Robert L. Slater's Blog, page 17
March 13, 2015
Read & Review my fiction for #FREE with an opportunity to win #PRIZES!!!
Hey folks,
Bling, bling, bling!!! Feel free to share this information around with anyone who reads Science Fiction and/or Young Adult Apocalyptic fiction.
I am going to run a giveaway for a Hardcover copy of ALL IS SILENCE. Anyone who reviews ALL IS SILENCE will be included in the giveaway. You can read ALL IS SILENCE for #FREE on Wattpad. When I have50 reviews on Amazon, I will draw a random number and whoever wrote that numbered review, I will mail them a signed, limited edition hardcover.
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March 8, 2015
Why I Wattpad – Part II
Countries of the world my fiction has reached through Wattpad. Click to enlarge.
Read Why I Wattpad – Part I here.
As I approach half a million reads on Wattpad, I am writing this blog in order to make some sense of its effect on my recent and future sales. I want to begin by thanking my friend, fellow writer and editor, Amanda June Hagarty. She convinced me to give Wattpada try and gave me some very sage advice.
Upload smaller pieces two or three pages at a time.
Uploadtwo or three times a week....
March 1, 2015
TOILS AND SNARES: A Deserted Lands Novella is released
Well. Citing Scotty’s law of time estimates, I should have given myself 6 months extra to publish my ‘short’ novel, or novella, Toils and Snares. When I conceived this story, I remember thinking it would be about 20,000 words. For my word graph estimate I chose 22,222 words, because that’s how I do such things. With Straight Into Darkness I am aiming for 88,888.
BySeptember 2014 Toils and Snares had cracked 23K! And it kept growing. It was a much bigger story than I thought. The first complete...
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...
