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Plot bunnies

Plot bunnies

by Hillary DePiano | Jun 9, 2015 | Evergreen, Living the Writing Life, My Writing, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Playwriting and Theatre

Working on The Green Bird and my brain sidles up to me, “Forget this one, baby. I’ve got a better idea.” “Not now. I’m finishing this first.” “How about this: We write a whole play in Fakespeare!” “Go away.”...
News and Updates: Two new plays, a new e-commerce book & more

News and Updates: Two new plays, a new e-commerce book & more

by Hillary DePiano | May 26, 2015 | Announcements, My Writing, Uncategorized

Isn’t it weird how much writing itself can get in the way of a career as a writer? I missed two weeks of blogging in there without even realizing it just because there was so much going on. Here’s a quick recap of some of the biggest things that happened...
On self-publishing a play versus submitting to theatres directly: an ungodly long blog post

On self-publishing a play versus submitting to theatres directly: an ungodly long blog post

by Hillary DePiano | Apr 28, 2015 | My Writing, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Playwriting and Theatre

Click the image above to see the rest of the posts in the series On a playwrighting group I belong to on Facebook, someone asked if anyone had an experience with self-publishing plays. I replied about how I had I self-published The Love of Three Oranges, racked up a...
Here’s what I’ve been working on lately

Here’s what I’ve been working on lately

by Hillary DePiano | Apr 14, 2015 | Living the Writing Life, My Writing, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration

In an effort to be more transparent about exactly what I’m working on and how those word counts I share divide up, here’s a recap of what’s been going on since I last checked in: February was a mad dash to finish my total rewrite of Mistress Novel. I...
Updates on Mistress Novel, The Fourth Orange, The Green Bird and my next e-commerce book

Updates on Mistress Novel, The Fourth Orange, The Green Bird and my next e-commerce book

by Hillary DePiano | Feb 10, 2015 | Living the Writing Life, My Writing, Uncategorized

While my mail list got a sneak peek of something coming soon yesterday, it’s far from the only thing in the pipeline. Here’s a quick update on what I’m working on right now: I finished a new play a few weeks ago. My mailing list is getting first...
Win eBook copies of all my books and plays in this giveaway!

Win eBook copies of all my books and plays in this giveaway!

by Hillary DePiano | Feb 3, 2015 | Announcements, Living the Writing Life, My Writing, Uncategorized

I set up a mailing list a long time ago but I’ve never really pushed it here on the blog for a variety of reasons not worth going into. But exciting thing are happening at Burger King, as they say (OK, fine, no one but me says that but still) and it’s time...
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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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