Category Archives for "Writing"

PodCamp never fails to deliver, even when I can only make it for half a day. Many thanks and best of luck to everyone who attended my session, Advanced Business Development for Authors. Writing a book is tough. Getting a book deal is tougher. But marketing your book online can be like shooting fish in […]

If you’re still trying to land a literary agent, happen to be available tomorrow afternoon, and have your pitch dialed in, spending five minutes at the Philadelphia Writers’ Conference might get you one step closer to getting your book published. Tomorrow, Friday, June 9th from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm, agents and editors will be […]

The 62nd Annual Philadelphia Writers’ Conference will take place on Friday, June 11th through Sunday, June 13th at the Holiday Inn at Fourth and Arch Streets in downtown Philadelphia. This year’s theme is: Your Writing Stimulus Package. Our keynote speaker is author and Wall Street Journal columnist, Jeffrey Zaslow. In 2009, Zaslow was the author […]

As Marie Lamba said, crap happens in this business, but when you and your local bookstore go to the trouble of creating an event, the worst thing that can happen is NOTHING! Often a rookie author, unfamiliar with the promotional side of events, is caught by surprise when the only people who come up to […]

I spent yesterday bouncing between publishers and agencies like a pinball, doing what I do; helping authors and publishers find their readers. One publisher at a time. One person at a time. One conversation at time. One convert at a time. The usual for me. Except things feel different now. From my first cup of […]

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 […]

Click to sign up for ThrillerFest 2010 Team Baldacci Editor Steve Hoffman, Executive Assistant, Deborah Hocutt and David Baldacci Robert Rotenberg, Douglas Preston and Philly Liar’s Club author, Dennis Tafoya Dennis Tafoya, Carla Bucklery and Joe Moore Randy Sekeres and Backspace founder, Karen Dionne Steve Forman and Doug Preston Penguin Putnam’s Neil Nyren introducing the […]

Click to sign up for ThrillerFest 2010 Author of Prime Time, Hank Ryan Phillippi, leads Alafair Burke, Kate White, David Hosp, Julie Kramer and Jeff Buick in answering the question, “Is the job a requirement?” Back row, L-R: Hank Ryan Phillippi and Jeff Buick. Front row, L-R, Alafair Burke, Kate White, David Hosp and Julie […]

A couple of weeks ago I gave my buddy, Chris Brogan, a copy of Jonathan Maberry’s bio-terrorism thriller, Patient Zero. More about Patient Zero and Jonathan Maberry. More about Personal Effects and J.C. Hutchins. More about World War Z and Max Brooks.

I’m featured over at Mike Geffner’s Writing Workshop and Newsletter talking about creative cross promotion for writers. Mike is a friend and an award winning journalist who started his journey in writing over thirty years ago as the sports columnist for the Village Voice. Since then he’s gone on to write for a wide variety […]