody I know with a website or a blog does one, and honestly, there are only so many folks you can read going on about what they’re thankful Read More…

TagsHappy Thanksgiving, raven-oak, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving 2018

Weeping Angel

The Beginning of the End?

Posted on October 12, 2018October 13, 2018Leave a comment

It looks like GeekGirlCon will be my last event this year after an announcement this morning cancelling Anglicon 2018. I don’t know if this is the beginning of the end for the con, but the announcement gave me a serious case of Read More…

TagsAnglicon, Author Events, collapse of a convention, Conventions, raven-oak

Burned hands

Hilton Honors Horror

Posted on June 13, 2018Leave a comment

The first weekend of June, I had the displeasure of staying at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel in Spokane, WA. I was vending at the Lilac City Comicon at the Spokane Convention Center and chose to stay at the convention Read More…

TagsDoubletree Hotel, Hilton Honors, Horror Stories, Spokane hotels

computer lab

“You’re All Dead”

Posted on February 16, 2018Leave a comment

“You’re all dead.” In my twelve years of teaching, I was in more lockdown drills than fire drills and more lockdowns than school fires, yet nothing prepares you for the sight of a man with a gun walking into your Read More…

Tagsgun violence, personal essay, raven-oak, school lockdown, teaching, You're all dead

Ursula Le Guin

Ursula

Posted on January 24, 2018January 24, 2018Leave a comment

It was 1989, and I was twelve. I can still smell the dust that coated that corner of the classroom–the corner that served as the reading nook, a corner few (other than me) ventured into voluntarily. Yet that corner was a Read More…

TagsDeceased authors, memorial, RIP, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ursula Le Guin

What I'm... Updates

What I’m…Updates

Posted on November 17, 2017Leave a comment

It’s way past that time again! Time for the What I’m…Updates! What I’m Reading: It has to do with a certain Amazonian… What I’m Watching: Besides roaming through the Upside Down, I’ve been checking out a LOT of Marvel stuff as well Read More…

TagsGaming, good reads, good shows, raven-oak, video games, What I'm Playing, What I'm Reading, What I'm Watching

Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh

The Beauty That Keeps Us Going

Posted on October 17, 2017October 17, 2017Leave a comment

There’s an amazing Doctor Who episode involving Vincent Van Gogh that is my absolute favorite. It’s also a great reminder of the beauty that keeps us going in times like these. I will disagree though with the curator about how Read More…

Tagsart, Beauty, Creating, Doctor Who, raven-oak, Van Gogh, writing

#MeToo

#MeToo

Posted on October 16, 2017October 16, 20171 Comment

I spent all of yesterday at the Galaxaar Pop Culture Marketplace vending as Books & Chains, so it wasn’t until I arrived home in the evening that I logged into social media to see the #MeToo posts by so many of Read More…

Tags#MeToo, RAINN, raven-oak, sexual assault, sexual harassment, speak out, Unlock the Silence

Seattle Weekly Reader Poll

Seattle Weekly

Posted on July 10, 2017Leave a comment

So today’s the last day you can vote in Seattle Weekly’s Best of Seattle Reader Polls, and thus, the last day you can vote for me for Best Author. I’m still not sure how I made it be a finalist, Read More…

TagsBest Author, Best of Seattle, raven-oak, Reader Poll, Seattle Weekly, Seattle's Best Author, Vote Raven Oak

Drying out

My Love Affair with a Water Demon

Posted on June 21, 20171 Comment

My love affair with a water demon began as a child. I’ve always been a water-baby, born in California and raised at least a part of my childhood in Florida. I spent my summers in the water and hurricane season Read More…

Tagsbasement flood, flooding, house flood, pipe leak, raven-oak, Water demon, writing

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