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...
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AIS Extras Part I: Lizzie’s Debut
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,...
This Sale Goes to Elevensies…
BREAKING NEWS. ACT NOW AND GET BOTH DESERTED LANDS NOVELS FOR $5.98 on KOBO. U. S./Australia/New Zealand. Oct 27th–30th. Promo Code: GET50SALE Canada. October 28th–31st. Promo Code: CA50SALE United Kingdom. Oct 30th – Nov 2nd. Promo Code: UK50SALE. What I really...
SmorgasBlog – Autumn Falls…
Please, excuse the random catch-all of paragraphs that make up this post. Not sure that any of them deserve a whole blog post at the moment. AUTHOR INTERVIEW: There's a new interview of me up on YA site: Off The Shelf from Derek Murphy - Find it at:...
Guest Post: Destroying the World One Word at a Time
Hey folks, Today I'd like you all to welcome Richard Levesque to my Blog. He is the author the novel, The Girl at the End of the World, a genre partner to my ALL IS SILENCE more than any other book I've found. Check out his great new cover. The Girl at the End of the...
Help Me, Please – Part III-V
If you have read the STRAIGHT INTO DARKNESS, please tell me if you found errors, typos and/or missing words? I am getting ready to upload to Ingram, so that I can sell in bookstores around the country and so libraries will order the book. Now each time I upload...
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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.