I just finished uploading both of my books, Friends Like These and Up All Night to lulu.com in eBook format. Once they're cataloged, they'll be available for purchase on the site! What's more, they'll soon be available in the iBookstore and on the Nook by Barnes & Noble. Unfortunately, they're not available on Amazon.com yet, but that's because I actually need to put together a whole separate Kindle edition (and use another ISBN number for each new version - that's six used out of my block of 10, instead of just four). However, I'm looking in to that process right now, and it seems incredibly simple. I might even be able to get it done by tonight. Wouldn't that be crazy? Honestly, five years ago I never thought of myself as a writer. Now, here I am with a full-length play, a musical, two short films and eight one-acts to my credit. It's amazing how things change.

As for the print editions, my latest proof copies should be arriving on Thursday, if FedEx is to be believed. I was all set to approve them and send 'em out to be distributed everywhere and anywhere, but I'm glad I waited before pulling the trigger. While reformatting my books for e-publication, I caught some errors that should be corrected before approval. Honestly, they're really tiny, nit-picky details but I wouldn't feel comfortable selling them with even these miniscule flaws.

So, once they're available... what then? Honestly, I have only the faintest idea. Obviously, I need to come up with a marketing plan for them. I'm thinking of offering both eBook versions on Kindle for free for a week, spreading the links around and aggregating some good reviews. Then? Well, then it's time to submit the scripts to companies, festivals and competitions. Now that I've pushed these scripts out into the world, I would love to see other people actually performing my work. I mean, that's the ultimate goal here, right? These are scripts, not books. They're not meant to just be read. They're supposed to be performed. I don't have a publisher behind me, so getting the word out may be a little more of an uphill climb, but this is the 21st century - the age of the Internet and social media. The world's a small place. I just need to figure out how to cut through all the noise.