Comments on: Writing Gurus, Loss, Jefferson never sleeps, and going out of print http://bobmayer.org/2008/08/20/writing-gurus-loss-jefferson-never-sleeps-and-going-out-of-print/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:27:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: GatorPerson http://bobmayer.org/2008/08/20/writing-gurus-loss-jefferson-never-sleeps-and-going-out-of-print/#comment-2307 GatorPerson Sat, 23 Aug 2008 19:30:29 +0000 http://bobmayer.org/2008/08/20/writing-gurus-loss-jefferson-never-sleeps-and-going-out-of-print/#comment-2307 Just a minute here. Are you saying that THE JEFFERSON ALLEGIANCE is a novel? I thought it was non-fiction and that you were working on something else that was a novel and that I just couldn't get the titles straight. I must be spoken to very slowly and repetitively and with words of few syllables. Just a minute here. Are you saying that THE JEFFERSON ALLEGIANCE is a novel? I thought it was non-fiction and that you were working on something else that was a novel and that I just couldn’t get the titles straight.

I must be spoken to very slowly and repetitively and with words of few syllables.

]]> By: RfP http://bobmayer.org/2008/08/20/writing-gurus-loss-jefferson-never-sleeps-and-going-out-of-print/#comment-2304 RfP Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:28:55 +0000 http://bobmayer.org/2008/08/20/writing-gurus-loss-jefferson-never-sleeps-and-going-out-of-print/#comment-2304 Always google self-styled "gurus". It can be highly entertaining. F'rex, check out the infomercial "guru" Kevin Trudeau. The Wikipedia entry is hilarious: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Trudeau The high points: He was convicted of fraud and larceny. He did time, got out of prison, and set up a pyramid scheme... in partnership with his cell mate. I kind of love the bald-facedness of it. He's even found a way to make use of the many government lawsuits against him. Now he's added a conspiracy theory shtick to his selling points; his latest books have titles like "Natural Cures 'They' Don't Want You To Know About". Always google self-styled “gurus”. It can be highly entertaining.

F’rex, check out the infomercial “guru” Kevin Trudeau. The Wikipedia entry is hilarious:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Trudeau

The high points: He was convicted of fraud and larceny. He did time, got out of prison, and set up a pyramid scheme… in partnership with his cell mate.

I kind of love the bald-facedness of it. He’s even found a way to make use of the many government lawsuits against him. Now he’s added a conspiracy theory shtick to his selling points; his latest books have titles like “Natural Cures ‘They’ Don’t Want You To Know About”.

]]> By: McB http://bobmayer.org/2008/08/20/writing-gurus-loss-jefferson-never-sleeps-and-going-out-of-print/#comment-2302 McB Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:30:39 +0000 http://bobmayer.org/2008/08/20/writing-gurus-loss-jefferson-never-sleeps-and-going-out-of-print/#comment-2302 <blockquote>Merry @ #5 said ... Ooh! The Writer’s Toolkit in hardcover. Can I get inscribed? To Mary, whose grace, beauty and charm exceeds McB’s and BCB’s g,b, and c, as doth the sun outshine the moon </blockquote> Merry, dear, you're getting your genres confused. The Writer's Toolkit is one of Bob's NON-fiction works.

Merry @ #5 said … Ooh! The Writer’s Toolkit in hardcover.
Can I get inscribed?

To Mary, whose grace, beauty and charm exceeds McB’s and BCB’s g,b, and c, as doth the sun outshine the moon

Merry, dear, you’re getting your genres confused. The Writer’s Toolkit is one of Bob’s NON-fiction works.

]]> By: robena schaerf http://bobmayer.org/2008/08/20/writing-gurus-loss-jefferson-never-sleeps-and-going-out-of-print/#comment-2300 robena schaerf Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:24:38 +0000 http://bobmayer.org/2008/08/20/writing-gurus-loss-jefferson-never-sleeps-and-going-out-of-print/#comment-2300 Yeah, the writing gurus. Lots of them out there. I suppose it's like anything in life though, we should always consider the source when listening to information. Anyone can give the lecture but I want the teacher who has put in the hours and can walk the talk. Glad to see you made it out of campire with only your eyebrows missing. Hey, here's a suggestion for your day off, visit an amusement park or go and see a Tarot reader. It'll put you in the mood for Wild Ride. Yeah, the writing gurus. Lots of them out there. I suppose it’s like anything in life though, we should always consider the source when listening to information. Anyone can give the lecture but I want the teacher who has put in the hours and can walk the talk.

Glad to see you made it out of campire with only your eyebrows missing. Hey, here’s a suggestion for your day off, visit an amusement park or go and see a Tarot reader. It’ll put you in the mood for Wild Ride.

]]> By: Merry http://bobmayer.org/2008/08/20/writing-gurus-loss-jefferson-never-sleeps-and-going-out-of-print/#comment-2299 Merry Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:48:39 +0000 http://bobmayer.org/2008/08/20/writing-gurus-loss-jefferson-never-sleeps-and-going-out-of-print/#comment-2299 Ooh! The Writer's Toolkit in hardcover. Can I get inscribed? <i>To Mary, whose grace, beauty and charm exceeds McB's and BCB's g,b, and c, as doth the sun outshine the moon</i> Oh well. It was just an idea. :( Ooh! The Writer’s Toolkit in hardcover.
Can I get inscribed?

