About the publisher
Troy Mott is the founder and publisher of My Five Ravens.
He started in publishing in 1995, fresh from a Master’s degree in English with an emphasis on creative writing, and spent decades in technical publishing before returning to fiction. My Five Ravens is where that return lives: two novels so far, both written by a human being, both about one family.
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A publisher who came back to stories
Troy Mott is the founder and publisher of My Five Ravens Publishing. He began his publishing career in 1995 after earning his Master’s degree in English with an emphasis on creative writing. After decades in technical publishing, Troy is returning to fiction and storytelling through My Five Ravens.
About the Two Novels
Royce Scratch is the author of both Permanent Scars and My Dad novels. Permanent Scars is aimed at 15-30 year olds who have been diagnosed with Bipolar 1 or 2, but there are plenty of light and humorous moments in the novel. Families with loved ones that are dealing with mental disorders in the family may also enjoy reading it.
My Dad is a novel about Oto, the main character from Permanent Scars, but this novel covers Oto’s dad, Carl, who has his own ups and downs in life as he battles with alcoholism and his own challenges with his father.
Anyone who has read Permanent Scars may also enjoy reading My Dad and reading more about Oto, his sister Hanah, and his mom Ana.
Our mission
My Five Ravens Publishing was founded on a simple, stubborn principle: stories matter most when they are true to the human experience. We prioritize human-written fiction in an age of automation. We believe meaningful stories should come from lived experience, imagination, careful writing, and emotional truth.
Human-written fiction
At My Five Ravens, we publish fiction written by humans to be read by humans. Our focus is meaningful fiction, first-time authors, lived experience, imagination, and careful writing. We do not publish AI-generated storytelling.
