My meta suspense drama, Three Padded Walls, is now available through YouthPLAYS. Â That means they've got printable eScripts and bound acting editions (with an extended Q & A session with yours truly I think you'll enjoy) up for sale as well as a very generous...
Quickie answering some reader questions on my Self-Publishing a Stage Play series
Here's a super quickie continuing my Self-Publishing a Stage Play series. This is a question I got from a reader and I'm sharing what I replied. Remember, you can read all the other posts in this series by clicking on the series title box just above this line. It will...
A Playwriting Parent Reviews: Action! Writing Your Own Play by Nancy Loewen
As both a playwright and a parent, it delighted me when my daughter starting integrating playwriting into her games. She's always telling me about the play she's writing and every keyboard is an opportunity for her to work on "her script" (which sounds way better than...
Can you give your play a wider retail footprint if it’s already traditionally published?
Self-publishing a play can be a good idea and I covered a bunch of questions on that over in this big post. But I've since gotten some follow up questions to that big post and wanted to make a little series of the answers. One of the things I cover in that big post...
A quickie from the mailbag on self-publishing and imprint names
Also, I noticed that your books have their own publishing moniker: Hilarity Ensues. How can I get my own imprint if I'm using CreateSpace? It seems like they don't give you that option. I have a registered LLC that I own and we also possess the Trading As name,...
Playwrights, start a mailing list of past productions to market your latest plays
I've mentioned that most of my productions come from my mailing list but what if you don't have one yet? This question come from a comment on one of the other posts in this series, but I'm popping it out to give it better visibility. Great info, Hillary. How do you...
What’s the best place for bulk orders of a printed book or script?
Do you do bulk orders through CreateSpace? This was part of a longer Mailbag question that I separated out because the answer is long. In 2002, when I started this self-publishing journey, print-on-demand printing was WAY more expensive than it is now. I used POD...
Three Padded Walls is coming to YouthPlays
I wasn't sure if I was allowed to say anything about this news yet but then I visited the YouthPlays website and, well, just look at it. Not seeing it? Let me do the zoom for you. Whoa! Hey! That's me! One of many reasons I'm excited that YouthPlays going to be...
Three Padded Walls is part of The Dover Little Theatre’s One Act Play Festival April 22nd-24th
I'm a bit embarrassed to admit I didn't even realize there was a theatre in Dover and it's practically in my backyard! But now that I've been clued into this wonderful local gem, I'm excited to announce that Three Padded Walls will be part of their Third Annual One...
Invoicing and getting paid for productions of your self-published stage play
Back in this mailbag post, we talked about how you figure out what to charge for licensing a production and how I like to offer a bulk discount on printed scripts for schools and groups doing a show. But what we didn't address in that post was how you actually get...
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