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OUTWARD BOUND on sale and ALL IS SILENCE Giveaway

“Outward Bound” is ON SALE for $0.99 on the KOBO, NOOK, and Kindlefrom now until the end of the year.

GoodReads Giveaway to begin Thanksgiving and run through Black Friday up to Cyber Monday Eve. Seems like a good time to give away copies of a book, no?

ALLIS SILENCEbyRobert L. Slater

Giveaway starts November 27th and ends December1, 2013.

See thegiveaway detailsat Goodreads.

Enter to win

GoodReads Giveaway, unLost ARCs and the new novel…

Welcome.

This week there are all sorts of writerly [adverb alert] things going on. I created my first GoodReads Giveaway to begin Thanksgiving and run through Black Friday up to Cyber Monday Eve. Seems like a good time to give away copies of a book, no?

Goodreads Book Giveaway

ALLIS SILENCE

byRobert L. Slater

Giveaway starts November 27th and ends December1, 2013.

See the giveaway detailsat Goodreads.

Enter to win

My first set of ARCs came in to Village Books on Friday. I thought I could do witho...

Hashtags, ALL IS SILENCE follow-up, NANOWRIMO…

Well folks,

We’re into November and NANOWRIMO: NAtional NOvel WRIting MOnth. If you know my propensity for DOuble TYping CApital LEtters, you understand part of the reason why I like this activity. The other reason I love it is because thanks to NANO I now know [hear that?] that I can make it as a writing pro. I sent my 2012 NANOnovel to the printer for Advanced Reader Copies to send to Reviewers, Booksellers and Librarians ONE YEAR after I wrote the first words. And I’m pretty damn proud...

Pumpkins, and PRE-Orders of ALL IS SILENCE

Hey folks,

You can now pre-order a pre-publication edition of ALL IS SILENCE

. This will be a small printing intended primarily for Reviewers, Booksellers and Librarians. But you can get early only here at my website or from me personally.

And for some fun. Here is the pumpkin I carved to advertise to trick or treaters who shouldn’t be old enough to read it!

Electronic Advanced Reader Copies are out!

Hey folks,

It feels amazing. I wrote the first words to All is Silence November 1st 2012. It’s original working title was ‘Zombie Zoo’ (from Tom Petty) then ‘Where have all the children gone?’ (from the Hooter’s All you Zombies {also a Heinlein Title}) then ‘And Everything After’ (From Counting Crows) then “All is Silence in the World” (from Springsteen’s Jungleland) shortened to “ALL IS SILENCE.”

If you did not receive an e-mail regarding eARCs [aka galleys, aka the 'last' draft before lin...

News, Good News and Better News

We’ll start with the best news.

Better News: Edits are in. Tweaking Formatting and Chapter headings. Beta Readers should be getting an e-mail tomorrow to choose formats for their Advanced Reader Copies.

Good News. IsubmittedOutward Bound: Science Fiction & Poetrydesigned by Alexandre Rito to Joel Friedlander – The Book Designer‘s September Cover Contest. I didn’t win, but got some great feedback from Joel.

JF:Really nice sci-fi cover with lots of story implied by the action in the illustrati...

Beta extension.

I’m very excited about where the novel is, but I ended up with more edits than I thought in my last type in, so I’m a couple days away from getting Beta Copies out. Tell your friends. Read the first 2 chapters now (see link above.) I will also have downloadable eBook versions of the first 3 chapters by tomorrow night.

Thanks,

Rob

Successful Reading & TWO days left to sign up to be a Beta reader.

The reading Saturday night at Village Books for the Bellingham Science Fiction Serial “Memories of Light,” went really, really well. It will be broadcast on 3 local radios stations, dates to be announced: KMRE, KSVR and KAVZ.

Also connected with a few more Beta readers and Sam, the Kobo guy for Village Books. I may get to be the featured author for their Kobo newsletter at some point.

If you haven’t signed up for my newsletter (above and to the right) you have TWO days to do so in order to...

eARCs almost done. Reading Saturday at Village Books.

Hey folks,

If you’ve signed up for my newsletter (above and to the right) you will be getting an update next week and your own personal copy of the Beta Version of ALL IS SILENCE.

The work has been hard, but I can see how much improvement has happened.

Saturday at 7pm The Bellingham Science Fiction Serialists will read “Memories of Light.” Come listen and ask us about the process.

Thanks for your support. Tell your friends to sign up, too.

Rob

Beta Readers and eARCs

Closing in on the finil,finial, FINAL draft for electronic Advanced Reader Copies.

How can you become a Beta reader? Sign up on the Newsletter page in the upper right hand corner. You will also receive FREE fiction Bi-Monthly. Beta Readers who meet either of the expectations below can get a FREE SIGNED and personalized ADVANCED PUBLICATION COPY.

1. FREE SIGNED PRINT COPY. If you refer me to a significant reviewer [I get to decide significance, but rest assured, if they write for a magazine...