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Meanwhile, on my other blogs… April 15, 2012

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 April 14, 2012
Straight from the source, here’s what happened in the world of e-commerce, social networking and selling online in the past week: NC Amendment One Impacts Businesses Like Lulu I believe that Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers makes a good statement about North Carolina Amendment One, up for vote on May 8: “You’re sending a message [...]...

“You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.” -Jack London

Image by Rev. Xanatos Satanicos Bombasticos (ClintJCL) via Flickr

I love that quote above. Obviously, when it comes to writing, it’s particularlyrelevant. So many writers lament that they just aren’t inspired to write or that their muse isn’t telling them what to write or whatever way they justify it to themselves and these are all just excuses. You need to still sit your butt into the chair and force yourself to get writing even when you aren’t inspired if you are serious about this process.

I...

The Hunger Games / Script Frenzy crossover no one but my subconscious mind wanted

Last night, I had a dream that I was a tribute in The Hunger Games.

But that, in addition to having to try to stay alive and not starve to death all while fighting off the other tributes, I also had to write a 100 page script in a month to be allowed to live.

I was running around, trying not to die, going… where am I going to find a laptop in the woods? Should I write it on leaves or something?

WTH, subconscious?

So… what do you think this means?

Meanwhile, on my other blogs… April 8, 2012

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

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Tumblr and April and Screnzy (Oh, my!)

So, my failing health aside, you wonder, how are things? I haven't written a personal post in a while because, frankly, I've been mostly miserable and who wants to hear me whine? Nobody. But you know I'm sick so there's no point on dwelling on that. What else is going on, you wonder?

I've been on Tumblr for a while but I'd only been using my personal blog as an archive of my Twitter posts until recently. I've actually started to use it as an actual second blog now if you're interested. I...

Photo from Plymouth High School’s production of The Love of Three Oranges

If you’re near Plymouth, WI next week, you’ll want to check out Plymouth High School’s production of The Love of Three Oranges running Thursday through Saturday, April 12-14. The Sheboygan Press did a big feature on their production that you can check out in full here.

But I just wanted to take a moment to highlight this great cast photo from the Amph-Rats Acting Company themselves that they released for publicity. Great stuff, guys!

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The cast of "The Love of Three Oranges," includes, from left...

Photo from Plymouth High School's production of The Love of Three Oranges

If you're near Plymouth, WI next week, you'll want to check out Plymouth High School's production of The Love of Three Oranges running Thursday through Saturday, April 12-14. The Sheboygan Press did a big feature on their production that you can check out in full here.

But I just wanted to take a moment to highlight this great cast photo from the Amph-Rats Acting Company themselves that they released for publicity. Great stuff, guys!

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The cast of "The Love of Three Oranges," includes, from...

Meanwhile, on my other blogs… April 1, 2012

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

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Crazy as it seems, Script Frenzy is not an April Fools Day hoax or joke

I won't link to where I saw this to protect the innocent but there was a forum thread recently asking if Script Frenzy and the whole challenge to write 100 pages of a script in a month was just an April Fools joke. The posters were worried that they would be falling for this gag big time if they signed up for this "fake contest."

Well let me take this moment to assure you that Script Frenzy is a very real contest and that it isn't some kind of trick designed to catch fans of NaNoWriMo

Script Frenzy 2012

[image error]All month long, I'll be participating in Script Frenzy, a writing challenge to write 100 pages in 30 days.

If you'll be joining me during this writing extravaganza, please consider taking a look at my Screnzy blog or my daily Script Frenzy tumblr. If you just are curious how far along I am, you can watch the little widget to the right of this post.

Expect a higher than usual number of script writing posts this month before we return to our regularly scheduled programming in May.