by Hillary DePiano | Dec 29, 2019 | My Writing, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Personally..., Playwriting, The Whine Seller & e-commerce, Word Count Updates and Writing Goals
In a few days, we’ll be celebrating New Year’s Eve 2019 which marks not just the end of the year but also the decade. Social media has been abuzz for weeks with the twin takes of “Make a list of what you accomplished in the last 10 years!” and...
by Hillary DePiano | Jun 30, 2018 | On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Personally..., The Whine Seller & e-commerce, Word Count Updates and Writing Goals
You know what the problem is with becoming organized and efficient? I really miss being able to write about whatever random thing I felt like it. Sure, I wasn’t getting anything accomplished that way and I wasn’t moving towards my goals effectively in a...
by Hillary DePiano | Sep 8, 2015 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, eBay Marketing Makeover, National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)
While I never officially announced anything, some of you glimpsed the phrase “NaNoWriMo book” on my project list in this picture and I wanted to explain what that was about. I’ve written a ludicrous amount of content about NaNoWriMo over the years....
by Hillary DePiano | Jul 30, 2015 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, Daddy Issues, eBay Marketing Makeover, New Year's Thieve, Sell Their Stuff, The Author, The Green Bird
Who doesn’t like free books? There’s a 50-100% discount on a bunch of my books and plays going on as part of Smashwords’ big sale and I realized I never publicized it over here. The sale only runs until the end of July so get over there now and take...
by Hillary DePiano | Jul 7, 2015 | eBay Marketing Makeover, My Writing, The Fourth Orange, The Green Bird, WoC, Word Count Updates and Writing Goals
We’re right at the mid-point of 2015 so now seems like as good a time as any for a big State of the Writer post. The halfway point of the year always sneaks up on me. I truly can’t believe that it’s already July! I’m going to bold what each...
by Hillary DePiano | May 26, 2015 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, eBay Marketing Makeover, Three Padded Walls, Weak Days
Isn’t it weird how much writing itself can get in the way of a career as a writer? I missed two weeks of blogging in there without even realizing it just because there was so much going on. Here’s a quick recap of some of the biggest things that happened...
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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