Robert L. Slater's Blog, page 17
February 26, 2015
February, a 28 day Slater…
My 48th birthday was February 15th. I feel very blessed this month, a year after releasing my first novel. Hoping that saying something out loud doesn’t ruin it… I have sold a piece of writing for everyday of this month. Yes. 28 sales. Split between pre-sales on Toils and Snares, All Is Silence in print and in all three major e-book markets, two copies of Just Desert and one copy of the Outward Bound Collection. That doesn’t come close to matching the first few months All Is Silence the first...
February 19, 2015
B’ham Alt Library – Feb 23. And much more…
My tiny little snowball is rolling. Keeping it going with all the other distractions is a challenge. Just a couple updates:
February 23, 2015:Bellingham Alternative Library.Author Reading with my friend, Michael Sarrow.
Radcon 6c.Day 2. I was there. Started the morning with a swim in a deserted pool, then hot-tub. Now Breakfast, reading, Panel on Can’t Put It Down Pacing, then Writing Young Adult Fiction in the evening. Got to meet Jim Hines, Libriomancer/Genre-bending CoverArt guy and Ksenia A...
February 14, 2015
RADCON Day 2. FREE Fiction. Cover Art
Radcon 6c. Day 2. Started the morning with a swim in a deserted pool, then hot-tub. Now Breakfast, reading, Panel on Can’t Put It Down Pacing, then Writing Young Adult Fiction in the evening. Got to meet Jim Hines, Libriomancer/Genre-bending CoverArt guy and Ksenia Anske, woman of many hugs and guerrilla marketing! Saw Kevin 
Anderson. Paneled with Alma Alexander and some other cool authors!
ONE TIN SOLDIER is FREE on Amazon today. It’s currently #14 in FREE Short Reads/SF&F. Hoping to get some...
February 11, 2015
Fourth Wall Friday, Toils and Snares Presale, RADCON 6C
A few random items at the last minute. I have a couple other blog posts in the works, but nothing is finished and one I wrote in January is already inaccurate. Sheesh… Time is flying. Oh, and Sunday is my 48th birthday. “Not to fifty….!” Fifty will be fine.
I had an absolute blast last month writing a guest story for Fourth Wall Friday, monthly blog-post that lets author orcharacter walk through the fourth wall and interact. You can read my story, “You’re the author, get your own damn coffee.”...
February 6, 2015
Radcon Schedule
Holy moly. How is Feb 6th already? Here’s my schedule for RadCon 6C in Pasco, Washington next weekend:
Friday, Feb 13 5:30:pm-6:30:pm
Student Writers: Tips for Growing as a Writer
Our visiting writers and editors give out tips and tricks to our aspiring young writers! If you are a student writer, interested in improving your writing, this is a “must attend” panel!
Alma Alexander, Laurel Hill, Frances Anne Pauli, Robert L. Slater.
Friday, Feb 13 6:30:pm-8:00:pm
Sex, Violence, and the Modern YA Story...
January 25, 2015
New Frequently Asked Questions thanks to Wattpad.
If you have any other questions you think other readers might like answered, let me know. Thanks.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. Do you have any Writing Advice/Publishing Tips?
A. Publishing tips? Here are a dozen blog posts on My Path to Indie Publication.
A. Writing advice? Roberts’ Rules of (w)riting
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Q. How long is ALL IS SILENCE/is it done yet?
A. All Is Silence is finished and has 35 chapters. I will be uploading a chapter a week in three parts until early April 2015, then I’ll...
January 18, 2015
All Is Silence – 1 year anniversary
A year ago today I became a published author with the e-book release of All Is Silence. I’ve been a published writer for years, but until this novel came out it only felt like a hobby. In August of 2013, I released Outward Bound, an e-book collection of mostly previously published stories and poetry with science fiction themes. That was intended to be a warm-up for releasing the novel. It went well.
I have big plans for 2015, and every year after that! The news isn’t all good for Indie authors...
December 28, 2014
Reflection on 2014 goals and renewal, revision and recreation of Goals for 2015.
How do I follow up a year like 2014? To finally be able to call myself not only a writer, but a published Author, has been a dream for decades and a goal since 1991. That was one small part of 2014!
2015 looks to be a challenging year for all authors, as the industry continues to flex and flux to maximum capacity. My overarching goal for 2015 is to beat all the records I made for myself in 2014: get more words written, more stories and books published on more platforms. Develop my web presence...
December 14, 2014
Coming to the end of 2014! Thanks and more…
Looking forward to 2015 as we wrap up 2014!
What’s to come? 2014 was amazing for me as an author. It was everything I hoped for, if not everything I dreamed of. Where is that contract for the foreign rights, and the option on the screenplay? 
Seriously, I hit some top ten lists, got reviewed by Don Sakers for Analog magazine, won an award, rubbed elbows literarily with Veronica Roth and Scott Westerfield and literally with Hugh Howie, who complimented my pagination! In addition to Hugh, I met M...
December 8, 2014
Want to read my new Deserted Lands novella for FREE?
Last week on WattPad. TWO stories in the top
100 in Science Fiction!
JOIN MY NEWSLETTER AT THEbottom of this post by the end of this week to read the rough draft of Toils and Snares as a beta reader. The link will go out in my newsletter only on the 15th! Sample it here on Wattpad.
What will you get? Free short fiction on a monthly basis.
Opportunity to be a beta reader for my new stories, novellas and novels.
Information on appearances and sales.
What do I have to do if I’m a beta reader?
Well, yo...
