by Hillary DePiano | Jan 2, 2014 | My Writing, Uncategorized
While I’ve already told you about the factual error in this review, the rest of it is really good and I wanted to share parts of it because it’s really a great review. I’m going to bold the lines that are my favorite. [SOURCE] ‘The Love of Three...
by Hillary DePiano | Dec 31, 2013 | External Stimuli, My Writing, Uncategorized
Performing in this piece will also prove useful for the younger set, she explained, because they will become accustomed to extreme slapstick comedy, which will be needed in the school’s spring presentation of ‘Young Frankenstein.’ Yes, ladies and gents,...
by Hillary DePiano | Dec 26, 2013 | On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
Remember how I set a modest goal of 100,000 words for the year for my first year as a mother? Remember how I hit it early? Then remember how I increased it to 150,000 and hit that too? Oh, sorry, did I not tell you about that last part? Well, check it: 150,086 words...
by Hillary DePiano | Dec 23, 2013 | Living the Writing Life, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
I’ve decided to completely overhaul my writing goals for 2014. The reason I originally created this challenge was to get me to write more and, hey, mission accomplished! Since I started this in 2010, I’ve gone from struggling to average 500 words a day to...
by Hillary DePiano | Dec 14, 2013 | My Writing, Uncategorized
I’ve been meaning to post these great photos that Imagination Stage in Bethesda, MD was kind enough to share of their production from late 2012. What a gorgeous...
by Hillary DePiano | Nov 26, 2013 | Living the Writing Life, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
It’s been a rough NaNoWriMo. You’ll notice I not only haven’t said two words about it, I never even posted my little widget guy so that you could watch my progress. Even this post should have gone up yesterday but there was baby chaos until late into...