Robert L. Slater's Blog, page 22

Coming Home: What is a moment when it’s gone…

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My first reading as a published novelist in the library where I discovered science fiction went very well. I had old and new friends, family and, hopefully, some new fans. We had 30+ people, I sold 17 books and had plenty of hugs and fond remembrances and fond farewells with future meetings hoped for.

I ended the evening at Casa Mia with my parents and my partner, Elena. The pizza was excellent and not quite what I remember, but the salad was exactly the same. I also ran into three other Ha...

My Path to Indie Publication: Part V–Reality and the Instability of Time

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My Path to Indie Publication:Part V–Reality and the Instability of Time, a.k.a.Learning to Use Scotty’s Law of Time Estimation (or even less well known, how to a write a blog post with too long a title…)

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.

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[Author's Note...

Happy Birthday, Breakfast Club; Happy Birth, Desert Club

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Hey children of the 80s and their children,

On the auspicious occasion of the 30th Birthday of the movie [NEWSFLASH: It's actually the 30th anniversary of the date they got Saturday School. In reality, the release date was actually February 15th, 1985--my 18th birthday!], The Breakfast Club, I would like to announce the birth of The Desert Club [Pronounced Dessert] aka The Deserters, fans of The Deserted Lands series [okay, so there's only one book and a short story out so far...]

Lizzie has...

Hoquiam — Hometown Library Reading

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Here it is, a reading by me in my most favoritelibrary of all time. The Hoquiam Timberland Library. Please let people know. There will be doorprizes. You can buy my books and I’llsign them. Along with me you can evenmake a donation to the Hoquiam Library, one of the coolest Carnegie Libraries in the nation. I will donate a dollar to the Friends of the Library for every person who shows up. Thanks. I’ll see you there.

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News: Delay on Path to Indie Publication, Amtrak Residency Application and ABNA

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Following hard on the heels of a wonderful release party is the end of my teaching quarter, so the Path to Indie Publication Part V on time management, will be delayed. Holding for titters of derision. . . .

Okay. March 29th I will be doing a reading at the Hoquiam Timberland Library where I spent so much of my childhood!

In other news, I did not make the cut for Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. In hindsight, I think I should have submitted it as Science Fiction rather than young adult, bu...

My Path to Indie Publication: Part IV–Synchronicity

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

Synchronicity *

I had a book. I had a title. I couldn’t stand the ending. Rewrote it. Waited. Fiddled. Hated it. Cut it. Waited. Rewrote it. Close.

I discovered the Speculative Fiction writers group at Village Books and was chosen for the Bellingham Herald’s ann...

My Path to Indie Publication Part IV–Synchronicity

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

Synchronicity *

I had a book. I had a title. I couldn’t stand the ending. Rewrote it. Waited. Fiddled. Hated it. Cut it. Waited. Rewrote it. Close.

I discovered the Speculative Fiction writers group at Village Books and was chosen for the Bellingham Herald’s ann...

Final GoodReads Giveaway. Enter until St. Patrick’s Day.

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Final GoodReads Giveaway for All Is Silence. 2 Signed copies. Shipped to you. Tell your friends. If you’re in Northwest Washington come to my Novel release Party Friday, March 14th at Village Books in Bellingham, downstairs in the Reading room.

Goodreads Book Giveaway


All is Silence
by Robert L. Slater

Giveaway ends March 17, 2014.

See the giveaway details

at Goodreads.

Enter to win

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Kobo Blogpost, New and Improved Bio, & Review Requests…

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After doing a workshop with Mark LaFebvre at Village Books, he asked me if I’d be willing to write about my partnership with the folks at Village Books. Here is the resulting poston Kobo Writing Life’s blog. Special thanks to Mark, Christine and Shayna from Kobo; Chuck, Paul, Brendan, Sam, Christina, Lindsey, Alex and the rest at Village Books.

And after reading a cool blog post by Barry Eisler, I decided to update my fairly boring bio for a new, funnier one. Here it is. Let me know if you...

All Is Silence featured on eBookSoda.com

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All Is Silence is at a special price of $4.99 andbeing featured on Tuesday, March 4th at eBookSoda, a new readers’ site where they’ll send you ebook recommendations tailored to your taste.

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