Hey children of the 80s and their children, On the auspicious occasion of the 30th Birthday of the movie [NEWSFLASH: It's actually the 30th anniversary of the date they got Saturday School. In reality, the release date was actually February 15th, 1985--my 18th...
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Hoquiam — Hometown Library Reading
Here it is, a reading by me in my most favorite library of all time. The Hoquiam Timberland Library. Please let people know. There will be doorprizes. You can buy my books and I'll sign them. Along with me you can even make a donation to the Hoquiam Library, one of...
News: Delay on Path to Indie Publication, Amtrak Residency Application and ABNA
Following hard on the heels of a wonderful release party is the end of my teaching quarter, so the Path to Indie Publication Part V on time management, will be delayed. Holding for titters of derision. . . . Okay. March 29th I will be doing a reading at the Hoquiam...
My Path to Indie Publication: Part IV–Synchronicity
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 Part I: Path to Indie Publication. Part II. Part III. Synchronicity * I had a book....
Final GoodReads Giveaway. Enter until St. Patrick’s Day.
Final GoodReads Giveaway for All Is Silence. 2 Signed copies. Shipped to you. Tell your friends. If you're in Northwest Washington come to my Novel release Party Friday, March 14th at Village Books in Bellingham, downstairs in the Reading room. Goodreads Book Giveaway...
Kobo Blogpost, New and Improved Bio, & Review Requests…
After doing a workshop with Mark LaFebvre at Village Books, he asked me if I'd be willing to write about my partnership with the folks at Village Books. Here is the resulting post on Kobo Writing Life's blog. Special thanks to Mark, Christine and Shayna from Kobo;...
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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.
