by Hillary DePiano | Apr 10, 2012 | External Stimuli, Living the Writing Life, Personally...
Last night, I had a dream that I was a tribute in The Hunger Games. But that, in addition to having to try to stay alive and not starve to death all while fighting off the other tributes, I also had to write a 100 page script in a month to be allowed to live. I was...
by Hillary DePiano | Apr 6, 2012 | External Stimuli, Living the Writing Life, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), Personally...
So, my failing health aside, you wonder, how are things? I haven’t written a personal post in a while because, frankly, I’ve been mostly miserable and who wants to hear me whine? Nobody. But you know I’m sick so there’s no point on dwelling on...
by Hillary DePiano | Mar 27, 2012 | External Stimuli, Personally...
So, remember how I was really sick? I went through all my prescription meds like a good girl and went from “OMG I’m dying!” to “Very Bad Cold” which seemed like a big improvement so I figured I would be better before I knew it....
by Hillary DePiano | Mar 22, 2012 | External Stimuli, Personally...
We need to talk about this: If you can’t watch the video for some reason, it’s The Electric Mayhem (the most awesome Muppet rock band since The Riverbottom Nightmare Band and props to you if you know who they are) as the musical guest on Jimmy Kimmel last...
by Hillary DePiano | Mar 17, 2012 | External Stimuli, Personally...
I’m walking around the house when I drop the book I’ve been reading. It falls, spine first, and falls open. I lean down to pick it up and my eyes accidentally fall on some words at random. I don’t consciously try to read them but I do anyway and it...
by Hillary DePiano | Mar 10, 2012 | External Stimuli, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
Because at least once in everything I write, someone tells someone else to “clam down.”