by Hillary DePiano | Mar 7, 2012 | External Stimuli, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Playwriting and Theatre
OK, a little background. Over on the Script Frenzy site, some of us NaNoWriMo alumni were talking about Screnzy and what it’s like being a veteran of both. nature-elf aka Melinda Chen mentioned that she was originally reluctant to try Script Frenzy because it...
by Hillary DePiano | Dec 15, 2011 | External Stimuli, Me, but Elsewhere, My Writing, Uncategorized
So, you know how I said this post was my last one for the holidays? I lied. Because I just had to pop back on to show you this awesome review that the Sacramento News & Review did of Uh, Yup’s Production of The Love of Three Oranges. This is the highest...
by Hillary DePiano | Nov 21, 2011 | External Stimuli, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)
Thanksgiving falls right in the thick of National Novel Writing Month. For every person who sees this as a blessing, someone else considers this a detriment to getting their novel done. I’m here to give you some tips so, no matter what your plans for the holiday...
by Hillary DePiano | Nov 9, 2011 | External Stimuli, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)
I’ve been looking all over the internet and Tumblr (which is like a weird sub internet) for inspirational posters and graphics themed around NaNoWriMo to share with readers both here and over on Words Count. I found surprisingly few so I started making my own....
by Hillary DePiano | Nov 7, 2011 | External Stimuli, Living the Writing Life, Personally...
So, for posterity, we had a freakish out of season snowstorm on October 29th. Because there were still leaves on the trees, the snow pulled down many, many branches and whole trees. If you aren’t in the area, it’s really hard to explain just how massive...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 17, 2011 | External Stimuli, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
The following post is a guest post from Megan of Help4Writers on Tumblr in honor of NaNoWriMo. Megan is a high school senior but has been writing for many years and loves to talk shop with other writers. Her blog has writing prompts, advice, reference and more so go...
Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.
