Don't date a woman who gives you a pager number instead of a home number (she's looking for control).

Learn your audience and know how to reach them and don't sign anything without a good lawyer and a capable agent.

My dates are nightmares! If she were awake, alive, not on parole and truly single that would start. Place, time and what we do matters little if I'm out with the right woman.

Believe in your work, educate yourself about the business, surround yourself with good people, set goals and timetables and stay focused on them.

Don't get down on yourself when you get rejection letters.

Publishing companies and a great many authors have missed the opportunity to capitalize on the very real relationships they create with their readers.

Don't date a woman who gives you a pager number instead of a home number (she's looking for control).