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...
by Hillary DePiano | Apr 26, 2016 | Evergreen, External Stimuli, Playwriting and Theatre
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,...
by Hillary DePiano | Apr 21, 2016 | Evergreen, Playwriting and Theatre
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...
by Hillary DePiano | Apr 14, 2016 | Evergreen, Playwriting and Theatre
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...
by Hillary DePiano | Apr 12, 2016 | Evergreen, Playwriting and Theatre
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...
by Hillary DePiano | Apr 5, 2016 | Evergreen, My Writing, Playwriting and Theatre
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...