Voices Carry: A Story of Teaching, Transitions, & Truths by Raven Oak. Cover image shows pride and trans flags in the background and a chalkboard & chalk piece on the bottom of the book.

BookPeople Austin

Posted on May 17, 2024May 20, 2024Leave a comment

Heya folks! If you’re in the Austin, TX area, BookPeople will have copies of Voices Carry: A Story of Teaching, Transitions, & Truths on release date, 8/6/24! If you show your local bookstore some love and snag a copy, I’ll happily Read More…

Picture of the aurora borealis from our street, which shows up as a dance of purples, blues, and greens in the sky.

The Sky is Bright

Posted on May 15, 2024May 17, 20241 Comment

Last week, our pale blue dot was hit by one hell of a solar storm the size of which we haven’t seen in something like two hundred years. Due to this, people all over the world had the rare opportunity Read More…

Fantasy, Lore, & More!

Posted on May 4, 2024Leave a comment

I was a guest last night on Melinda Kucsera’s Fantasy, Lore, & More, where I talk at length about the Boahim Trilogy (with some discussion of the upcoming Amaskan’s Honor) and my upcoming memoir, Voices Carry: A Story of Teaching, Transitions, & Truths. Read More…

Voices Carry: A Story of Teaching, Transitions, & Truths by Raven Oak. Book is being held by a woman in a white shirt. The cover is a pride flag transitioning into a transgender pride flag with the title.

Pre-Orders are a go!

Posted on April 29, 2024May 20, 2024Leave a comment

For all that I’m a writer, there aren’t words to express how important my new book (Voices Carry: A Story of Teaching, Transitions, & Truths) is to me. It’s so topical right now. Pre-Orders are up bookstores everywhere (release 8/6/24). Join Read More…

Raven Oak is pictured with various hash marks all over their face due to counting the number of times they have seen The Silence. (It's a Doctor Who reference to the episode The Impossible Astronaut.) They have blue and purple shoulder-length hair and are wearing a black, sleeveless shirt.

Impossible Astronauts

Posted on April 23, 2024May 20, 2024Leave a comment

Happy Impossible Astronaut Day! If you see them, take note. The Silence is everywhere.

A picture of a gravestone that says RIP NaNoWriMo

The Fall Continues…

Posted on April 10, 2024April 24, 20241 Comment

I truly thought that after having their asses handed to them with regards to internal bigotry…I mean possibly protecting missing stairs…no, I mean kicking all the writers in their youth program to the curb…ah, hell, I figured the folks running Read More…

A Big, Damn Update!

Posted on April 5, 2024April 5, 2024Leave a comment

I haven’t updated folks about some of the chaos in my world in a bit, so I’m taking a moment to do so since yesterday was a very bad, no-good, fuck-it-all kind-of day. I’m all up in my feels and Read More…

Norwescon 46: Into the Wylde March 28-31, 2024 in SeaTac, WA. Image called Companions to the Moon and shows a elven queen astride a white horse, followed by a trail of elves playing musical instruments.

Heading to Norwescon?

Posted on March 25, 2024March 25, 2024Leave a comment

Norwescon 46 is this coming weekend, March 28-31 in Seattle (SeaTac specifically). It’s my home convention and one I love dearly, but I won’t be there. They’ve decided against requiring masks this year and since I’m high risk, I can’t Read More…

Dragon Springs & Other Things: A Short Story Collection Book I cover art featuring a face filled with a dragon, magic, and gears

Wishing Shelf Award Finalist

Posted on February 20, 2024April 24, 20241 Comment

I’m a finalist! Or at least one of my books is. 😉 If you recall back in 2018, Amaskan’s War was a UK Wishing Shelf Book Award Finalist, meaning that a bunch of young adults read the book and liked it Read More…

The Bell Ringer & Other Holiday Tales by Raven Oak book cover featuring a planetary holiday tree ornament hanging in space.

The Bell Ringer… ppb

Posted on February 13, 2024February 12, 2024Leave a comment

After a bit of distributor snafu-age, the trade paperback & ebook of The Bell Ringer & Other Holiday Tales is finally available! The trade paperback’s interior is in black and white (only the special Kickstarter edition was in full color), but Read More…

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