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In which I go through many of the stages of grief over Script Frenzy

In which I go through many of the stages of grief over Script Frenzy

by Hillary DePiano | Mar 18, 2013 | Living the Writing Life, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), Playwriting and Theatre

By now most of you will have heard the news but for those that haven’t: Script Frenzy has been cancelled. I promised you back in this post that we’d discuss this more and I haven’t yet because, frankly, the whole thing leaves a terrible taste in my...
The Love of Three Oranges in the wild! A tweet from a princess dove.

The Love of Three Oranges in the wild! A tweet from a princess dove.

by Hillary DePiano | Jan 18, 2013 | External Stimuli, My Writing, Uncategorized

I’ve mentioned before how truly awesome it is to be a writer in this digital age and see your fans and readers talking about your book or play in real time. Well, look what I found on Twitter: Talk about a tweet! (I blotted out all the identifying details...
What it’s like working with me and performing The Love of Three Oranges

What it’s like working with me and performing The Love of Three Oranges

by Hillary DePiano | Jan 12, 2013 | External Stimuli, My Writing, Uncategorized

I don’t have a lot of occasion to look at the Amazon page for The Love of Three Oranges since copies are no longer sold there. When I did happen to glance at it recently (mostly because I was trying to figure out how people get off selling copies for $300+ when...
NaNoWriMo Constructive Cheating: Increase your word count & actually help your story

NaNoWriMo Constructive Cheating: Increase your word count & actually help your story

by Hillary DePiano | Nov 28, 2012 | NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)

You don’t have enough words to reach 50,000 yet. Maybe you finished your story before you hit your target word count. Maybe you’re just feeling word weary and can’t seem to make your characters DO anything. Or maybe you’ve already hit 50,000...

NaNoWriMo Pep Talk: There’s no such thing as too far behind

by Hillary DePiano | Nov 21, 2012 | NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)

Every year I end up telling at least a few people about my friend Elmore. That’s author Elmore Hammes aka thekanapolisfog over on the NaNoWriMo site if you want to buddy him. He’s not only written MANY books and short stories, he’s also won every...
Making the most out of NaNoWriMo on this Presidential Election Day

Making the most out of NaNoWriMo on this Presidential Election Day

by Hillary DePiano | Nov 6, 2012 | NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)

Today is Election Day here in the USA. If you’re American, make sure you get your tushy out there and vote! Of course, it’s also still NaNoWriMo. Since a Presidential election only comes around once every four years, it’s sort of a novelty for it to...
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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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