NEW! #Spotify episode of On Fire: Retrospective dropped this week! There’s a new episode out every #Tuesday where my daughter and I dissect a chapter of the book, On Fire, my award-winning #memoir. This week we’re talking how being an #introverted #parent affected Savannah. Does it? In Savannah’s case, yes! If you missed the launch … More NEW! Press Play: Spotify episode dropped today—check it out
COLUMBUS, OH — Shoutout Ohio recently posted an article about Steph West and her businesses Eleven One Productions and Red Fern Press to discuss how she got there and what she hopes her social impact will be through both of them. See what West is trying to accomplish by reading the article here.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Columbus-based Author Steph West is set to release her second book and debut novel Newcross in May of 2024 with special edition pre-order opening on Dec. 11, 2023 for the holiday season. Newcross is the first book in the trilogy. Newcross sees Author Steph West journey into the science fantasy/adventure genre with protagonist Fin Baker, a tough, … More Steph West releases second book and debut novel—pre-sales open Dec. 11
Writer-Producer, Author, and Director Steph West has released her newest reel showcasing her film, commercial, and reality TV clips, among others. Take a peel—and if you’re looking for an independent producer for your next project, give her a shout!
COLUMBUS, OH — Writer-Producer Steph West, and owner of Eleven One Productions, recently won the Women in Film and Video NE Chapter (WIFVNE) Sports Screenplay competition. Her script, Clean Break is a football drama based on articles she wrote as a working journalist. West won an opportunity to work with a Hollywood producer to bring the story … More West wins WIFVNE Sports Screenplay contest
Author Steph West joins the International Firebird Book Award Circle of Winners COLUMBUS, Ohio – Speak Up Talk Radio announced the recent 2023 FIREBIRD BOOK AWARDS contest winners. Award-winning journalist and producer Steph West won in the category of memoir for her debut book On Fire, a memoir that readers are calling a heartbreaking and sometimes … More “On Fire” wins its first book award of the year
There is a horror film called Body Parts—the film I’m discussing is not that film. The Body Parts I’m talking about is a 2023 documentary that looks at how sex scenes are shot in Hollywood, the demeaning way in which women have had to get naked, and how the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements brought about … More Body Parts: Sex scenes in Hollywood and the women who pushed back
Britney Spears battled the music and I…I battle the blank page. I write every day. Every single day. Whether it’s a screenplay, a novel, a creative nonfiction work, a poem, an email, a text, this blog—my brain is always in a state of creating words for story, entertainment, or just plain, old communication. And no, … More Survey says: Flesh and blood are the cure
“If the camera is predatory, then the culture is predatory as well.” — 2022 Documentary, Brainwashed: Sex—Camera—Power from filmmaker Nina Menkes. If you don’t know Nina Menkes or her films, then it will help to peruse her website now to get a feel for who she is and what she stands for. You can view … More One of the most important documentaries of our time: “If the camera is predatory then the culture is predatory as well.”
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