[Accidentally posted this before I was ready and by that time it had gone out to the feed, so, this is updated from yesterday. ~Rob] Turning 50 in February. There will be a great sale! And I am truly happy and blessed about hitting middle age! Which reminds me, "Not...
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All Is Silence in A Small World After All…
OMG. [My thirteen year old rolled her eyes when she saw this in one of my comments, so I thought it should feature prominently in this post.] Tonight I headed over to my favorite bookstore of all time, Village Books in Bellingham. A friend I've never met on the far...
What Deserted Lands Fans can expect in 2017…
Dear Deserted Lands readers, Thank you so much for sticking with me through this fantastic journey. If you've been with me since the beginning, you've been waiting to hear more of Lizzie's story for a long time! Good news? The last book in this section of Lizzie's...
Not to 50 – Part III – Terrible, Horrible, Actually Okay Day.
[Thought I posted this two weeks ago. Not sure that my memorey is any worse, but it sure isn't doing well. At least I know that the good old days weren't always good, and certainly not even mostly good for many.] Today was one of those days. A terrible, horrible, no...
Path to Indie Publication: Part XIII – The Base of the Holy Grail?
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. Part VI. Part...
New Anthology of 42 FREE Young Adult stories…
My new apocalyptic short story, Drift Away, is out in the Young Adult Anthology THAT MOMENT WHEN... It's FREE in all the following stores. Click the cover for Amazon. Kobo | B&N | iBooks | Love YA paranormal, urban fantasy, science fiction and dystopian books?...
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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.