Robert L. Slater's Blog, page 25

More ARCs, Final Drafts, More Giveaways…

Well, as 2013 draws to a close, I find myself working to stay vertical. I’m doing final edits before sending ALL IS SILENCE off to Copy Editors. Then I’ll have it off to the printers to be able to deliver Pre-publication editions to the big 4 (or so) reviewers and any one who has preordered copies.

Tomorrow I’ll pick up the second set of ARCs. Hopefully the glossy cover does a better job getting the cover artists colors vibrant. Then those ARCs go off to the ‘biggies’ and out to a few sele...

GREEN TUESDAY SALE!

Hey folks,

Tired of Black Friday where people stumble over each other to get more things? What better way to compensate than by going GREEN? Buy eBooks for $0.99, 99 cents! Help save the planet, starving writers and give yourself something to read when you’re waiting in line for that special deal, a latte or in the returns line after the holidays are over. Books that will last a lifetime, or until you delete them, for about 1/3 the price of that latte!

“Outward Bound” ON SALE for $0.99. Fil...

November sadness and gladness

Well. That was a month.

NANOWRIMO 2013: Began well and kept a steady pace, but wrote on shuffle without enough story arc in my mind. Last year I’d spent 6-8 months thinking about the first 2/3 of the novel which equaled 58,000 words. This year, I think I wrote all the scenes I’d thought about and ended with 35,000 words. Still, not shabby. Biggest month of the year for writing.

The distraction for NANOWRIMO was last years NANOvel ALL IS SILENCE, and oh, what a wonderful distraction it is. T...

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