Someone wants to perform your self-published play, woohoo! But, uh, how do you know what to charge? How do you go about licensing productions? How do you craft a good performance agreement? That's what we're covering in today's question from the Mailbag about...
Trailer from RPI Players production of The Love of Three Oranges (+ TLOTO reaction GIFs!)
A friend called my attention to this great trailer from RPI Players production of The Love of Three Oranges that I totally missed back when the production happened back in November of 2015....
Getting The Drama Book Store or any brick and mortar bookstore to stock your self-published play or book
I mentioned back in this post that I was a vendor with the Drama Book Shop which is one of the largest and most influential theatre bookstores in the world. That means they physically stock some of my plays in their awesome store. This questions asks for some...
What’s the deal with sellers listing “used” copies of my newly self-published book?
Here's another one from the mailbag about self-publishing a stage play... I've noticed that on both your sales pages and mine, there are listings for "New" and "Used" copies of our respective books. How can that be if we're presumably the only publisher? I know I...
Video of Blue Pearl Theatrics’ production of Three Padded Walls
If you missed Three Padded Walls in its run Off Off Broadway, now you've got the chance to watch it in full. Blue Pearl Theatrics was kind enough to put a video of the whole performance up on YouTube for your viewing pleasure. Please note that, while the script itself...
eBooks, printed books and the format details of selling a self-published stage play
Should you publish your play as a printed book or eBook only? What formats should you use? What platforms? Dipping back into the mailbag today for another one of the questions I got on my big post about self-publishing a stage play. Thanks for your helpful post on my...
A personal thank you to The Drama Book Shop
As most people in the theatre community have heard by now, The Drama Book Shop, one of the largest and most important drama bookstores in the world, was badly damaged by a burst pipe, losing tons of inventory in one of their most popular sections. If you haven't...
Tips for getting a self-published play out there and produced
Once you self-publish a play, how do you get it produced? That's what we're talking about with this question from the Mailbag. (In this series, I'm answering some of the questions I got in response to my big post about self-publishing a stage play.) Great to read your...
Whether you’ve finished your NaNoWriMo novel or not, NaNo What Now? is your guide to the next steps
I've got a brand new book out today in eBook and paperback, NaNo What Now? Finding your editing process, revising your NaNoWriMo book and building a writing career through publishing and beyond, and you may be wondering if this book is for you. To give you a better...
Three Padded Walls goes Off Off Broadway at The Bridge Theater this February 20th – 21st
Three Padded Walls, a play I originally wrote in high school and rewrote last year, will be a part of Dimensions presented at The Bridge Theater on February 20th and February 21st. This is the first production of one of my shows in NYC since Columbia Prep did The Love...
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