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Ask a NaNoWriMo ML: What does participation entail? Do I have to attend events in my area?

Ask a NaNoWriMo ML: What does participation entail? Do I have to attend events in my area?

by Hillary DePiano | Oct 11, 2012 | NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)

Leading up to NaNoWriMo, I’m going to tackle a few Frequently Asked Questions for both the Wrimos in my area and around the web. This one comes from fontiptoes on Tumblr. So, I would really like to participate, but I am kinda clueless about the concept. Here’s...

Presenting the cover for the acting edition of my newest play, Polar Twilight!

by Hillary DePiano | Oct 2, 2012 | My Writing, Uncategorized

Even though Polar Twilight went on sale in July, I actually hadn’t gotten my author copies from Playscripts until this week. I didn’t even know what color the cover would be, though I was pretty sure it would be red. With a Christmas play, it seems like...
That time Michael Clarke Duncan and I watched Mariah Carey sing

That time Michael Clarke Duncan and I watched Mariah Carey sing

by Hillary DePiano | Sep 3, 2012 | External Stimuli, Personally...

I have run into very few celebrities in my life despite the fact that I used to work in entertainment. I’ve actually spoken to still fewer and I can actually think of only a handful that I’ve actually exchanged multiple sentences with. One of these was...
The Origin of Polar Twilight (aka Where did I get the idea for my newest play?)

The Origin of Polar Twilight (aka Where did I get the idea for my newest play?)

by Hillary DePiano | Aug 10, 2012 | My Writing, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Uncategorized

After Three Oranges was published in the spring of last year, I started brainstorming ideas for other plays. Don’t get me wrong, I had three other plays in progress before the Playscripts version of Three Oranges went to print but none of them would appeal to...

A quote from The Love of Three Oranges has gone somewhat viral and I feel weird about it

by Hillary DePiano | Aug 4, 2012 | External Stimuli, In Their Words, My Writing, Personally...

There’s this weird spam-bot like Twitter account called AdvisorIsIn that just tweets the same messages over and over again (it seems like about once every two days or so it repeats its cycle). I’ve tried writing to “Eve” multiple times but it...
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