by Hillary DePiano | Aug 24, 2009 | Announcements, External Stimuli, In Their Words, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
“I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged… I had poems which were re-written so many times I suspect it was just a way of avoiding sending them out.” -Erica JongI really hope this...
by Hillary DePiano | Aug 17, 2009 | Announcements, External Stimuli, In Their Words, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
“Motivation is when your dreams put on work clothes.” -Benjamin FranklinThat’s what it boils down to, isn’t it? It’s a ton of fun to make up a story, picture yourself winning the Pulizer, pose in front of a mirror for the make-believe...
by Hillary DePiano | Aug 10, 2009 | Announcements, External Stimuli, In Their Words, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
“Each juggler should be trained in the ignorance of the laws of physics.” -Stanislaw Jerzy LecThere has to be a certain amount of ignorance or just plain delusion in writing. It’s the delusion that people would want to read what you have to say,...
by Hillary DePiano | Aug 3, 2009 | Announcements, External Stimuli, In Their Words, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
“I admire anybody who has the guts to write anything at all.” -E. B. White
by Hillary DePiano | Jul 27, 2009 | Announcements, External Stimuli, In Their Words, Living the Writing Life, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” -George Elliot Nothing puts a fire under me better than when I am helping an older person with publishing their book and they are racing to get all their ideas published because they are afraid they...
by Hillary DePiano | Jul 20, 2009 | Announcements, External Stimuli, In Their Words, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
“Opportunity dances with those who are already on the dance floor.” -H. Jackson Brown Jr.That is one thing I have always noticed. There is not one “overnight success” that didn’t work their butts off for years to get there. Every thing...
Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.
