Deserted Lands

Blog

January Smorgasblog

Okay. Here's a random list of catch up things for January. 11 in November, 12 in December... Should be either 1 or 13 in January, no? Well, somewhere in between. Here we go. 0. [inserted last] Today is Lizzie's 14th birthday! Born 1/11/2002. 1. My friend and writing...

read more

2015: Waiting to get off the roller coaster…

2015 had its highs and lows. Unfortunately the low spots were way lower than the highs were high. For the lows, I lost two students in June and had two more suffer significant injuries. Then this month I lost my new grandson, Nolan Luther. You can read my posts about...

read more

Sad news with lots of love…

2015 is closing out in the saddest way possible for me and my family. My daughter Sheridan gave birth to my third grand-child two weeks ago. She'd been battling horrendously high blood pressure and had to have an operation to remove a tumor in her adrenal gland. The...

read more

12 Great Book Ideas for Holiday Gift-giving.

Here are a dozen books for the holidays from Rob's Recently Read, Ready to be Read, and Requested to Read piles. And as James Wells  reminded me, "that most or perhaps all of the books you list are available at local booksellers including Village Books, Cozy Corner,...

read more

Gifts For Geeks is Today at AFK…

Yes, it rhymed. And yes, I meant it. Anybody wanna ______________? Anybody wanna... come on down and meet some cool authors in an awesome space? If you like Speculative Fiction and/or gaming. Come to GIFTS FOR GEEKS. Today 2 PM to 9 PM at AFK Elixirs & Eatery 3750...

read more

December Smorgasblog – Keep Warm and Dry

12 mini-blog posts for the Holidays. If the weather gets too bad, curl up with a book or an e-book. I'm re-submitting Toils and Snares for a FREE [Free for the reader, not for me! ;-)] promotion at BookBub today.  If you have read Toils and Snares, please leave an...

read more

Contact Me

Get In Touch

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.