By Don Lafferty | Social Media
I’m excited to announce that I’ll be teaching Online Marketing for Writers at the 26th annual Pennwriters Writers Conference, taking place Thursday, May 16 through Sunday, May 19 at the Pittsburgh Airport Marriott in Corapolis, Pennsylvania. Click here to get all the details: Pennwriters 26 Annual Writers Conference
By Don Lafferty | Writing
DATE/TIME: Begins Tuesday, February 12; 6:00 to 8:00 pm  Nine 2-hour sessions meeting once per month, plus reserved monthly peer critique group, and a dedicated online group.  FEE: $200.00  FACULTY: Jonathan Maberry, Keith R.A. DeCandido and Don Lafferty  EXTRAS: Several top magazine and anthology editors will answer questions and provide advice to participants.  LOCATION: The […]
By Don Lafferty | Social Media
Being social and remaining effectively present in a social context is, like most skills, easier for some than for others. Maybe “easy” is the wrong word. I was having breakfast with Philly author Jonathan Maberry this past week when the simplest of examples dropped in my lap. I’d seen a blog post earlier in the […]
By Don Lafferty | Writing
Come and join me and bestselling author Jonathan Maberry on Sunday, August 30, from noon to 3pm at the SAXBY COFFEE (formerly Bucks County Coffeehouse in Doylestown PA for a free writers networking session. This is a free event –open to everyone. No requirements necessary. It’s a bunch of writers sitting around talking about writing…with […]
By Don Lafferty | Social Media
I attended a social media how-to seminar held by Sheila Clover English at ThrillerFest a couple weeks ago where she recommended using RSS Feeds wherever possible to help automate the listening part of your SM strategy. Great advice, but the ensuing discussion and Q&A made one thing pretty clear; this isn’t an easy thing to […]
By Don Lafferty | Author Events
The Liar’s Club kicked off its Truth Tour at the Doylestown Bookshop yesterday, and while none of us knew quite how it might turn out, I have to admit, it rocked. Our heartfelt thanks go out to to proprietors Pat and Phil Gerney, who graciously opened their place up to the Philly Liar’s Club where […]
By Don Lafferty | Writing
WRITERS COFFEEHOUSE THIS SUNDAY hosted by JONATHAN MABERRY This is actually a lie. Jonathan can’t make it this time, but we’ll have a few of the usual suspects in the house to move things along. Sunday, April 26, from noon to 3pm at the SAXBY COFFEE (formerly Bucks County Coffeehouse in Doylestown PA for a […]
By Don Lafferty | Writing
It’s funny how I’m constantly meeting tremendously accomplished people that I never heard of. I made the one hour drive up to Clinton Book Shop last night to meet up with shop manager Rob Dougherty and PATIENT ZERO author Jonathan Maberry. I didn’t realize until I looked at Rob’s Facebook invitation that THE SHADOW YEAR […]
By Don Lafferty | Social Media
“First I hadda get a MySpace, then Facebook was the place to be. Now you’re telling me I need to do what? Twitter? What the hell is Twitter?” Exasperated and shaking his head, author and lecturer Jonathan Maberry clapped one of his massive paws to his forehead. “And why? Why should I be Twittering?” Here’s […]