About Bob

Bob Mayer is a NY Times Bestselling author, graduate of West Point, former Green Beret (including commanding an A-Team) and the feeder of two Yellow Labs, most famously Cool Gus. He’s had over 60 books published including the #1 series Area 51, Atlantis and The Green Berets. Born in the Bronx, having traveled the world (usually not tourist spots), he now lives peacefully with his wife, and said labs, at Write on the River, TN..

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May 16, 2011 at 10:54 am

Literary Fiction is a Puzzle « Haley is Soldiering through the Writing World

[…] book Duty, Honor, Country and got it signed. Yay!) To learn more about Bob Mayer check out his bio, blog and […]

September 12, 2011 at 11:20 pm

Promotion in Motion: Meet Joanna Aislinn! « Reflections In Hindsight

[…] publishing world has changed so much since my book debuted (January 2010). Hindsight (and NYTBSA Bob Mayer) has taught me I would have been better off waiting until I had more works ready to go. Ways of […]

November 13, 2011 at 7:22 pm

8 Links to Check Out: Hooking Readers, Writing Endurance, NaNoWriMo and More « Keri Mathews

[…] Bob Mayer at Write it Forward: The real gatekeepers in publishing now? Authors. Tips to help you establish […]

December 12, 2011 at 3:06 pm

8 Links: Hooking Readers, NaNoWriMo, and More « Keri Mathews

[…] Bob Mayer at Write it Forward: The real gatekeepers in publishing now? Authors. Tips to help you establish […]

January 3, 2012 at 7:08 pm

Ten Daring Predictions for 2012 from the Indie Author Trenches | Books in the News

[…] post, by Bob Mayer, originally appeared on his Write It Forward blog on […]

January 30, 2012 at 10:45 am

Now That I Have to Be An “Author Entrepreneur”, Should I Self-Publish My Memoir? | Memoir Writer's Journey

[…] Times Best-Selling multi-published author,Bob Mayer, has strong feelings about the publishing industry today in this Write It Forward blog […]

February 2, 2012 at 1:55 pm

Now That I Have to Be An “Author Entrepreneur”, Should I Self-Publish My Memoir? | Memoir Writer's Journey

[…] Times Best-Selling multi-published author,Bob Mayer, has strong feelings about the publishing industry today in this Write It Forward blog […]

April 20, 2012 at 6:06 am

Bob Mayer on Indie Publishing Success in a Rapidly Changing Publishing Environment | Writers In The Storm Blog

[…] Writer and does keynote speeches. For more information on Bob visit his website or his blog, Write It Forward. Share this:TwitterFacebookEmailMoreStumbleUponPrintDiggRedditLike this:LikeBe the first to like […]

August 3, 2012 at 1:08 am

What I’d Do Differently by Joanna Aislinn « Babette James

[…] of releases to follow it is better, even more so if I choose to self-publish. Among the reasons Bob Mayer and Amanda Hocking are becoming household names in multiple writer […]

March 31, 2014 at 3:32 pm

Fantastic eWorlds – Bob Mayer on the Future of Indie Publishing

[…] Bob Mayer, on his site, Write on the River, has an excellent post, Getting It Up, Keeping It Up, in which he ponders the future of indie publishing. He points to the vagaries of self-publishing success, especially for science fiction authors. He notes that […]

October 23, 2014 at 10:34 am

The Elephant and The Professional Author | Two Articles From Bob Mayer – Who Dares Wins Publishing | The Independent Publishing Magazine

[…] 15, 2011 Here are two articles written by Bob Mayer of Who Dares Wins Publishing. The first one, Indies “vs” Trads: The elephant in the room, […]

April 24, 2015 at 3:05 am

Bob Mayer—The Terminator | Runnin Off at the Mouth....