Okay, ELEVEN short notes for NaNOvember... Free Fiction with Newsletter sign-up. Put your e-mail in the orange box to the left. I will send you a FREE e-book of Toils and Snares. If you're already on my mailing list and haven't read it, what are you waiting for?...
Here it is. The ending I wrote for NANOWRIMO in November 2012, knowing it wasn't good enough, that it was too easy and quick. SPOILER ALERT. This will ruin some surprises in ALL IS SILENCE if you read it before you read the whole book! Remember, ALL IS SILENCE is ON...
Hey folks, I just read this post on GoodReads on 'gouging' my readers. I was initially offended, but I took the time to write a thoughtful response, I think. Both the initial note and my response are below. Any thoughts? Should I not have responded? Is $6.99 too high...
Yes. Dream Sequence... Gonna have to save my dream sequences for the fantasy series. Thanks, Amanda, my editor, who said, "No dream sequences!" Good call. Remember, ALL IS SILENCE is ON SALE for the first time at $2.99 the entire month of November on all major sales...
I sometimes refer to myself as the Finder of Lost Things. I am most excellent at finding things, probably because I am so damn excellent at losing things. I lose coats, keys, phones, and most especially hats. But we’ll get to the many hats of Bartholomew Robbins in a...
Over the next couple months, I'm going to share some of the false starts and cut endings of my first novel, ALL IS SILENCE. Here are the first words as I wrote them long hand, long before I got serious about writing the novel. Maybe an R rating for language. Remember,...
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.