Several months ago at a gathering of the Whatcom Writers and Publishers I was gently approached by a woman with a question. She was producing a book about people with Alopecia. And the question she kindly asked was did I have Alopecia, hair loss caused by an...
"Real love is a man's salvation, the weak ones fall the strong carry on..." ~Tom Petty from the song, STRAIGHT INTO DARKNESS. Had lots of real love over the last week or so. It did make everything better. But I am tired. The hardest end of a school year ever. I've...
As I sit, still slightly befuddled by the week just passed, I ponder the long term. In the wake of the deaths of two of my students and two more greviously injured, I don't know what my summer will look like. I still have big goals: finishing STRAIGHT INTO DARKNESS is...
[Cross-posted elsewhere.] I lost two of my students and two others are in the hospital in critical condition–a senseless accident. Please, hug your kids, your friends, your parents. Tell them you love them. If you want to help, please check out this...
[Crossposted to pretty much every social media I am involved in.] Hey folks, Sad days here in Bellingham/Ferndale. I lost two of my students and two others are in the hospital in critical condition--a senseless accident. Please, hug your kids, your friends, your...
Why I Wattpad is a continuing series of blogposts about my first year on Wattpad. Here are Part I, Part II, Part IV. This was going to be my mostly final wrap up on Wattpad, but I haven't gotten all the data I need for that wrap up. Since I have recently been sort 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.