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February 5, 2012
Meanwhile, on my other blogs… February 5, 2012
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E-Commerce & Social Networking Week in Review February 4Straight from the source, here's what happened in the world of e-commerce, social networking and selling online in the past week: Mobile Tech That's Changing the Way We Shop Here at ePN we talk a lot about the shifts happening in the way that consumers shop and pay. We're always thinking about ways to integrate
Giving...
February 2, 2012
A brief history of the project called Asplode (aka my NaNoWriMo 2010 & 2011 novel)
I've mentioned the project affectionately called Asplode many times now but I've never really told you anything about it. In fact, the #1 most asked question I got throughout both this and last year's NaNoWriMo was, "No, seriously, what's your book about?" because I could never give a good answer. So, to anyone who's curious what this project is about, I'm going to try to explain. This could be long.
You're going to find it funny that I rarely talk about this book on the blog after you read...
January 29, 2012
Meanwhile, on my other blogs… January 29, 2012
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E-Commerce & Social Networking Week in Review January 28Straight from the source, here's what happened in the world of e-commerce, social networking and selling online in the past week: Get in the DJ booth with Tiësto Ever been among the thousands of screaming fans rocking out to Tiësto and wanted to see what life is like from the other side of the DJ
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January 26, 2012
The Love of Three Oranges: Everything you love about a musical but with more flexibility & half the cost
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It's pretty darn cold out there right now so it's hard to remember that Spring is right around the corner. For schools, this means you'll need to start thinking about your next musical. But money is tight everywhere and musicals can be so expensive… if only you had something that could showcase a large number of students and a wide variety of talent without all the extra costs of a musical.
Have you considered The Love of Three Oranges? It's not a musical but it has many of ...
January 23, 2012
Submit your book to the Amazon 2012 Breakthrough Novel Award Contest (ABNA)
Looking for something to do with your NaNoWriMo novel? What about that novel you wrote years ago that's just been taking up space in a drawer?
The Amazon 2012 Breakthrough Novel Award Contest (good grief, what a redundant name) is now open for entries! This contest is free to enter and open to adult and YA, unpublished and self-published novels. The deadline to enter is midnight on February 5th, though they only take the first 5,000 entrants in each category so you'll want to get your entry...
January 22, 2012
Meanwhile, on my other blogs… January 22, 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 January 21, 2012Straight from the source, here's what happened in the world of e-commerce, social networking and selling online in the past week: Download Day Winner Announced! In a recent blog post, we predicted that Dec. 26th would be one of the highest traffic days for new readers buying eBooks. We crunched the numbers and are happy...January 17, 2012
My new favorite review of The Love of Three Oranges
I usually just pop onto Goodreads to add whatever I've read recently and I don't always remember to look at my own books which is why it took me so long to notice this review from Katie:
A big thank you to Katie for taking the time to write all of that up. This has inspired me to finally write up some of the disasters that happened during the original production for future blog posts. If anyone else has been in a production and want's to share their stories on the blog, drop me an email!
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January 15, 2012
In which I start off 2012 by being horribly behind on my writing goal for the year…
Remember how insanely ahead of my goals I was last January? How I wrote every day and exceeded my goals like a boss? Yeah… to be on pace to hit my goal of 500,000 by the end of the year I should be at 20,548 words today. I just crossed 10,000….
But you know what? I'm not worried. Yes, I'm behind at the moment but I have already finished some major stuff this year writing wise AND had some very exciting things happen behind the scenes. I feel like my writing career is off the the best possible ...
Meanwhile, on my other blogs… January 15, 2012
Don't read all the sites I blog for? Here's what you missed in the last week outside of HillaryDePiano.com.
Your favorite My LittleI know it's hard but, if you had to pick a favorite pony, who would it be
4 reasons offer your eBook for free aka Take advantage of those 5 promotional days you got from participating in Kindle SelectIf you follow me on Twitter, you may have noticed that I've been tweeting up a storm about the fact that my newest play, Daddy Issues, is available for...
January 13, 2012
I am apparently incapable of writing a play for adults that doesn't contain a scene in a subway
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, which made me insanely self-conscious. Not because I can't take praise but instead because…
I realized as he said it that have never written a play for adults that DOESN'T have at least one scene that takes place in a subway. In fact, the ...
