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...
Five days ago I posted a poem I'd written for my daughter who was born on the fifth anniversary of the Challenger's explosion on take-off. These are the lyrics to a song I wrote on the day the Columbia broke apart on re-entry. My notes on the lyric sheet: Begun on the...
In honor of the 2nd anniversary of the release of ALL IS SILENCE and the launch of the Deserted Lands series in February 2014, I am having a sale on all of my currently available works of fiction. In November I did an Elevensies Sale, so in February, I'm doing a...
Well, maybe not mustard. But as Oliver, Dodger and the boys sang in Oliver!, food can be the stuff of dreams... Last night I made my second round of homemade pizza crust this month, matching it up against Trader Joe's pre-made dough. The result? Pretty excellent....
409 Days Dry. So I have successfully passed the first month dry with only a sip of beer to taste. Only one hard day in the bunch. As I reflect back, stopping drinking this time is more pre-emptive than last time. Though I probably had a drink most everyday over winter...
409 Days Dry Several years ago I had developed a pretty serious drink problem. I was drinking every day and significant amounts. I think I could probably drink a whole bottle of wine by myself and when I came up on a friends big birthday, I went and bought four...
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.