To Mary, whose grace, beauty and charm exceeds McB’s and BCB’s g,b, and c, as doth the sun outshine the moon

Oh well. It was just an idea. :(

]]> By: Slave Driver http://bobmayer.org/2008/08/20/writing-gurus-loss-jefferson-never-sleeps-and-going-out-of-print/#comment-2298 Slave Driver Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:34:21 +0000 http://bobmayer.org/2008/08/20/writing-gurus-loss-jefferson-never-sleeps-and-going-out-of-print/#comment-2298 <i> "Kill a Supreme Court Judge, I think."</i> Well there are only 9 of them, Bob, and I would appreciate it if you could at least wait until the next administration is in to knock one of them off. How about a nice mid-level bureaucrat, instead? Easily replaced. <i>“…thinks the Gulf War a major cluster-%&$#”</i> <I>I never thought we’d get in another war like Vietnam, given the lessons learned.</I> I read “Hunting Al Queda” this summer (fascinating, BTW) and found the soldier’s perspective interesting, especially since right around the same time I read this quote by Ken Burns: “If you could get somebody from the Peloponnesian War to Iraq and bring them back, they would say, ‘Yes, this is true: I was scared, I was bored, I was hot, I was cold, my officers didn’t know what they were doing, they didn’t give me the right supplies, I saw bad things, I did bad things, I lost good friends.’ That is war.” What else you got in that storage unit? Dig deep, I’ve already gotten that stuff on bobBay. “Kill a Supreme Court Judge, I think.”

Well there are only 9 of them, Bob, and I would appreciate it if you could at least wait until the next administration is in to knock one of them off.

How about a nice mid-level bureaucrat, instead? Easily replaced.

“…thinks the Gulf War a major cluster-%&$#”

I never thought we’d get in another war like Vietnam, given the lessons learned.

I read “Hunting Al Queda” this summer (fascinating, BTW) and found the soldier’s perspective interesting, especially since right around the same time I read this quote by Ken Burns:

“If you could get somebody from the Peloponnesian War to Iraq and bring them back, they would say, ‘Yes, this is true: I was scared, I was bored, I was hot, I was cold, my officers didn’t know what they were doing, they didn’t give me the right supplies, I saw bad things, I did bad things, I lost good friends.’ That is war.”

What else you got in that storage unit? Dig deep, I’ve already gotten that stuff on bobBay.

]]> By: me http://bobmayer.org/2008/08/20/writing-gurus-loss-jefferson-never-sleeps-and-going-out-of-print/#comment-2296 me Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:36:41 +0000 http://bobmayer.org/2008/08/20/writing-gurus-loss-jefferson-never-sleeps-and-going-out-of-print/#comment-2296 I am so going to be first in line to get this book when it comes out. Thriller and history together. It sounds fascinating. When does it come out?! I am so going to be first in line to get this book when it comes out. Thriller and history together. It sounds fascinating. When does it come out?!

]]> By: McB http://bobmayer.org/2008/08/20/writing-gurus-loss-jefferson-never-sleeps-and-going-out-of-print/#comment-2295 McB Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:04:03 +0000 http://bobmayer.org/2008/08/20/writing-gurus-loss-jefferson-never-sleeps-and-going-out-of-print/#comment-2295 Writing, I should think, is a lot like playing a piano: anyone can learn what keys to hit when, but that won't get you into Carnegie Hall. Bob, your scenes sound very intrigueing. Are you going to put up an excerpt or two to tease us with? Please? You could test run the new scene. Writing, I should think, is a lot like playing a piano: anyone can learn what keys to hit when, but that won’t get you into Carnegie Hall.

Bob, your scenes sound very intrigueing. Are you going to put up an excerpt or two to tease us with? Please? You could test run the new scene.

]]> By: Lily Blues http://bobmayer.org/2008/08/20/writing-gurus-loss-jefferson-never-sleeps-and-going-out-of-print/#comment-2294 Lily Blues Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:45:50 +0000 http://bobmayer.org/2008/08/20/writing-gurus-loss-jefferson-never-sleeps-and-going-out-of-print/#comment-2294 TR and Alice? You already had my interest, but you just kicked it up another notch. TR and Alice? You already had my interest, but you just kicked it up another notch.

]]> By: May http://bobmayer.org/2008/08/20/writing-gurus-loss-jefferson-never-sleeps-and-going-out-of-print/#comment-2293 May Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:14:51 +0000 http://bobmayer.org/2008/08/20/writing-gurus-loss-jefferson-never-sleeps-and-going-out-of-print/#comment-2293 The Jefferson Allegiance sounds more and more fascinating. When it's published, you should have an evening beach party, with campfire, toasted marshmallows, and read your favorite passage(s)!! A full moon and the crashing surf in the background!! The Jefferson Allegiance sounds more and more fascinating. When it’s published, you should have an evening beach party, with campfire, toasted marshmallows, and read your favorite passage(s)!! A full moon and the crashing surf in the background!!

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