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The Love of Three Oranges: Everything you love about a musical but with more flexibility & half the cost

The Love of Three Oranges: Everything you love about a musical but with more flexibility & half the cost

by Hillary DePiano | Jan 26, 2012 | My Writing, Uncategorized

It’s pretty darn cold out there right now so it’s hard to remember that Spring is right around the corner. For schools, this means you’ll need to start thinking about your next musical. But money is tight everywhere and musicals can be so...
Submit your book to the Amazon 2012 Breakthrough Novel Award Contest (ABNA)

Submit your book to the Amazon 2012 Breakthrough Novel Award Contest (ABNA)

by Hillary DePiano | Jan 23, 2012 | NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)

Looking for something to do with your NaNoWriMo novel? What about that novel you wrote years ago that’s just been taking up space in a drawer? The Amazon 2012 Breakthrough Novel Award Contest (good grief, what a redundant name) is now open for entries! This...

A brief story about how I almost botched up my 10,000th tweet…

by Hillary DePiano | Jan 21, 2012 | Announcements, External Stimuli, Me, but Elsewhere, Personally...

One of the things people enjoy doing on Twitter is celebrating milestones. Follower milestones are a huge thing but a lesser thing are the number of tweets you have. This morning, I noticed that I was only 5 tweets away from my 10,000th tweet. Now, it may be silly,...
My new favorite review of The Love of Three Oranges

My new favorite review of The Love of Three Oranges

by Hillary DePiano | Jan 17, 2012 | My Writing, Uncategorized

I usually just pop onto Goodreads to add whatever I’ve read recently and I don’t always remember to look at my own books which is why it took me so long to notice this review from Katie: A big thank you to Katie for taking the time to write all of that up....

In which I start off 2012 by being horribly behind on my writing goal for the year…

by Hillary DePiano | Jan 15, 2012 | Living the Writing Life, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Personally...

Remember how insanely ahead of my goals I was last January? How I wrote every day and exceeded my goals like a boss? Yeah… to be on pace to hit my goal of 500,000 by the end of the year I should be at 20,548 words today. I just crossed 10,000…. But you...
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Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.

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