I have created a very simple and very effective writing motivator. It's a spreadsheet in which I've listed every one of my works in progress. This ranges from finished and published works to ideas I've only just started to jot down notes for. I've given myself space...
It's been a little over a month since NaNoWriMo ended and we all parted ways for the holidays. Now that you've had the time to recover from your November writing hangover, you're probably wondering... What do I do now with that novel I wrote for NaNoWriMo? It's a big...
Happy New Year! Today's the last day to grab New Year's Thieve for free on Amazon and then you never have to hear me go on about it again so I know you're excited about that! But before we dive head first into 2015, I wanted to take a moment to look back at my 2014...
New Year's Thieve is currently free on Amazon until January 1st, 2015 and since this is the very last time I'll be able to offer the eBook for free, I'm trying to get it in front of as many eyeballs as possible. To that end, I've taken some of the most popular New...
"We all get the exact same 365 days. The only difference is what we do with them.” -Hillary DePiano, New Year's Thieve It's almost New Year's Eve and my play, New Year's Thieve, is getting a lot of attention. I've never had a response like this to something I've...
My plan for this month was simple. I was determined to finish the rewrite of Mistress Novel, getting all the scenes I rewrote together and figuring out what still needed to be written before I started the final polishing of this version. Simple enough, I thought, and...
When my daughter was first starting to get mobile, I gave her a drawer in our bathroom that was filled with random junk she couldn't hurt herself with. This drawer bought me a few minutes and allowed me to go to the bathroom or brush my teeth while she emptied it. One...
I've had a couple of writing epiphanies recently and they've completely change how I approach the keyboard each day. For the first time in maybe ever I'm starting to really feel like I know what I'm doing. I think I've stumbled upon "my process" and have a plan going...
Hello, I am directing your wonderful play, The Love of Three Oranges. We have just begun rehearsals and are enjoying the process greatly. I want to ask you about the relationship between Pantalone and the King. What character in our world would you liken Pantalone...
Aw, just look at them. They look so cute together. I had the two of them sitting on my desk and I just had to snap a picture. It's crazy. The one-act version went from "Eh, I'll try it." to published in less than a year. It was December of last year that I told...
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