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Make Ready to Write is available for pre-order!

Make Ready to Write is available for pre-order!

by Hillary DePiano | May 7, 2026 | Announcements, Living the Writing Life, Writing Advice and Resources

My guide to prepping a writing project for both plotters and discovery writers is finally coming in paperback and eBook to just about everywhere on June 7th because, well, I have kids and I thought that would amuse them. (You know because it’s…...
Working with your weirdness

Working with your weirdness

by Hillary DePiano | Mar 21, 2025 | Evergreen, Living the Writing Life, Personally...

One of the reasons I’m such a big fan of keeping records and analyzing how you work is you realize two things. The first is that we’ve all got our little quirks and you’ll almost immediately start to recognize patterns that amount to Your Individual...
End of Year Odds ‘n Ends

End of Year Odds ‘n Ends

by Hillary DePiano | Dec 30, 2024 | Announcements, Living the Writing Life, Personally...

The relentless passage of time bringing anyone else down? Somehow, we have zoomed to the end of another year, one in which I have been lax at blogging. This is partly because I have been super busy with classes and workshops and new plays that we will discuss in...
NaNoWriMo Advanced Word Count Calculator (charts, percentages, stats and more!)

NaNoWriMo Advanced Word Count Calculator (charts, percentages, stats and more!)

by Hillary DePiano | Oct 7, 2020 | Evergreen, Living the Writing Life, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)

I know that some of you out there are as obsessive as me when it comes to trying to figure out how far along you are in National Novel Writing Month so I decided to share my personal calculator. It’s simple but powerful. This calculator will work in Open Office,...
The Fourth Orange Virtual Talkback

The Fourth Orange Virtual Talkback

by Hillary DePiano | Apr 10, 2020 | Evergreen, Living the Writing Life, My Writing, Playwriting and Theatre, Uncategorized

It’s a good Friday! (Sorry, I couldn’t help myself!) Why? Because The Fourth Orange (one act edition) is officially available in paperback and eBook today just about everywhere books are sold. It’s a funny family friendly one act fairy tale with...
On Writing & COVID (& Camp NaNoWriMo)

On Writing & COVID (& Camp NaNoWriMo)

by Hillary DePiano | Mar 31, 2020 | Living the Writing Life, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), Personally...

About a week ago, you couldn’t go online without someone reminding you that Shakespeare wrote King Lear during quarantine so you have no excuse not to write that novel now! And then somehow we’ve gone full circle from that to people saying that if you ARE...
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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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