Pennwriters Conference – May 15-18, 2014
Join me this week at the 27th annual Pennwriters Conference in beautiful Lancaster, Pennsylvania where I’ll be teaching Social Media for Beginners, and Advanced Digital Marketing for Writers. Click here to register!
NEW CLASS! Jonathan Maberry’s WRITE AND SELL SHORT STORIES
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 […]
Social Media for Writers at the Princeton Public Library
Writers Joining Forces
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 […]
PodCamp Philly 2010
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 […]
Join Me at PodCamp Philly 2009
Are you wondering if your business can benefit from the use of New Media Tools, Strategies and Tactics? Are you already involved in New Media and now you’re wondering how to optimize your strategy and growing network to raise market awareness and drive revenue? Then the best deal in town this weekend is 2009 PodCamp […]
Creative Cross Promotion for Writers
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 […]
12 Social Media Essentials For Writers
Creating a Social Media Footprint is a no-brainer for a writer establishing platform — fiction and non-fiction. Set aside three or four hours of your self-marketing time to knock out the following list of basics, and you’ll be well on your way to having your name and your work more search-able and share-able. 1. Blog […]
Twitter and the Two Questions
“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 […]