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Raven Oak

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Multi-international award-winning speculative fiction author Raven Oak (they/them) is best known for their epic fantasy Boahim Trilogy (Amaskan’s Blood, Amaskan’s War, & Amaskan’s Honor) and their space opera, Class-M Exile. Also, they have almost two dozen short stories published in various anthologies. They’re even published on the moon! Raven spent most of their K-12 education doodling and writing 500 page monstrosities that are forever locked away in a filing cabinet.

Besides being a writer, they’re a disabled, nonbinary artist who enjoys getting their game on with tabletop games, indulging in cartography and etymology, and staring at the ocean. They live in the Seattle area with their wife, and their three kitties who enjoy lounging acr
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Raven Oak Being able to jump into fantastical and futuristic lands on a moment's notice.…moreBeing able to jump into fantastical and futuristic lands on a moment's notice.(less)
Raven Oak I'm currently writing a short story for members of The Conspiracy (mailing list), editing/revising The Silent Frontier, and writing the sequel to Amas…moreI'm currently writing a short story for members of The Conspiracy (mailing list), editing/revising The Silent Frontier, and writing the sequel to Amaskan's Blood.(less)
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Lake Life

I haven’t posted in a bit because of all the moving chaos, but Molli and I have moved into our temporary housing while we sell our house and buy a much smaller, more accommodating one. While the house is staged and sold, we ended up renting a small cabin on a lake.

It’s glorious out here. We have our own private pier and the lake is full of wildlife. This is the view we wake up to every morning and

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Making Connections: 3559. AMASKAN'S BLOOD by Raven Oak 8 61 Mar 19, 2015 07:56AM  
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“Compassion hurts. When you feel connected to everything, you also feel responsible for everything. And you cannot turn away. Your destiny is bound with the destinies of others. You must either learn to carry the Universe or be crushed by it. You must grow strong enough to love the world, yet empty enough to sit down at the same table with its worst horrors.”
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Raven Oak Kate wrote: "Hey Raven how's the writing going? Are you going to the Emerald City conference again this year?"

Somehow I totally missed this question! Eek!
Writing is going well! Amaskan's Blood is coming out in January and I've got a sci-fi novel coming out in the summer of 2015. How about you?
Are you talking about the ECWC or Emerald City Comicon?


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