by Hillary DePiano | Jun 29, 2010 | Personally...
(The following happened a long while ago. I’m only just writing about it now because I wanted to let enough time elapse that the offender wouldn’t recognize themselves in this post on the off chance they find it.)An acquaintance of mine just had a horrible...
by Hillary DePiano | Jun 26, 2010 | Personally...
Guys… I’m really ticked. Yesterday, we got a letter in the mail. It was hand addressed. The front was addressed to my husband (Mr. HusbandsFirstName HusbandsLastName) and the return address was a male name so I put it on the counter for him without another...
by Hillary DePiano | Jun 21, 2010 | Living the Writing Life, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Personally...
I was sitting here lamenting how much work I’ve had to do lately and how overworked and just plain fried I am when I remembered the STFU Policy and decided instead to channel all that frustration and rage into something useful. Viola!I channeled my distress into...
by Hillary DePiano | Jun 5, 2010 | Living the Writing Life, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
I am good at taking other people’s gibberish and making it sound really good. I know this is a blessing, otherwise I’d be one of those people writing gibberish in the first place and wishing I could make it sound good. But it’s a strange and...