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August 31, 2014
New Publication: Just Desert
And now for something completely different. My new Publication, Just Desert, a short story of a woman’s mid-life crisis in the southwestern American desert.
How far will you go to find yourself? What will Chela sacrifice? Her life? Her soul? What will she lose and what does she find?
A Magical Realism story combining legends, mysteries and lost missions…
I will run either a countdown sale on it in September to try and get some traction. If you have Kindle Unlimited, please download it and give i...
August 26, 2014
Goals, Humility and Reality…
Well, what have I accomplished as I wind down toward going back to my day job as a high school English teacher? I’ve written more than 25 words all but 3 of the last 70 days. I’ve averaged 546 words. I only hit 2000 words of fiction on one of those days, though I had two more days where the combo of fiction and blog posts exceeded 2K. I’ve mostly finished a rough draft of a novella currently titledToils and Snares.
I’ve reformatted Outward Bound for some special promotions in conjunction with...
August 18, 2014
Can’t Make it to WorldCon Sale and more marketing thoughts…
This post is really about marketing experiments. If you’re not interested in marketing and haven’t bought All Is Silence and would like it on ebook, gohere. In paperback or hardcover go here. Now back to the topic: marketing! In Three Parts.
1. So. Do sales help? I’ve marked All Is Silence down temporarily in part to support other writers and on the off chance that I might sell a few copies. It’s currently $3.99 here. It will stay on sale until the 20th. The weird thing? And this happened the...
August 14, 2014
Noveling: 7 Ways You Can Help
Okay. Really, really, need to get more fiction written. Lots of marketing, some plotting, etc. Some great times with family in the last 10 days, but not enough words!
How can I help, Rob? Here are a variety of options that take anywhere from a little time to a lot. You can also ask me if you see anything on a social media site whether I’ve met my daily word goal! 
Write me a review. Post in on Amazon, GoodReads and anywhere else you feel like! Here are one-click links to All Is Silence for all...
August 11, 2014
Best Laid Plans: Falling and getting up again…
I broke my 500 words a day streak two weeks ago at 34 days. I restarted and went another five days. Now I’ve blown it two days in a row. Not just the 500+ words a day streak, but the Write Everyday Streak after 52 days! No words. No fiction. No blog posts. A few social media posts, but very few, at that. And now the anti-streak is started…
Did I getWord Count Paralysis? Maybe. Did I fall out of love with my WIP [Work In Progress]? Well, WIPs in this case, but yes, perhaps. What I didn’t do? I...
August 4, 2014
Things more important than words…
Things more important than words and streaks and novels and such. And the greatest of these arefamily and friends. Yesterday I focused on them. I got up early and continued ripping out old decking so that it would be safe for small children to play on. Safe is, of course, a relative term. I wouldn’t recommend anyone go barefoot on the ground I cleared. I think I picked up all the nails and brackets that I removed, but I also picked up several rusty nails from the previous deck installation.
I...
July 20, 2014
On Backing Up… wherein I praise my ThinkPad & Scrivener writing software
On Friday I was at the Whatcom YMCA waiting for my daughter to climb the wall. I know, usually children make their parents climb the wall, right? Well. There were a bunch of people there despite the fact that we got there five minutes before the climbing wall opened for Family Climb.
So we got her harness on and then she waited. Climbing the bouldering wall and getting all warmed up. While I waited I found a spot partway up the stairs where I could see her when it came time for her to climb an...
July 14, 2014
Digital Book Day/Guest Post/Word Counts/Steampunk Festival
Welcome, all new visitors and everyone who took part in Digital BookDay. Thanks to CJ Lyons for all the hard work and the wear and tear on the servers. Thanks to all you readers out there who find new books, review themand tell your friends about them.
Today I have a guest post up on Selah J Tay-Song’s blogabout creating a fictional near future world. Though blogging and guest posting may cut into the fiction writing time, it is fun and it forces me to reflect on my methods. I’ve written 16,00...
July 13, 2014
Free eBook of ALL IS SILENCE 24 hours TODAY 7/14
Please check out all the fantastic authors giving away e-books for free. Most of them are self-published. Take a chance, try someone new. I highly recommend, Mark Leslie.
Here’s my link for All Is Silence. [If it doesn't work go here.] Yes, it will bring you back to my site, but if you jump through the hoop it increase the referrals to the sponsor CJ Lyons!
July 7, 2014
Slater is Streaking in Seattle (and Salt Lake City).
Sick of Seattle by the Smithereens. Sleepless in Seattle. Stuck In Seattle with Slater’s Airport blues. And now, streaking in Seattle. Basically, alliterating all over.
So, after screwing up parking and missing my flight, I logged onto the SeaTac Airport wifi and discovered that I’ve sold a book a day on Amazon for three days, a book a week through Neilsen Bookscan for three weeks [Brick and mortar bookstores that report sales] and I’ve written at least 500 words of fiction a day for nine days...
