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November 20, 2011
The Aaron Goldfarb Bookstore
While you can buy my books and ebooks on both Amazon, BN, and at bookstores, I wanted to offer personally (and personalized) autographed copies for any one interested. HOW TO FAIL: THE SELF-HURT GUIDE autographed, $15.00 THE CHEAT SHEET autographed, $10 AUTOGRAPHED DUO both autographed, $20.00 I can sign the books to [...]
November 15, 2011
The Speech That Was Never Spoken
Last week I was invited to speak about using social media to promote your creative business. Actually...I wasn't. I just thought I was. (I was actually invited to be one of five members of a panel discussion at Brooklyn Winery during which I drank too much and acted contrarian too often). Thus, I prepared a [...]
November 8, 2011
“How to Fail” Turns One: 101 Things I’ve Learned About Books in the Past Year
Exactly 366 days ago, I was just another schlub. The next day my first novel "How to Fail: The Self-Hurt Guide" was released and my life completely changed. I've learned so much these past 365 days, like: 1. It's always better to tell people you're an "author" as opposed to a "writer." Everyone is a [...]
"How to Fail" Turns One: 101 Things I've Learned About Books in the Past Year
Exactly 366 days ago, I was just another schlub. The next day my first novel "How to Fail: The Self-Hurt Guide" was released and my life completely changed. I've learned so much these past 365 days, like: 1. It's always better to tell people you're an "author" as opposed to a "writer." Everyone is a [...]
September 10, 2011
“The Boyfriend Trials” Adapted
FINALLY available online, here is the short film adaptation of "The Boyfriend Trials" from last year's "The Cheat Sheet" Film Festival. THE BOYFRIEND TRIALS It seems the older I get, the pickier I get about my boyfriends. Back when I was seventeen, I'd date a guy if he simply had a car to drive me [...]
"The Boyfriend Trials" Adapted
FINALLY available online, here is the short film adaptation of "The Boyfriend Trials" from last year's "The Cheat Sheet" Film Festival. THE BOYFRIEND TRIALS It seems the older I get, the pickier I get about my boyfriends. Back when I was seventeen, I'd date a guy if he simply had a car to drive me [...]
September 7, 2011
Why Does No One Buy Short Stories? The Paradox
Lately, when writing friends speak to me for the first time in a while, they ask how my short story collection "The Cheat Sheet" is selling. "Honestly...not great," I tell them. "Oh, I'm sorry," they say, in the hushed tone usually reserved for news of a death in the family. It's no big deal I [...]
August 12, 2011
The Design of THE CHEAT SHEET
I'm biased, of course, but I seriously think "The Cheat Sheet" is one of the best designed short story collections I've ever seen. I gave my designer Nicole Pagliaro carte blanche and she chose a different design for each of the eleven stories, something I'd never heard being done before. I wanted to know her [...]
July 29, 2011
“The Cheat Sheet” NOW in Paperback!
I never thought The Cheat Sheet would be anything more than an ebook, yet people kept asking for a "real" book and now here it is. The Cheat Sheet in paperback! Beautifully designed by Nicole Pagliaro, each of the eleven stories has a unique design to best accentuate the story. As far as I know, [...]
"The Cheat Sheet" NOW in Paperback!
I never thought The Cheat Sheet would be anything more than an ebook, yet people kept asking for a "real" book and now here it is. The Cheat Sheet in paperback! Beautifully designed by Nicole Pagliaro, each of the eleven stories has a unique design to best accentuate the story. As far as I know, [...]
