by Hillary DePiano | Jan 12, 2013 | External Stimuli, My Writing, Uncategorized
I don’t have a lot of occasion to look at the Amazon page for The Love of Three Oranges since copies are no longer sold there. When I did happen to glance at it recently (mostly because I was trying to figure out how people get off selling copies for $300+ when...
by Hillary DePiano | Nov 28, 2012 | NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)
You don’t have enough words to reach 50,000 yet. Maybe you finished your story before you hit your target word count. Maybe you’re just feeling word weary and can’t seem to make your characters DO anything. Or maybe you’ve already hit 50,000...
by Hillary DePiano | Nov 21, 2012 | NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)
Every year I end up telling at least a few people about my friend Elmore. That’s author Elmore Hammes aka thekanapolisfog over on the NaNoWriMo site if you want to buddy him. He’s not only written MANY books and short stories, he’s also won every...
by Hillary DePiano | Nov 6, 2012 | NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)
Today is Election Day here in the USA. If you’re American, make sure you get your tushy out there and vote! Of course, it’s also still NaNoWriMo. Since a Presidential election only comes around once every four years, it’s sort of a novelty for it to...
by Hillary DePiano | Nov 5, 2012 | NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)
As we’ve discussed, write-ins are local events that are great for both getting some extra writing done and making friends with other writers. (See:Â How to organize your own write-in event for NaNoWriMo) Once a write-in is on the schedule, though, participants...