Been “feeling mostly dead all day” recently… realizing that I need to take better care of the only body I’m likely to occupy. I’ve already talked about the gradual degradation of my eye sight and the challenge that brings. I’m very good at losing things [which also...
Or other universes... So you want to die in one of my stories? Here's what you do: Go to the Facebook Murder in March page. Click See All Posts. Scroll down or search for Slater. Read the descriptions of the stories I'm planning on writing. Make a comment or...
We all deserve a role in a novel? What if that role involved dying? Would you be a good guy, a bad guy, the ex? The best friend? Or the random Red-shirt? The next logical question is how? Is it a fantasy? Are you eaten by a dragon, stabbed in the kidneys by a...
Author as Actor: Or how to get through public readings with as little pain as possible... [originally published on the Pubslush Blog.] I spent the first 30-something years of my life as an extroverted actor, director, playwright. Over the last decade I’ve transformed...
Here's the latest eleven things for February. 1. On March 12th, Windward Boosters is teaming up with Barnes and Noble in Bellingham for a BookFair to benefit Windward High School programs. At 5 pm there will be five local YA writers: Royce Buckingham, Nick James,...
It seems like a pretty cool 49th birthday present to be writing a blog post about two years as a published author. I've completed my Sophomore Slump if I had one, and am moving on to whatever comes next. The graphic inserted to the left shows the last 8 weeks of...
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.