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The Myrtle Virtual Talkback

The Myrtle Virtual Talkback

by Hillary DePiano | Apr 24, 2020 | Evergreen, My Writing, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration

It’s actually a complete coincidence that The Myrtle, my romantic comedy about a tree that comes to life, is coming out on Arbor Day but it’s too perfect so I’m certainly not mad about it! Check it out today in eBook and Paperback wherever such...
Goosed! Virtual Talkback

Goosed! Virtual Talkback

by Hillary DePiano | Apr 17, 2020 | Evergreen, My Writing, Playwriting and Theatre

Whenever I adapt something, people always ask me what it was that I loved about the original that made me adapt it and, 9 times out of 10, I don’t adapt something because I love it but rather because I absolutely hate it and want to fix it. But this was not the...
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...
Virtual Scripts, Live Streaming and other Distance Theatre options

Virtual Scripts, Live Streaming and other Distance Theatre options

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...
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...
Status update (and a Kindle Countdown deal)

Status update (and a Kindle Countdown deal)

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”...
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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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