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Pausing my novel revision for a bit to go back to being a playwright

Pausing my novel revision for a bit to go back to being a playwright

by Hillary DePiano | May 28, 2016 | Living the Writing Life, My Writing, Uncategorized

While I’m not exactly live tweeting my revision (though a bunch of people are on Twitter and it’s very useful to see other writers going through the process to know you’re not alone), I’ve been trying to post regular-ish updates here to give...
Three Padded Walls is now available for purchase & licensing at YouthPLAYS

Three Padded Walls is now available for purchase & licensing at YouthPLAYS

by Hillary DePiano | May 26, 2016 | Announcements, My Writing, Uncategorized

My meta suspense drama, Three Padded Walls, is now available through YouthPLAYS.  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...
Quickie answering some reader questions on my Self-Publishing a Stage Play series

Quickie answering some reader questions on my Self-Publishing a Stage Play series

by Hillary DePiano | May 24, 2016 | Playwriting and Theatre

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...
A Playwriting Parent Reviews: Action! Writing Your Own Play by Nancy Loewen

A Playwriting Parent Reviews: Action! Writing Your Own Play by Nancy Loewen

by Hillary DePiano | May 21, 2016 | Evergreen, Playwriting and Theatre

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”...
Can you give your play a wider retail footprint if it’s already traditionally published?

Can you give your play a wider retail footprint if it’s already traditionally published?

by Hillary DePiano | May 10, 2016 | Evergreen, Playwriting and Theatre

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...
A quickie from the mailbag on self-publishing and imprint names

A quickie from the mailbag on self-publishing and imprint names

by Hillary DePiano | May 3, 2016 | Evergreen, Playwriting and Theatre

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...
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