by Hillary DePiano | Aug 31, 2009 | Announcements, External Stimuli, In Their Words, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.” -Kurt VonnegutIn The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, flying is described as throwing yourself at the ground and missing. Isn’t that what writing...
by Hillary DePiano | Aug 24, 2009 | Announcements, External Stimuli, In Their Words, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
“I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged… I had poems which were re-written so many times I suspect it was just a way of avoiding sending them out.” -Erica JongI really hope this...
by Hillary DePiano | Aug 19, 2009 | Announcements, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
At 4 PM EST today, I’m going to be on my friend Henry’s Author Talk internet radio show to chat about publishing, print-on-demand printing, writing, Lulu.com, CreateSpace, Amazon, Booksurge, LSI and whatever else comes up over the course of this half hour...
by Hillary DePiano | Aug 19, 2009 | Living the Writing Life, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
Long time readers (and real life friends) know that I have been working on a novel for so long that I usually just refer to it as, The Novel, and people know what I mean. I want to finish it. I have been working on it for far too long. It is also my epic masterpiece...
by Hillary DePiano | Aug 17, 2009 | Announcements, External Stimuli, In Their Words, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
“Motivation is when your dreams put on work clothes.” -Benjamin FranklinThat’s what it boils down to, isn’t it? It’s a ton of fun to make up a story, picture yourself winning the Pulizer, pose in front of a mirror for the make-believe...
Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.
