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A brief story about how I almost botched up my 10,000th tweet…

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,...
4 out of 5 star review of Uh, Yup Productions performance of The Love of Three Oranges from the Sacramento News & Review

4 out of 5 star review of Uh, Yup Productions performance of The Love of Three Oranges from the Sacramento News & Review

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...

Interview with SocialJersey.com about NaNoWriMo events, community and write-ins

by Hillary DePiano | Nov 7, 2011 | Announcements, Me, but Elsewhere, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)

Just a quick post to direct you guys to this interview that I did for SocialJersey about NaNoWriMo: Meet NJ Writers & Finally Complete Your Masterpiece. As you may suspect, the focus specifically was on National Novel Writing Month events in NJ but I think almost...
Frankensteining Frankenstein: The short story version of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Frankenstein’s Bride

Frankensteining Frankenstein: The short story version of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Frankenstein’s Bride

by Hillary DePiano | Oct 18, 2011 | Announcements, Me, but Elsewhere, My Writing, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Personally...

So, here’s a little something I’ve never talked about on this blog before… Back in 2008, Hilarity Ensues, an imprint of Priced Nostalgia, put out a book called Through the Flashlight’s Beam: a collection of classic scary stories for reading...

Teachers, educators & directors: Tips for making the most out of a living playwright (or author) for your class or students

by Hillary DePiano | Aug 30, 2011 | Me, but Elsewhere, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration

I wrote a guest article for Playscripts, Inc last week entitled Making the Most out of a Living Playwright. It gives tips for teaching or staging material where the person who wrote the material is still alive. Connecting with the person behind the words is a great...

Guest Post on The Love of Three Oranges at All Fall Down: The Craft and Art of Physical Comedy

by Hillary DePiano | Aug 17, 2011 | Me, but Elsewhere, Uncategorized

As part of the celebration of the 250th anniversary of The Love of Three Oranges, I popped by the blogopedia All Fall Down for a brief guest post. Check out the article here for some TLOTO trivia and fun facts.
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Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.
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