by Hillary DePiano | Jul 13, 2009 | Announcements, External Stimuli, In Their Words, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
“The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt it didn’t matter.” -Edward AlbeeBoy, does this quote speak to me. I am always struggling with telling myself writing is important when there are so many...
by Hillary DePiano | Jul 6, 2009 | Announcements, External Stimuli, In Their Words, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
“The reason 99% of all stories written are not bought by editors is very simple. Editors never buy manuscripts that are left on the closet shelf at home.” -John W. Campbell Damn right! I always look to this quote when I feel like it is impossible to get...
by Hillary DePiano | Jul 1, 2009 | External Stimuli
Quickly, someone draw up plans for a ski lodge in Hell because that shiz is freezing over. You guys know my terrible calendar?Check out today’s entry:There is something about summer days that really does feel lazy. July is a good month to experiment with doing...
by Hillary DePiano | Jun 30, 2009 | Announcements, External Stimuli, In Their Words, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
“You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance.” -Ray Bradbury I’ve wanted to do this for a really long while so I’m really going to try to stick with this and do a quote a week. If nothing else, reading them inspires me so hopefully it will do the...
by Hillary DePiano | Jun 29, 2009 | External Stimuli
I haven’t posted a random spam message in ages but this one deserved a special mention for it’s sheer randomness. Here we go:Subject: except it be a woman old;could twist the sinews of thy heart? here, at his watch, gave him the chance of earning the...
by Hillary DePiano | Jun 21, 2009 | External Stimuli, Uncategorized
“Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning how to dance in the rain.” -Anonymous So, I heard this quote for the first time today and just wasted all this time looking up who said it to attribute it properly. If you are...
Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.
