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6 Jane Austen novels. 9 genres. 1 epic new comedy.

6 Jane Austen novels. 9 genres. 1 epic new comedy.

by Hillary DePiano | Nov 30, 2016 | Announcements

What happens when you take Jane Austen’s six classic novels and mix them up with nine of the most popular genres of today? With anywhere from two to a dozen or more actors running around wildly playing all the parts? And then do the whole mess in less time than...
Save big on my plays with holiday discounts from Playscripts and YouthPLAYS

Save big on my plays with holiday discounts from Playscripts and YouthPLAYS

by Hillary DePiano | Nov 29, 2016 | Announcements, My Writing, Uncategorized

If you’ve been waiting for the chance, to buy All The Plays by Hillary DePiano, now’s your chance! Both YouthPLAYS and Playscripts, who between them have 9 of my plays available, are running holiday sales but you gotta be quick to take advantage because...
Positive you won’t hit your NaNoWriMo goal this year? You owe it to yourself to keep trying anyway.

Positive you won’t hit your NaNoWriMo goal this year? You owe it to yourself to keep trying anyway.

by Hillary DePiano | Nov 25, 2016 | Evergreen, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)

At the moment I’m writing this, I’m 42,488 words behind on my goal for NaNoWriMo. On my lesser goal? I’m 24,772 words behind. Yeesh. That’s a big deficit. And if I can’t hit my goal, what’s the point of writing anymore at all? It...
The pen is mighty. (A post election NaNoWriMo pep talk)

The pen is mighty. (A post election NaNoWriMo pep talk)

by Hillary DePiano | Nov 14, 2016 | NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration

I had a pep talk all ready for this week that was your standard NaNoWriMo stuff but I scrapped it because we’ve had anything but a standard NaNoWriMo this year and it’s silly to ignore the elephant in the room. (Pun intended.) How can I be all “Rah...
Want to finish your novel? When you feel like quitting, DON’T!

Want to finish your novel? When you feel like quitting, DON’T!

by Hillary DePiano | Nov 7, 2016 | Evergreen, Uncategorized

You’re working on your novel. You’re writing away and the words are flowing great and then it hits you. The doubt. You have no idea where you were going with this. The characters are all stupid. What made you think you could pull this off? You’re...
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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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