Hillary DePiano's Blog, page 105

Writing is more productive than whining. Also, my writing goals sneak up on me.

I was sitting here lamenting how much work I've had to do lately and how overworked and just plain fried I am when I remembered the STFU Policy and decided instead to channel all that frustration and rage into something useful.

Viola!

I channeled my distress into 1,060 new words! Sure, they are bitter, self-pitying, over-tired words but they are new words, damn it and therefor more productive than whining. And I wrote them between 1 AM and 2 AM when I was really tired which I...

The STFU Policy

I got rid of the little auto-posting of articles from my other blogs. No one had any comments on it either way but when my feed broke on two of my other websites it made that freak out so, until such time as there is a reliable weekly RSS digest post, I'm going to do them manually. We'll see how long that lasts.

It is a mad, busy time over here as we approach the end of the proper retail season (well, until it kicks back into gear in the fall) so lots of work. Going to try...

06/06/10

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06/05/10

I just wanted to give you a quick heads up that I just added a new post at one of my other blogs. You can click the link below to read the rest of the article.eBay, I'm never going to buy my own items. Even if you pretend they have free shipping when they don't.Things that make me sad (eBay Feedback Fail)Why I turned down my book deal: on eBooks, printed books & pricing (Guest post from author Gary Ponzo)On accidental bad eBay feedback, no more warnings, the revision process...

I resent editing other people's work

I am good at taking other people's gibberish and making it sound really good.

I know this is a blessing, otherwise I'd be one of those people writing gibberish in the first place wishing I could make it sound good. But it's a strange and sometimes annoying superpower. I have the power to make other people sound smart. It is a useful power, one rather in demand.

This power makes for a lot of ghost writing. For instance, every time anyone in my family needs a resume, they dump a ...

06/04/10

I just wanted to give you a quick heads up that I just added a new post at one of my other blogs. You can click the link below to read the rest of the article.eBay, I'm never going to buy my own items. Even if you pretend they have free shipping when they don't.Things that make me sad (eBay Feedback Fail)Why I turned down my book deal: on eBooks, printed books & pricing (Guest post from author Gary Ponzo)On accidental bad eBay feedback, no more warnings, the revision process...

06/03/10

I just wanted to give you a quick heads up that I just added a new post at one of my other blogs. You can click the link below to read the rest of the article.Send me to a site worth seeing: If your website has nothing else on it, it should have your contact infoeBay, I'm never going to buy my own items. Even if you pretend they have free shipping when they don't.Things that make me sad (eBay Feedback Fail)Why I turned down my book deal: on eBooks, printed books & pricing...

A two quote Mom day!

Mom: So Dustin Hoffman is dead. What a shame!
Me: Wait, he is?
Dad: That's not who you mean.
Mom: No. No. I mean Justin Hooper.
Dad: Well… I'm sure someone with that name is dead somewhere.
Steve: Mr. Hooper from Sesame Street is dead…?
Me: Do you mean Dennis Hopper?
Mom: Yes, that's him. Dennis Hoffer.

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You can always rely on Mom for the good quotes…

I bring my mom breakfast from Panera Bread for her birthday. She is on the phone with my grandmother. Let's see what happens next…

Mom: Hillary brought me breakfast from Pandora.

Me: The planet from Avatar?

Dad: Isn't there also, like, a box called Pandora? Pandora's box, something like that?

Mom: *into the phone* Oh, nothing. They are just making fun of me because I said Pandora instead of Pantera.

(Pantera is, of course, a heavy metal rock band.)

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