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Average rating: 4.19 · 36 ratings · 15 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	Vashti's Daughter 4.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Red Wine for Breakfast 3.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First Class Male 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2001 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood Tastes Lousy With Scotch by Robin C. Westmiller, Raven West (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Undercover Reunion 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Journey to Dimension Nine by Firebird, Raven West (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Red Wine for Breakfast 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shortcut: 20 Stories To Get You From Here To There by Kevin A. Fabiano, Bram Stoker, Mark Twain 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Watching the athletes prepare for the 2026 Winter Olympics games competitions and hearing the profiles of all the athletes who are going to be competing in Italy, made me realize how very much alone we, as writers are in own field of dreams.

Each athlete had personal stories to tell about coaches, teammates, family, friends and sometimes entire towns cheering them on. When they had doubts, when the Read more of this blog post »

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Raven West made a comment in the group Kosher Books — Celebrate PURIM with Vashti's Daughter topic " Order your copy of Vashti's Daughter and celebrate the whole magillah like it's NEVER been read before! Read all the great reviews on my website: Order ...more "
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Raven West made a comment in the group Jewish Historical Fiction — Celebrate PURIM with Vashti's Daughter topic " Order your copy of Vashti's Daughter and celebrate the whole magillah like it's NEVER been read before! Read the GREAT reviews! https://raven-west.com ...more "
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What a fantastic story! FINALLY a book for Vashti fans that brings her story into the present!
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“Let my words give you sustenance, nourish your spirit, and take you places you've never imagined.

Not just for today when you've read them, but for whatever forever we have in this life.
Or the next.”
― Raven West

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“Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it's yours.”
― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

tags: inspirational, life

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“Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.”
― E.L. Doctorow

tags: writing

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“When I am dead, I hope it may be said, 'His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.”
― Hillaire Belloc

tags: books, writing

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