“Completing
any writing project, particularly a novel, is a daunting prospect. Many people
become frozen by the prospect. Others keep waiting for the right time. Some
wait for the spark of inspiration. Even experienced writers find it is easier
to do anything other than actually write. – Bob Mayer
Sometimes the hardest thing about BEING a writer
is the actual process of writing. It's the feeling
that you just can’t make yourself get to the computer, typewriter or even a
notepad on some days. It’s sort-of
overwhelming, and you just think that something else has to be better, but then you do it anyway.
Mayer, born on this date in 1959, is a prolific author whose output belies his statement above. He has had 70-plus
novels in multiple genres, selling more than 4 million books, including Area 51, Atlantis, and The Green Berets, all #1
series. And, when I say “multiple genres,” that
includes Romance where he holds the distinction of being the only male author
on the Romance Writers of America Honor Roll.
A former Green Beret and graduate of
West Point, 
Mayer collaborated with Romance writer Jennifer
Cruise on a series of military-themed romance novels starting with - Don’t
Look Down and including the New York Times number one bestseller Agnes
and the Hitman.
While getting the work done hasn’t
seemed to be a problem for Mayer, he notes that for most writers it can and is
a long process. “A
one-hundred-thousand-word novel might take a year or several years, and then
you just come to 'The End' one day,” he wrote.
“But it takes hundreds of days to get to 'The End.' As a writer, you
have to be ready to put in those hundreds of days.”
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