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My new comedy, Polar Twilight, coming soon from Playscripts, Inc

My new comedy, Polar Twilight, coming soon from Playscripts, Inc

by Hillary DePiano | Jun 29, 2012 | Announcements, My Writing, Uncategorized

If you were to visit my Playscripts author page right now, you’d noticed something downright interesting underneath the listing for The Love of Three Oranges. Namely, that they seem to be under the impression I’ve another play by the name of Polar...
The Office of Letters and Light discontinues NaNoWriMo’s sister event, Script Frenzy

The Office of Letters and Light discontinues NaNoWriMo’s sister event, Script Frenzy

by Hillary DePiano | Jun 26, 2012 | NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), Playwriting and Theatre

While I’ll have my own thoughts and analysis on this available in a later post, here’s the official word from the OLL today: Dear Scriptwriters, One thing that has made us proud over the years is how many people can call themselves scriptwriters because of...
“Move a log. Go nuts.”

“Move a log. Go nuts.”

by Hillary DePiano | Jun 25, 2012 | External Stimuli, My Writing, Uncategorized

At the beginning of Act 2, Scene 3 of The Love of Three Oranges, the stage directions read: Strike the cauldron. It’s a different part of the forest. Change the lights if you want. Move a log. Go nuts. This is, of course, the least professional stage direction...

Beyond Amazon, eBay, and Etsy: My *almost* bestselling book

by Hillary DePiano | Jun 19, 2012 | External Stimuli, Me, but Elsewhere, My Writing

Clearly, blogging has gotten complete out of hand the last few weeks. I took the time to explain a bit of why over on The Whine Seller so I won’t repeat myself here. I will say, in addition to being busy, one of the reasons I’ve been so quiet is that there...
National Novel Writing Month Success: 30 NaNoWriMo Tips from GalleyCat

National Novel Writing Month Success: 30 NaNoWriMo Tips from GalleyCat

by Hillary DePiano | Jun 4, 2012 | NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)

The fantastic publishing resource, GalleyCat, shared these 30 great tips for succeeding at NaNoWriMo in 2011. Whether you’re taking this challenge in November or as part of Camp NaNoWriMo, you’ll want to check out their great advice....
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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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