A poem by Robert L. Slater, inspired by Theodore Geisel In the spring of the year of twenty fourteen There was found a kind author with a penchant for green He printed his novels on backs of DOOSpaper* And tried to recycle all of the newspaper When to his hometown he...
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Dante Rossetti Award Labels & New Cover
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My Path to Indie Publication: Part VI–Playing the Professional.
My Path to Indie Publication Series is a companion series to Marshall Ryan Maresca’s Path to Publication. I have been avidly reading Marshall’s posts since I discovered his blog. Read Path to Indie Publication: Part I. Part II. Part III. Part IV. Part V Playing the...
Coming Home: What is a moment when it’s gone…
My first reading as a published novelist in the library where I discovered science fiction went very well. I had old and new friends, family and, hopefully, some new fans. We had 30+ people, I sold 17 books and had plenty of hugs and fond remembrances and fond...
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Hey folks, Since November 1, 2012, I have been unusually focused on a project--writing, editing, releasing and marketing fiction. I started with a collection of mostly previously published works, Outward Bound: Science Fiction & Poetry and continued with All Is...
My Path to Indie Publication: Part V–Reality and the Instability of Time
My Path to Indie Publication Series is a companion series to Marshall Ryan Maresca’s Path to Publication. I have been avidly reading Marshall’s posts since I discovered his blog. Read Path to Indie Publication: Part I. Part II. Part III. Part IV. Reality and the...
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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.
