I did a guest post for the Playscripts blog on Friday called Frugal Fantasy: Making Magic on a Less Than Fantastical Budget filled with tips for making magical effects happen on the stage even if you’re working on a school or community theatre budget. It’s filled with examples from both The Love of Three Oranges and The Green Bird so head on...
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In all the hubbub lately, I forgot to share that my play, Weak Days, won in the one-act category of The Chameleon Theatre Circle’s 16th Annual New Play Contest. They’ll be a reading of the play with minimal staging at The Chameleon Theatre Circle’s New Play Festival on Saturday, November 7, 2015. I love this weird little play and I’m so...
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One thing we’ve just got to discuss before NaNoWriMo ends is the fact that Writer’s Digest actually did a whole issue devoted to NaNoWriMo. It was even the cover story! The whole issue was packed with tips about writing a novel in a month and support for the event. But, wait… …what’s that? Up there by the little pull quote on...
Read MoreDon’t read all the sites I blog for? Here’s a peek at what you’ve been missing: I’m a target for spammers… because of my name? On “de” piano spam I’m always getting. I am constantly being bombarded on Twitter by spam for… pianos. It’s weird because usually the only large instruments a spammer is interested in is the one in your pants....
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Don’t read all the sites I blog for? Here’s a peek at what you’ve been missing: Here’s one fan’s account of what it was like to meet Jim Cummings at a conventio… Here’s one fan’s account of what it was like to meet Jim Cummings at a convention. Great info (and some pictures) for those wondering what it’s...
Read MoreDon’t read all the sites I blog for? Here’s a peek at what you’ve been missing: Apparently I don’t deserve to take breaks after all After writing this post, I decided that I needed to have “You deserve to take breaks!” written somewhere prominent where I would see it every day. I have a dry erase board above my computer (which...
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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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