Comments on: Bob Mayer Part II

By: Adrienne Giordano

Adrienne Giordano — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:32:52 +0000

Hey Bob, you’ve given us another great post. Many thanks!!

By: Wes

Wes — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:48:13 +0000

Your posts have been great. Best wishes for continued success.

By: Blythe Gifford

Blythe Gifford — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:55:07 +0000

Hope you pencil in Chicago for a Warrior Writer workshop soon! Let us know.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:25:01 +0000

New projects: actually I’m meeting my agent at the Pacific Northwest Writers Conference on Friday. Heading in tomorrow to have dinner with Terry Brooks who I taught with at Maui for many years. I’ve got my wife doing a line by line edit of The Jefferson Allegiance. And I’m looking hard at my manuscript Chasing the Ghost which we never marketed. But I’m stopping and applying my Warrior Writer concept to myself– coming up with a strategic five year goal. That takes time and asking for help.

I’ve tried just bout everything trying to market fiction. It’s damn near impossible but you have to try. In reality, the best marketing you can do is write better books. I think you really need to balance your time and effort. Some people do too much marketing and not enough writing. I think building a “platform” is key, something I focus on in Warrior Writer. Become the expert at something- find a niche. Even in fiction you can do those. You’re an expert on wines? You write murder mysteries set in wine country with a wine expert as protagonist. Not only are you building your platform, you are focusing your marketing. I do Warrior Writer because one day, duh, it occurred to me that’s what I was: an ex-Green Beret best-selling author. A unique combination of background. My platform.

By: Eva

Eva — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:07:07 +0000

*raises hand* INFJ here. Promo is my hell, but I have learned to speak in front of a crowd over the years (afterwards I must be alone for at least 12 hours). I can’t wait to see you at the New Jersey RWA chapter conference!

By: Beppie Harrison

Beppie Harrison — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:58:23 +0000

Very thought-provoking input, Bob. Amazing how much of what your course is made up of is stuff I’ve never considered before! There’s an obvious remedy to this situation . . .

By: AdrienneGiordano

AdrienneGiordano — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:29:12 +0000

Thanks for spending time with us Bob. I’ve learned a lot!

By: carrie

carrie — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:44:06 +0000

I promise I won’t hiss!
=)
Thanks for your input Bob….it’s been fascinating reading. I’ve been reading a lot about marketing for writers lately…do you have any tips for a newbie to the marketing world?

thanks again!

carrie

By: TraceyDevlyn

TraceyDevlyn — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:52:22 +0000

Bob,
Thanks for the great posts. Warrior Writer sounds awesome.

Do you have any new writing projects cooking?

Tracey