Robert L. Slater's Blog, page 26

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...

Author Appearance: Memories of Light reading at Village Books.

Come see Rob and his fellow Serial Writer’s at Village Books on October 12th at 7pm downstairs in the reading room.

Also, recruiting BETA readers and reviewers for an October 15 eARC release date. Sign up for my newsletter and you will receive the sneak peak at All is Silence. If you provide feedback and/or forward it to reviewers/librarians/book-bloggers, you may get your name as special thanks in the published version.

You may also earn a FREE SIGNED COPY. Click on the link at the right f...

Brews & Books, Rewrites, deadlines and other things that go bump in the night.

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Come hang out with me and other PNW authors and readers this Saturday at Boundary Bay Brewery and Chanticleer Reviews: Books & Brews

How much harder is it to rewrite and edit than to write the first draft? Plenty. Ten maybe Twenty times as hard.

I can see, read, feel my novel getting better as I hew of large chunks of text to bring the real, honest shape of the thing into focus. I’ve got some really good folks giving me very specific, meaningful advice. Many thanks to Amanda; my brothe...

There will be an Advanced Copy Give-away for All is Silence

There will be an Advanced Copy giveaway for my edgy Young Adult apocalyptic novel ALL IS SILENCE. Stay tuned for more information. For another sneak peak into the Deserted Lands Universe, you can read the short story, "Beginnings," in Outward Bound: Science Fiction & Poetry. It's available as an eBook here at GoodReads and at other eBook retailers in all formats.