by Hillary DePiano | Aug 17, 2013 | TheLibrary
One of the projects I’ve been working on for a while but never really talk much about here is TheLibrary (project nickname, obviously). It started out as a short story then I realized it would be much longer than originally planned and started to write it as a...
by Hillary DePiano | May 1, 2012 | My Writing, The Muppet Play, TheLibrary, Weak Days
One of the strangest things about these month long writing challenges like NaNoWriMo and Script Frenzy is how, at the end of the month, you find yourself simultaneously completely sick of it and keen to get your normal life back and a little sad to see it go....
by Hillary DePiano | Jan 13, 2012 | Daddy Issues, The Muppet Play, TheLibrary, Works in Progress
Over the summer, I took a playwriting class. One week, for our assignment, I handed in a scene from The Muppet Play which happens to take place in a subway car. The instructor praised this scene as being an unusual setting, one you didn’t often see in plays,...
by Hillary DePiano | Jan 1, 2012 | Asplode, Mistress Novel, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, The Muppet Play, TheLibrary, Wife Novel
Last year, I took an in depth look into my writing habits (see Looking back on past writing goals and tweaking them for the future) and, without repeating myself, I think my tweaks were good. I passed 400,000 words for the year late on 12/30 which was later than...
by Hillary DePiano | Sep 22, 2011 | Asplode, Mistress Novel, My Writing, The Muppet Play, TheLibrary, Wife Novel, Word Count Updates and Writing Goals, Works in Progress
It’s been almost a month since my last works in progress update! I can’t believe September is almost over, you guys. This is insanity. I thought to schedule posts for while I was away in FL for eBay On Location but then while I was back home but really...
by Hillary DePiano | Aug 23, 2011 | Asplode, Mistress Novel, My Writing, Personally..., The Muppet Play, TheLibrary, Wife Novel, Works in Progress
Guys… I’ve missed you! I feel like the proper blog posts are me giving a lecture and these kind of blog posts are just sitting down for a nice chat. I feel like I haven’t had a moment of calm in weeks though my brother did visit and few weeks ago and...