I know how it is. You’ve been meaning to grab a copy of my newest play, Daddy Issues, but you kept forgetting. Well, now you really have no excuse.

While the play is normally a mere 99 cents, from January 9th through 13th, you can grab the whole thing completely for free. That applies no matter how many people download and you don’t even need a coupon or anything fancy. Just follow this link and the whole play will be yours in a few clicks.

Download a copy for yourself and then make your father grab one too. (This play is a real Dad pleaser.) Heck, get all your theatre buddies to snag a free copy or every random person you know! No matter how many copies go out, the entire play is still free to anyone and everyone during this 5 day promotion. Pretty neat, huh?

Don’t have a Kindle? Here’s how to read your free copy on your computer, cell phone or tablet.

Oh and if you do take advantage of this free copy promotion, I’d greatly appreciate your taking a moment to write up a brief review of the book on Amazon!

But, remember, you only have until Friday the 13th to take advantage of this offer so you should probably go grab your free copy right now before you forget again.

Want a copy of my newest play don’t have $1 for the eBook or $2.99 for the paperback? (Man, you’re poor! )

I’ve partnered with Goodreads to do a giveaway where you can win a free copy. The best part is that the contest is open internationally as well as in the US so everyone can play.

It’s super easy to enter. Log into your Goodreads account and then hit the “Enter to win” button below. There are three copies up for grabs so your chances are winning are three times better. Goodreads will randomly pick a winner on September 1st, 2011.

Don’t have a Goodreads account? Well then just sign up! It’s free to join.

I’ve got my fingers crossed for you!

Sick of your Screnzy script? Need some extra pages because you came up short of 100 pages? Consider entering Playscripts’ Thornton Wilder Playwriting Contest.

One of the cool things about this contest is that it’s free to enter and the prize is the publication of your play. And if you’re lacking for inspiration, Thornton Wilder has already provided the foundation. I’ll let Playscripts explain:

Thornton Wilder Playwriting Contest

Attention playwrights!

Playscripts, Inc. is partnering with the Thornton Wilder Estate to launch a contest based on Thornton Wilder’s playlets.

Choose from 12 of Wilder’s three-minute gems and use this play as a foundation to create your own expanded adaptation.

The winning play will be published and licensed by Playscripts, Inc., premiered at NYC’s Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in Fall 2011, and promoted for future productions.

Guidelines:

• Duration: The playing time should be 30 minutes.
• Cast size: The cast should include at least 12 roles, and may include many more. If you would like to propose a play with 20 roles, by all means do so, as long as double-casting is possible.
• Content: All material should be PG-13 or cleaner, as these plays will be promoted for high school one-act performances.
• Tech requirements: No extreme technical constraints. The play should be as imaginative as possible without too many realistic necessities.

Choose one of the following Playlets:

Nascuntur Poetae
Proserpina and the Devil
Fanny Otcott
Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came
The Penny that Beauty Spent
Brother Fire
The Angel on the Ship
The Message and the Jehanne
Centaurs
Leviathan
Christmas Interludes II
Flamingo Red

You can read all of the playlets here.

Judges for final round include: Ken Ludwig (Playwright, Lend Me A Tenor, Crazy for You); Julie Vatain (Translator/adapter and professor at the Sorbonne University in Paris); Jackson Bryer (Thornton Wilder Society President).

To submit, please visit www.playscripts.com/submit and fill out the regular submission form. In the Comments field, write: WILDER CONTEST ENTRY. Please also indicate which playlet you have adapted if it is not clear from the title of your play.

Submissions must be received by June 15, 2011 so get writing!

Note: The Playlets listed above are in the public domain. It is therefore not necessary to seek permission to perform or publish works based on these plays.

A 30 minute play is only about 30 pages long.

Only 30 pages and you’re giving us something to base it off of? Pishaw, we Screnziers can do that in our sleep!