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Photos from Imagination Stage’s production of The Love of Three Oranges

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 production!

Meanwhile, on my other blogs… December 8, 2013

Don’t read all the sites I blog for? Here’s what you missed in the last week outside of HillaryDePiano.com.

E-Commerce & Social Networking Week in Review December 7, 2013
Straight from the source, here’s what happened in the world of e-commerce, social networking and selling online in the past week: Google AdSense + AdMob: A New Strategy to Improve Revenue for Gaming Apps As the holidays approach, you can expect an increase in smartphone usage, especially in activity with gaming apps. Each year...

Purchase the acting edition of my play, Daddy Issues, get the eBook for free!

Here’s a promo I’m really excited to share with you!

If you’ve been hemming and hawing over whether to go for the portability of the paperback acting editing or the instant gratification of the eBook edition, your choice just got that much easier!

For a limited time, if you purchase the paperback version of Daddy Issues through Amazon, you get the eBook copy for free. How great is that?

You could give the paperback as a holiday gift, resell it, or even donate it to a library or theatre and still...

Meanwhile, on my other blogs… December 1, 2013

Don’t read all the sites I blog for? Here’s what you missed in the last week outside of HillaryDePiano.com.

In which a grown man is still bitter that we wouldn’t let him play My Little Pony with us
I ran into the mother of an elementary school friend over the weekend at a production of my play. She’d seen my name on the posters and wasn’t sure if there was more than one Hillary DePiano in the world and had her son, my elementary school friend’s little brother, Google me to help her […]

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2013 NaNoWriMo aka I am actually rather proud of myself for a change

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 the night so I never got the chance.

Which is why it will surprise you when I post this…

I won NaNoWriMo yesterday.I wrote over 50,000 words this month. I finished another novel.

And I did it with a teething baby. Who doesn’t nap. As a new parent. W...

NaNoWriMo Week Four: Behind, ahead or on pace, keep writing for YOU

There is less than a week left in November. Thanksgiving is a mere four days away. December starts next Sunday.

All of this means that we’re dangerously close to the end of NaNoWriMo.

I know that some of you have already passed 50,000 and I want to assure you that the rest of us are giving you glares of, um, respect, and totally not jealousy no matter what you’ve heard. As for everyone else, whether you’re on pace, behind or Really Freaking Behind, I encourage you to keep writing up until the b...

Meanwhile, on my other blogs… November 24, 2013

Don’t read all the sites I blog for? Here’s what you missed in the last week outside of HillaryDePiano.com.

E-Commerce & Social Networking Week in Review November 23, 2013
Straight from the source, here’s what happened in the world of e-commerce, social networking and selling online in the past week: Don’t Get Caught on the Holiday Hook Cyber Monday is fast approaching. The question is: Are you ready? Shoppers and sellers alike are looking forward to the big day, which is less than three […]

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NaNoWriMo: a quick note on Week Three

Can you believe it?

It’s Week Three. Thanksgiving is only 10 days away and we’re edging ever closer to the end of this 30 day journey.

Many of you have already won and hundreds more are right on pace to cross the finish line on time. The rest of us, however, still have a lot of words to go before we hit 50,000 and the clock is ticking.

Here’s the good news: It’s about to get easier. Whatever your word count, power through and try to get as close to 30,000 or beyond as you can in the next day or...

Make your writing a priority in your life. Give yourself permission to write.

If you want to achieve greatness stop asking for permission (Photo credit: billsoPHOTO)

If you’re going to write a novel in a month, heck, if you’re serious about any writing at all, you’re going to quickly realize that the only way to make it happen is to make your writing a priority in your life. If you don’t feel like it is or if you thought it was but you’re still not finding a time to get any words down, it’s time to rethink how you think about writing.

Give yourself permission to write.

So...

Meanwhile, on my other blogs… November 10, 2013

Don’t read all the sites I blog for? Here’s what you missed in the last week outside of HillaryDePiano.com.

E-Commerce & Social Networking Week in Review November 9, 2013
Straight from the source, here’s what happened in the world of e-commerce, social networking and selling online in the past week: Auctiva Celebrates Halloween Auctiva employees had a great time at the company Halloween potluck on Thursday. The variety of employee costumes this year was impressive and extremely creative. Here a...