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Teaching schedule changes and I broke myself

Teaching schedule changes and I broke myself

by Hillary DePiano | Jun 14, 2026 | Announcements, Classes and Workshops, Personally...

Hey all, popping in with some super quick programming notes and updates…  The Master Class writing workshop I was meant to be teaching at WriterUniv starting on June 15th has been cancelled. A bummer, but I think ultimately for the best because a) I severely...
Why are we whispering? Introducing new subscriber only posts

Why are we whispering? Introducing new subscriber only posts

by Hillary DePiano | Oct 21, 2025 | Announcements, Personally..., Subscriber Exclusive Posts

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Working with your weirdness

Working with your weirdness

by Hillary DePiano | Mar 21, 2025 | Evergreen, Living the Writing Life, Personally...

One of the reasons I’m such a big fan of keeping records and analyzing how you work is you realize two things. The first is that we’ve all got our little quirks and you’ll almost immediately start to recognize patterns that amount to Your Individual...
End of Year Odds ‘n Ends

End of Year Odds ‘n Ends

by Hillary DePiano | Dec 30, 2024 | Announcements, Living the Writing Life, Personally...

The relentless passage of time bringing anyone else down? Somehow, we have zoomed to the end of another year, one in which I have been lax at blogging. This is partly because I have been super busy with classes and workshops and new plays that we will discuss in...

Becoming your Default Hyperbole Number

by Hillary DePiano | Sep 12, 2016 | External Stimuli, Personally..., Uncategorized

It is my personal theory that everyone has one. “I can’t pick you up right now, bud. I’m already carrying 37 billion things.” “The doctor’s went fine apart from the fact that I had to sit in the waiting room for 37 hours before they...
Read the original fairy tales to kids? Maybe, but only with historical context.

Read the original fairy tales to kids? Maybe, but only with historical context.

by Hillary DePiano | Jan 20, 2015 | Evergreen, External Stimuli, Personally...

“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” -Albert Einstein We need to talk about this quote. By all accounts, Einstein was a smart dude (so much so that his name has...
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