J.S. d'Raven

The Journal

  • Now An Audiobook

    Now An Audiobook

    The Envoy’s Interlude is now available as an audiobook with most retailers; Amazon Audible, Nook Audiobooks, Apple, Google, and more!

  • October Giveaway

    NaNoWriMo is coming! With NaNoWriMo on the horizon, I thought it’d be interesting to hold a mini giveaway to help us prepare. While there are those that look forward to…

  • Getting Ready

    It’s been a very busy past few months. Between work, work travel, and life in general, unfortunately my writing has fallen to the wayside. As things have settled I’ve gone…

  • Kill Your Darlings

    “In writing, you must kill your darlings.” It is literary advice meaning a writer must let go of their self-indulgent, and often favorite passages, in their work for the sake of…

  • Wide Availability/Release

    Wide Availability/Release

    Just a quick post announcing the wide availability and release (beyond Amazon) of The Envoy’s Interlude, my first short. It’s available in digital format at most online retailers. Also, I’ve been…

  • We Need A Hero.

    We Need A Hero.

    Television, film, books–really all human entertainment has been a form of escapism. It’s what it comes down to. And we all knew this. It’s why we go to the movies,…

  • Do You Know Who You Are?

    Do You Know Who You Are?

    Do you know who you are? Do you know what has happened to you? The two questions seem rather inconsequential and irrelevant, without context. I mean, of course you know…

  • Something New

    For the past few months I’ve been working on a project–my first published work. When I set off to start this project, I knew from the very start that it…

  • Do You Realize?

    Do You Realize?

    Happy 2014! As I hit a major milestone in my age, I start looking back on all the missed opportunities and hope that my future is better. With that, comes…

  • There Is Magic In The Writing.

    There Is Magic In The Writing.

    Shall I entertain bore you with my journey on getting my first novel out? I’ll spare you (and you can thank @JeffeKennedy for that). But, I do plan on writing…