What is the NaNoWriMo Global Write-In Crawl (GWIC)? TL; DR: The Global Write-In Crawl (GWIC) is an international, volunteer-run event held over the chat app Discord where writers from all over the world are invited to socialize and participate in "stops" aka writing...
When I redid this website back in August of 2014 (God, has it seriously been that long???) I picked the theme I did because it was supposed to be mobile responsive and constantly updated so it would work on mobile even as standards changed. But then, shortly after the...
4TheWords is a fun and productive writing game that I've been playing since May 2018 and highly recommend. It gamifies writing, making the process of building a writing habit fun with an RPG style fantasy game where you defeat monsters, craft items and progress...
artwork by Melissa Schenter See a spooky production of my Edgar Allan Poe inspired play, The Raven / Lenore as well as two other great creepy plays, from the comfort of your own home this weekend only! The Rude Mechanicals, normally the home of kick-ass Shakespeare...
I've been on a blogging and social media hiatus basically since the pandemic started but that doesn't mean I haven't still been working. But things have been kind of crazy and time's blurring together so I figured now might be a great time to remind you of everything...
Long time no chat! I'm still on my hiatus from social media but I want to pop in with some exciting news! My first play specifically for elementary school aged performers and up, The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Storm, is now available exclusively through...
In other exciting news, Week Daze (formerly named Weak Days just to make my life as confusing as possible) is now available exclusively from Stage Partners! There are two separate versions of this play. One is a traditional stage play that can be performed socially...
I know that some of you out there are as obsessive as me when it comes to trying to figure out how far along you are in National Novel Writing Month so I decided to share my personal calculator. It's simple but powerful. This calculator will work in Open Office,...
It's actually a complete coincidence that The Myrtle, my romantic comedy about a tree that comes to life, is coming out on Arbor Day but it's too perfect so I'm certainly not mad about it! Check it out today in eBook and Paperback wherever such things are sold! The...
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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Review: Can 4TheWords, the fantasy game for writers, be used for editing and other off-site writing?
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