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By Don Lafferty | Author Events
Nice coverage of Local and Independent Author Day at the Princeton Public Library in the Trenton Times by Krystal Knapp. Thanks to Janie Hermann for sending me the clip.
By Don Lafferty | Author Events
Nice coverage of Local and Independent Author Day at the Princeton Public Library in the Trenton Times by Krystal Knapp. Thanks to Janie Hermann for sending me the clip.
By Don Lafferty | Writing
I’m in next month’s print version of Writer’s Digest magazine. Hats off to my bud and fellow Liar, Marie Lamba for pulling together the article, Joining Forces – Partnering with other authors can give you leverage for your career—and a whole host of other benefits besides. Here’s how to do it. And all this time […]
By Don Lafferty | Sales
When my friend and colleague, Norm MacInnis, asked me to speak to the New England Chapter of the Electronics Representatives Association about “social media”, I almost jumped out of my chair and jogged the three hundred miles to Boston. Since my days carry the bag for Multek, I’ve been trying to get a company in […]
By Don Lafferty | Writing
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 […]
By Don Lafferty | Writing
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 […]
By Don Lafferty | Author Events
Buckle up for the fastest hour of social media how-to for authors, when the Backspace Writers Conference turns me loose from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm on Friday, May 28th. I’m bummed that my time slot is up against Karen Dionne’s Agent-Author Relationship panel, featuring Scott Hoffman, Norb Vonnegut, Jeff Kleinman, and Elizabeth Letts, but […]
By Don Lafferty | Author Events
The next stop on the Philly Liar’s Truth Tour is Aaron’s Books, in downtown Lititz, PA. We’re doing it on a Friday this time, August 14 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. This should be a ton of fun because it coincides with “Lovin’ Lititz Every Second!” 2nd Friday, when shops, restaurants, and galleries team up […]
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 […]