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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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