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...
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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. I submitted Outward Bound: Science Fiction &...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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.