Robert L. Slater's Blog, page 21

Time Traveling in a Capsule Slowly

Rough Draft of a Letter to the Future [To be placed in a time capsule in Ferndale, WA in 2014 to be opened in 2064.]

Future folk,

What could be more exciting to a writer of Speculative Fiction than to be asked to time-travel? It would be slower than one would like, of course, only one day at a time, and cut off from the real world like a cat in a box. But it would connect with you, who may not have even been born when these thoughts were placed on paper.

Fifty years ago, one hundred years for yo...

500 words a day Challenge & Progress

At the beginning of this year I set a goal of a 500 words per day. I have only managed to accomplish that goal on 5 days. Other days I wrote few to none. So, with the idea that if I tell folks what my goal is I will hold myself more accountable, I am publicizing it. Anyone else who wants to take the challenge is welcome to comment below with their own goal.

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I’ve also set up writing goals in Scrivener that will help. And today I broke 1000 words in 1 hour. More words than I have written in one...

My Path to Indie Publication: Part VIII–Print Release, Awards and Readings.

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Path to Indie Publication Series is a companion series to Marshall Ryan Maresca’sPath to Publication. I have been avidly reading Marshall’s posts since I discovered his blog. ReadPath to Indie Publication:Part I.Part II.Part III. Part IV. Part V. Part VI.Part VII.

Print Release, Awards and Readings *

February 15th was my 47th birthday and that week Pintado’s cover for All Is Silence was awarded a Gold Star by Joel Friedlander’s Book Designer Cover Contest. The shipment of 500 books came in and I...

All Is Silence is IndieReader Next Picks #1

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Thanks to Mark Lefebvre [author name:Mark Leslie] of Kobo nomination I was listed as #1 on theinaugural IndieReader Next Picks list for April. Can’t believe I didn’t post this on the blog. Spinning…. Head is… Barely attached…

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My Path to Indie Publication: Part VII–The Harder I Work the Luckier I Get

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My Path to Indie Publication Series is a companion series to Marshall Ryan Maresca’sPath to Publication. I have been avidly reading Marshall’s posts since I discovered his blog. ReadPath to Indie Publication:Part I.Part II.Part III. Part IV. Part V. Part VI.

The Harder I Work the Luckier I Get*

The Harder I work the Luckier I get. I know this quote has been said many times and many ways for many years. But I heard it first from one of the hardest working authors out there,Kevin Anderson.I don...

Vikingcon, Novella Cover Art, and other news…

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VIkingcon 2014 was awesome. 17 newsletter signups, panel with Greg Bear, Jason Andrew, Susan Matthews, met Alma Alexander, Jennifer Brozek, and John Patrick Lowrie. Hung out with daughters & grand. Sold 9 novels and donated one for the WWU Associated Students Raffle. Had some cool conversations about books, apocalyptic fiction and music. I love small cons! Looking forward to next year.

I have now sold 200 of the first 500 hundred books I ordered and had delivered to my house! Also, have sol...

Vikincon, Novella Cover Art, and other news…

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VIkingcon 2014 was awesome. 17 newsletter signups, panel with Greg Bear, Jason Andrew, Susan Matthews, met Alma Alexander, Jennifer Brozek, and John Patrick Lowrie. Hung out with daughters & grand. Had some cool conversations about books, apocalyptic fiction and music. I love small cons! Looking forward to next year.

I have now sold 200 of the first 500 hundred books I ordered and had delivered to my house! Also, have sold an additional 200 in ebook, through distant bookstores, and to libra...

VikingCon 2014

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This coming Saturday I will be selling/signing books and paneling at Vikingcon 2014 at Western Washington University. Would love to see you there. Here are the planned panels (May be subject to change). Or look at the Program here and notice that I get to be on a panel with Greg Bear. Oh, my… I was on another panel with him once.THE STEALTH HEINLEIN HEROES:David M. Silver (M), Greg Bear, Robert L. Slater at Norwescon 2005. SOooooo Coooollll.

Schedule:

11:00 – 12:00pm Panels Session #1

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VikingCon 2014 Panels

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This coming Saturday I will be selling/signing books and paneling at Vikingcon 2014 at Western Washington University. Would love to see you there. Here are the planned panels (May be subject to change).

Schedule:

11:00 – 12:00pm Panels Session #1

• From Silver Age to Silver Screen: Superhero Cinematic Universes

• Lights! Camera! Kickstarter!: How to Make an Epic Kickstarter Project

• The Women of Webseries

12:15 – 1:15pm Panels Session #2

• TBA

• To Batwoman and Beyond!: Queer Heroes and Represe...

NORWESCON 37 next weekend

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Hey folks, I’ll be at Norwescon next Friday, April 18, 2014, hopefully by early evening and staying through to April 20, 2014. Staying at the Doubletree by Hilton SeaTac in the ‘Pro’ block! I’m not a panelist this year, but I’ll be attending panels, meeting people. For attendees, a special price break for a signed book, a coupon in the swag bag; I’ll be selling and signing books if people find me. FB message, Twitter or e-mail. See you there!

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