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...
by Hillary DePiano | Apr 5, 2020 | Announcements, My Writing
So with the theatre industry largely imploding and productions being canceled right and left. It’s incredibly disappointing for all performers and everyone else who works behind the scenes to get a show up. My heart breaks for everyone who was so excited to put...
by Hillary DePiano | Mar 16, 2020 | Announcements, My Writing, Personally...
So, um, how’s everyone holding up out there? Very… interesting times we’re living in, no? Anyone else just, like, completely cracked out on fear and uncertainty right now? My oldest is still in school but they switch to “online learning”...
by Hillary DePiano | Nov 30, 2019 | Evergreen, My Writing, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Uncategorized
Write for the job you want, not the one you have There’s an expression that says, “Dress for the job you want, not the job you have,” and it applies well to your writing life. Even though you’re just starting out, you likely know where you...
by Hillary DePiano | Nov 18, 2019 | Evergreen, My Writing, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Uncategorized
Consider yourself warned: There’s a point, usually around the halfway point of your story but not always, when you will hit a moment of crisis. This story is a mess, my writing is awful, the characters are flat and dull, and the whole thing is falling apart. Why...
by Hillary DePiano | Nov 15, 2019 | Evergreen, My Writing, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Uncategorized
It was summer. My daughter was five years old and just learning to go underwater. All-day long she’d done tentative little dips, dunking her face, sliding across the surface of the water. Then she dropped her goggles. She lunged for them, but it was too late....
Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.
