Quotes from Bob Mayer

I think the philosophy that we don't know as much as we think we know resonates throughout my work.

One thing I often talk about in my business is that an eBook is not like a print book: it's very, very different. It's organic. It's changing.

Writing is a lonely profession.

First novels tend to be blood-lettings, and they're focused on you, not the reader.

I often turn to my books when my own writing is having a hard time.

I've always said the hardest aspect of the job of being a writer is writing.

A one-hundred-thousand-word novel might take a year or several years, and then you just come to 'The End' one day. But it takes hundreds of days to get to 'The End.' As a writer, you have to put in those hundreds of days.

Content is King. Promotion is Queen

In darkness there is death.

It's more in line with the warnings they put on plastic laundry covers: Don't wrap this around your head: could be bad for you. I think Darwinism has to get a chance to work. The more we protect stupid people from themselves, the more we ensure the long, slow descent of the human race into idiocracy.

The key to team success is trust" Bob Mayer said this in an article about indie publishing; he was referring to military ops. This also rings very true in football-missed assignments are more often the result of a lack of trust in the teammate next door than a lapse in memory.

I am always doing that which I cannot do in order to learn how to do it." Pablo Picasso.

Telling people the truth relieves one of responsibility. It is then their decision what they do, not yours. It is only when you lie or deceive them that you continue to hold responsibility." Pitr

swarm a man under!

smoldering.

I assume I disappeared on my round-the-world flight?" "Yes," Ivar said. Earhart gave a sad smile. "I think I disappeared in every timeline. Would have been nice to know I made it in one of them. That event seems to be a constant, except for those where civilization didn't survive long enough to invent the airplane." She shook her head. "A different timeline is a different world, even though it's still Earth.

black welts.

global warming

The French Connection?

90% of people who have a one-on-one with an agent at a conference and are requested to send in their material, never do. There are many reasons for this, but the #1 barrier is fear.

Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about his religion. Respect others in their views and demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and of service to your people. Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide'.

Most people think rejection is the end. It's actually a beginning.

You've had three months of training, which is barely enough to get you in the Army, never mind the Nightstalkers. But you've already worked with the team. And you're still alive, so that's a pretty good test that you've passed. Twice.

A successful person can make decisions and take action in the face of fear. The successful are head and shoulders above their peers and competition. They accomplish their goals, have pride in themselves, and find a way to achieve what they want in life.