by Hillary DePiano | Jan 1, 2024 | Announcements, Classes and Workshops, Me, but Elsewhere, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
Looking for some help actually accomplishing all those shiny new writing goals you set for New Year’s? I’d love to help you out! Regular readers know I’m something of a productivity junkie and if you’ve ever wanted to have me take a look at...
by Hillary DePiano | Aug 30, 2016 | Evergreen, Me, but Elsewhere, My Writing, Uncategorized
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...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 13, 2015 | Announcements, Me, but Elsewhere, My Writing, Uncategorized
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...
by Hillary DePiano | Nov 24, 2014 | External Stimuli, In Their Words, Me, but Elsewhere, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)
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...
by Hillary DePiano | Jun 19, 2012 | External Stimuli, Me, but Elsewhere, My Writing
Clearly, blogging has gotten complete out of hand the last few weeks. I took the time to explain a bit of why over on The Whine Seller so I won’t repeat myself here. I will say, in addition to being busy, one of the reasons I’ve been so quiet is that there...
by Hillary DePiano | Jan 21, 2012 | Announcements, External Stimuli, Me, but Elsewhere, Personally...
One of the things people enjoy doing on Twitter is celebrating milestones. Follower milestones are a huge thing but a lesser thing are the number of tweets you have. This morning, I noticed that I was only 5 tweets away from my 10,000th tweet. Now, it may be silly,...