Yes, I have yet another publishing announcement. I'm apparently only productive in weird spurts, I don't know what to tell you. But in addition to my new play, The She Bear, the big revision of The Green Bird (which is live so update your eBook copies), and the brand...
I honestly didn't think it was possible but I pulled it off! After finishing a big revision of The Green Bird at the very end of December, I spent the beginning of January chopping the two-hour full length play down to about half an hour. It was such an incredibly...
Yes, siree, only the highest quality Photoshopping is good enough for my blog... If you thought The Revenant would have been better if Leonardo DiCaprio & the bear fell in love HAVE I GOT A PLAY FOR YOU! The second of my Tale of Tales plays is now available for...
There's been a lot of traffic to this post, What's different in Hillary DePiano's adaptation of The Green Bird vs Carlo Gozzi's commedia dell'arte original?, so I figured I'd do you one better and share the full synopsis. I had to write up a summary of the entire...
I had some experience with a quote from The Love of Three Oranges going somewhat viral a few years ago but it was nothing like what happened with this line from my play, New Year's Thieve. Shortly after the play was released last year, I was seeing it everywhere......
I have a special relationship with 30,000 words. Before that point, it's a long slog, plodding uphill with a story that feels like dead weight hanging over my shoulders. But once I hit 30 large, I reach what I call the "Get this novel out of my freaking face" stage...
Give yourself permission to write. Sounds simple, right? Sometimes it’s the hardest thing of all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8h90yUTk5A&feature=youtu.be If you'd rather read than watch, the original pep talk can be found here.
If you're new to NaNoWriMo or if you've only ever participated online and haven't gone to the in-person events, you've missed out on one of the coolest National Novel Writing Month traditions. Collectible stickers! Every year, there's a limited run of a new design...
I'm having a kind of crazy year and I think it's probably easiest to just show you what I mean rather than try to explain. Not counting all the events I'm running (and fundraising stunts I'm coordinating) for NaNoWriMo or family holidays and other obligations, this is...
This is another Frequently Asked Question I get every year. What is a NaNoWriMo rebel? How do you become one? What are the rules of being one? Simply put, anyone who is creating their own version of the NaNoWriMo challenge instead of following the official contest...
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