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Brave the Page Review: NaNoWriMo’s Young Writers Program Writing Guide

Posted by Hillary DePiano on Jul 22, 2019 in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration | 0 comments

There’s a new NaNoWriMo guide coming out on August 27th specifically geared towards young writers. It’s called Brave the Page by Rebecca Stern and National Novel Writing Month Executive Director Grant Faulkner and I was lucky enough to score an advanced copy. Regular readers know that I am a great lover of National Novel Writing Month aka...

The Fourth Orange and Other Fairy Tales You’ve Never Even Heard Of

Posted by Hillary DePiano on Jul 2, 2019 in Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, Evergreen, Goosed, Pentamerone (Tale of Tales), The Fourth Orange, The Green Bird, The Love of Three Oranges, The Myrtle, The She Bear, Vardiello | 0 comments

Here’s something exciting: The Fourth Orange and Other Fairy Tales You’ve Never Even Heard Of is finally ready to share with the world! This play has been 6 years in the making* and is without a doubt the most complicated thing I have ever attempted to write** but, dang, it was worth it. How I love this weird and wild little piece of theatre!...

Daily Kanban for Writers: Managing Big Picture projects, tasks and works in progress day to day

Posted by Hillary DePiano on Mar 29, 2019 in Evergreen, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration | 0 comments

This post is a sequel to my original post about Kanban for writers so you may want to start there. But, if not, here’s a quick recap: What is Kanban? Kanban is a project management system that started in manufacturing in which projects are visualized by easily movable cards organized by columns. The idea is to limit the number of projects in progress...

Review: Can 4TheWords, the fantasy game for writers, be used for editing and other off-site writing?

Posted by Hillary DePiano on Mar 22, 2019 in Evergreen, National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration | 0 comments

4TheWords review in a hurry: While sometimes buggy (as you’d expect from a work in progress), it’s well worth the occasional quirk for this fun and addictive game that motivates you to write more exactly as advertised! And while the site isn’t specifically built for editing or off-site writing, there’s a couple of easy ways to make...

Transforming princess to orange dress for The Love of Three Oranges

Posted by Hillary DePiano on Mar 11, 2019 in Evergreen, The Love of Three Oranges | 0 comments

You want to see something really cool? Jada of creamcheese.cosplay is making some absolutely amazing costumes for The Love of Three Oranges and documenting the whole process over on Instagram (a platform I am on but barely know how to use if you want to follow me and my hopelessness). You can head on over and see everything in progress but I especially...