My tiny little snowball is rolling. Keeping it going with all the other distractions is a challenge. Just a couple updates: February 23, 2015: Bellingham Alternative Library. Author Reading with my friend, Michael Sarrow. Radcon 6c. Day 2. I was there. Started the...
Radcon 6c. Day 2. Started the morning with a swim in a deserted pool, then hot-tub. Now Breakfast, reading, Panel on Can't Put It Down Pacing, then Writing Young Adult Fiction in the evening. Got to meet Jim Hines, Libriomancer/Genre-bending CoverArt guy and Ksenia...
A few random items at the last minute. I have a couple other blog posts in the works, but nothing is finished and one I wrote in January is already inaccurate. Sheesh... Time is flying. Oh, and Sunday is my 48th birthday. "Not to fifty....!" Fifty will be fine. I had...
Holy moly. How is Feb 6th already? Here's my schedule for RadCon 6C in Pasco, Washington next weekend: NEW SESSION ADDED on Young Adult Fiction. Friday, Feb 13 5:30:pm-6:30:pm Student Writers: Tips for Growing as a Writer Our visiting writers and editors give out tips...
As ALL IS SILENCE has climbed the WATTPAD Science Fiction charts to #1, I have started to get a few questions over and over. I can only assume [be careful you know what that means, Rob.] that other folks might have the same questions. If you have any other questions...
A year ago today I became a published author with the e-book release of All Is Silence. I've been a published writer for years, but until this novel came out it only felt like a hobby. In August of 2013, I released Outward Bound, an e-book collection of mostly...
Robert L. Slater, author of the young adult, apocalyptic science fiction series Deserted Lands, has worked as a teacher in the beautiful Pacific Northwest for 20 years. Like some of his characters, he has a propensity for speaking in lines from 80s movies, drinking Mountain Dew and eating pizza.