| Freelance Writing Bill Cissna has written advertising, brochure and public relations copy since 1974. A part-time travel and copywriter from 1991 to 1998, he worked full-time in the travel & tourism trade from late 1998 to early 2004. Today, he writes on travel, people profiles, the arts and other subjects for a variety of publications. ********** Plays, Novels and Other Fictions For full details on plays written since 2006, click here, or on the "Plays" button to the left. My blog about writing and encountering plays can be found here. Novels to date are A Simple Murder and Fictionography of a Mental Coward. Earlier short fiction can be found here. *********** Voiceover Work Bill has used his voice as a singer over the years, and sometimes, for radio and V/O. After fall 2009 training and professional production of demo recordings (commercial and narration), Bill can create professional voiceover work from his home digital recording space or at your regional, central North Carolina studio. *********** For more about Bill's experience, click on "About Me." For examples of articles and placements, click on "What I Do." |
Bill Cissna
Freelance Writer, Playwright
and Novelist
and Novelist
Website contents copyright 2006-2012, William D. Cissna
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Upcoming "History of Mysteries" lectures and book
signings are:
- Wednesday, June 20, 2012, at 7:00 p.m. (note:
originally, noon), Forsyth County Public Library,
Central Library Auditorium, downtown
Winston-Salem.
- Thursday, July 5, 2012, at 1:00 p.m., Frank Sarris
Public Library, 35 N. Jefferson Ave., Canonsburg, PA.
- Monday, August 27, 2012, at 6:30 p.m., Mount Airy
Public Library, 145 Rockford St., Mount Airy, NC.
Two novels are available as e-Books on Kindle and
Nook - genre detective novel A SIMPLE MURDER and
coming-of-age (and light parody) novel
FICTIONOGRAPHY OF A MENTAL COWARD. A SIMPLE
MURDER also available in hard copy through
Amazon.com. Just search "Bill Cissna."
I was part of the cast of the staged reading of "8" at
Theatre Alliance, Winston-Salem, on April 27.
Had a fine time May 9 in Lewisville and March 10
with the Walkertown Friends of the Library Book
Club!
"At The Shrine" was at the inaugural The Top :10
short play fest at the Franklin Park Arts Center,
Purcellville, VA, August 5-7, 2011.
"Communication Gap" was part of Evening of Short
Plays #24, Drama Center Theatre, Greensboro
Cultural Center, Greensboro, February 10-13, 2011.
January 28, 2011 - staged reading of Bill's second
full-length play script, "All About Faith" (at Theatre
Alliance in Winston-Salem).
The October 2010 world premiere of "Conversations
in a Cafe" (now available in print form).
signings are:
- Wednesday, June 20, 2012, at 7:00 p.m. (note:
originally, noon), Forsyth County Public Library,
Central Library Auditorium, downtown
Winston-Salem.
- Thursday, July 5, 2012, at 1:00 p.m., Frank Sarris
Public Library, 35 N. Jefferson Ave., Canonsburg, PA.
- Monday, August 27, 2012, at 6:30 p.m., Mount Airy
Public Library, 145 Rockford St., Mount Airy, NC.
Two novels are available as e-Books on Kindle and
Nook - genre detective novel A SIMPLE MURDER and
coming-of-age (and light parody) novel
FICTIONOGRAPHY OF A MENTAL COWARD. A SIMPLE
MURDER also available in hard copy through
Amazon.com. Just search "Bill Cissna."
I was part of the cast of the staged reading of "8" at
Theatre Alliance, Winston-Salem, on April 27.
Had a fine time May 9 in Lewisville and March 10
with the Walkertown Friends of the Library Book
Club!
"At The Shrine" was at the inaugural The Top :10
short play fest at the Franklin Park Arts Center,
Purcellville, VA, August 5-7, 2011.
"Communication Gap" was part of Evening of Short
Plays #24, Drama Center Theatre, Greensboro
Cultural Center, Greensboro, February 10-13, 2011.
January 28, 2011 - staged reading of Bill's second
full-length play script, "All About Faith" (at Theatre
Alliance in Winston-Salem).
The October 2010 world premiere of "Conversations
in a Cafe" (now available in print form).
Photo by Gene Stafford