Raven Oak's Blog, page 28

Autographed Copies?

While you’re holiday shopping, if you find yourself needing and/or wanting autographed copies of any of my books, there are two bookstores in the Seattle area that have them and both of them SHIP!

UW Bookstore Mill Creek*
Mill Creek Town Center – 15311 Main Street – Mill Creek, WA 98012
(425) 385-3530

http://www.ubookstore.com/mill-creek

 

Ada’s Technical Books & Cafe
425 15th Avenue East – Seattle, WA 98112
(206) 322-1058

http://www.seattletechnicalbooks.com/

* UW Bookstore just got a new sy...

Reading/Signing on Saturday!

This Saturday (11/25/17)–Small Business Saturday–I’ll be at UW Bookstore in Mill Creek, WA for an author reading/signing event from 1 PM – 5 PM with Jennifer Brozek, Jesikah Sundin, and Robert Slater.

More details can be found HERE and HERE.

Hope to see you there! We’ll have prizes!

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What I’m…Updates

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 as some British baking… What I’m Playing:  So much great world-building, plot, and character arcs in this new fav of mine!

Of course, I’m so far behind in updating these because we’ve been in house improvement hell, and I’ve been writing and revising my ass off....

Jet City Comic Show Wrap-Up

This is your Jet City Comic Show Wrap-Up, 2017!

Jet City Comic Show is a nice little comicon in Tacoma, WA. This year was Books & Chain‘s second year to vend there, this time with guest author Jennifer Brozek. I started my morning nice and early with snow coming down. O_o Normally I love snow, but not when I’m driving to Tacoma, surrounded by idiots who panic when it rains, despite living somewhere where it rains all the freaking time.

This is a slightly blurry photo taken from inside my car...

Bellingham Events!

This Saturday, 11/11/17, I’ll be in Bellingham, WA for two events:

I’ll be at the Holiday Book Festival from 10 AM – 2 PM with Jennifer Brozek, Jesikah Sundin, and other awesome authors, but more importantly, I’ll be at Village Books Saturday evening for an author reading & signing, along with Jennifer Brozek, Jesikah Sundin, Robert Slater, and Selah J. Tay-Song.

Details on the Holiday Book Festival can be found here: http://www.bellinghamholidaybookfestival.com/

Details on the Village Books...

Steamposium Wrap-Up

This is your Steamposium Wrap-Up 2017!

Steamposium is one of those conventions that I attended as an attendee rather than a panelist, vendor, or guest, so it was one that I was quite excited about since I’d have time to explore the dealer’s hall, attend panels, and most importantly, attend their tea and fashion show, which is something of legend to hear previous attendees talk.

More importantly, I was excited to wear my new fascinator with a science fiction slant.

Jet City Comic Show Schedule

Hey folks! I’m at Jet City Comic Show with Books & Chains this weekend!

Hugo & Bram Stoker nominated author Jennifer Brozek will be our guest author so come out to Tacoma, WA and say hello!

Booth #214!

I’ll also be a panelist/guest on the main stage as part of Jet City Live by SciFi Monkeys on Sunday at 12:20 PM.

Ladies of Literature 2: She has the Power!
With Authors Raven Oak (me), Stephanie Weippert, Crystal Connor, and Robin Hobb!

Come join us!

(See the full Jet City Live schedule here: ...

Central City Comic Con Wrap-Up!

It’s time for the Central City Comic Con Wrap-Up, which will include a LOT of pictures. (You can click on them to see them larger.)

C4 was an interesting and small convention held in Yakima, WA, a place I had never visited before this convention. The convention itself was held in the Sundome on the Central City State Fair grounds, which was both good and bad.The Sundome was pretty and there was plenty of parking, but there was also an overabundance of flies from the proximity to livestock. We...

Central City Comicon!

This weekend, October 21-22, I’ll be at Central City Comicon in Yakima, WA with Books & Chains! Here are the details:

WHEN: Saturday, 10 AM – 7 PM, and Sunday, 10 AM – 5 PM

WHERE: Yakima Valley Sundome, 1301 S. Fair Avenue, Yakima, WA 98901 (View Map)

WHAT: Vendors, special guests, panels, cosplay pub-crawl, and more! More details here: https://centralcitycomiccon.com/

Come find me and Books & Chains at booth 405!

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The Beauty That Keeps Us Going

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 no one ever will transform such pain into beauty again though. This is why I write. This is why so many write, why so many create any art really. We’re constantly transforming the pain and harshness of this world into things of beauty. Telling stories through differ...