robertlslater.bsky.social
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Wrote a bat virus pandemic series in 2012 eerily echoing Covid. Finally finished trilogy. Now it's alt-history sci-fi! ;-)
Find it at DesertedLands.com
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So excited to be a part of this. Also really pleased that ALL IS SILENCE is one of the first SciFi & PostApoc to be seen scanning down the page. Thanks for doing this. Again. ;-)
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I've been trying to go high even though it makes no difference. And people are making excuses for her! It's really sad that people who can't buy a new car or a new house are supporting people who are just going to make them poorer, all because they wish they were that rich.
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Gonna go back in time. Where's Marty McFly when we need him?
Biff Tannen was a foreshadowing of Donald Trump.
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Yup. Burn it down. All long as we get another election, the democrats ought to be able to return to power. But it's going to take decades to rebuild.
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And buys $50,000 watches to wear while touring a hellish prison!
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- good with the bad: Not directly from the Trump Administration - The Alabama halted a library’s funding. Supporters raised the cash in days.
- Trump cuts to USAID halt funding for global vaccinations.
And one good thing: Supreme Court keeps Biden-era regulations for ghost guns
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- Noem also threatens to send more immigrants to prison in El Salvador. Probably without due process.
- Marjorie Taylor Greene battles NPR & PBS leaders in House hearing
- Trump officials ask Supreme Court to allow canceling of $65 million in grants for teacher training & professional development
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Got the same e-mail. Had the same response. All my kids are artists. I think it's really )*^#%^y that people will use AI and say, I have to so I can make a living. If I can't afford a human audiobook narrator, then my audiobook is NOT getting made.
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Two great books from two of my fave authors!
My latest. No Man's Land the end of YA Bat-virus apocaloptimistic trilogy I started in 2012. The pandemic is so similar to Covid 19, I stopped writing fiction for two years.
You can find it and the rest of the trilogy here: www.desertedlands.com
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WTELJF‽‽‽‽
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I should drop off another, perhaps, a well-loved one, to the folks at Village Books. [The need to get a Blue Sky account!]
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sent away,
ridiculed,
doxed,
beaten up,
or killed.
Where are we on the steps down this slippery slope to Hell?
Robert L Slater 15 March 25
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VVVV
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Pt 6
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me
Because all the people who would have
spoken for me, and sometimes even did,
were silenced,
sent away,
ridiculed,
VVVV
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PT 5
Then they came for the students
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a student and my kids are out of school
Then they came for the unions and their members
And I did not speak out
Because I didn’t know what unions had done for people
Then they came for me . . .
VVVV
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Pt 4
And I did not speak out
Because I don’t speak another language
Then they came for the people with darker skin
And I did not speak out
Because I only have dark skin when I tan or burn
Then they came for the librarians & teachers
And I did not speak out
Because I didn’t like school anyway
VVVV
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Pt 3
Then they came for the Muslims
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Muslim
Then they came for the Trans kids
And I did not speak out
Because I didn’t think I had a Trans kid.
Then they came for the people learning English
as their 2nd, 3rd, or 4th language
And I did not speak out
VVVV
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PT 2
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialists
Then they came for the LGBTQSA
And I did not speak out
Because I was not LGBTQSA
Then they came for the Liberals
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Liberal
Then they came for the Muslims
VVVV
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Thanks, David. I remember being so happy to see your review on the shelfhanger and thus, getting a spot on a Village Books bookseller favorites shelf.
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And how much of that money came back to American companies? A lot! That money kept United Statesians (Not calling people in our country Americans and that implies that everyone else on our continents are not Americans.).
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OMG. Yes. I've taken to forgiving myself. I do three things everyday for my writing career. Sometimes they're all new writing, sometimes they're not.
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Thanks so much for the review!
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This should take you to the review page. Looks like you have to sign in.
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Or whatever else they're doing down there. Might need two. Sorry. Trying to use humour to defuse my anger.
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And sometimes it even gets fixed. :-(
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Why is the rim always gone?
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Cool cover!
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Working on this with my parents now.
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Home made gravy?
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NO MAN'S LAND, Lizzie's last book as a protagonist (as far as I know) is available signed in print from Village Books Bellingham or as unisgned ebook on Kobo! ;-)
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Thanks for the inspiration. My pile this year was only two high. BUT IT WAS TWO HIGH!
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Surreal to so real. That cat is about to do something! Is there a box below?
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And my infinitely more expensive 1st novel... Which, I'm pretty sure, if I got one more 5* review, I'd level up. I had 4.5 was at -#140. Then I'm at #139 and 4.4. Don't give me a 5 star if I don't deserve it, but if you've been meaning to give me a rating/review... I wouldn't mind other stars, too.
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But at leest mi heid is pinty in parts!