by Hillary DePiano | Oct 27, 2010 | NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
Most of the things I’ve posted about NaNoWriMo have to do more with the writing, about getting your story to the 50,000 word mark and beyond. Now however I want to focus a little bit more on the nitty-gritty. I think you should separate your NaNoWriMo novel into...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 27, 2010 | Living the Writing Life, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Personally...
Regular readers know that I’ve been having some serious problems with my hands since late June. In short, I cannot use my hands for using the computer mouse, playing video games or… typing. So about now you’re probably wondering, how is she going to...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 26, 2010 | NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)
We’re all writers, right? But the sneaky little fact is that most of us are totally nerds too. I’m a total nerd about NaNoWriMo. You probably guessed that when you saw my NaNoWriMo Advanced Word Count Calculator. (If you want to see my nerdiness up close,...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 19, 2010 | Living the Writing Life, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
I love working to music. Music is pretty much playing all the time, every second that I’m at the computer. When I work, I like to sing along and seat dance. The only time I shut the music off, as a matter of fact, is when I’m writing. But for some people,...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 8, 2010 | NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)
You decided to sign up for your very first NaNoWriMo. Congratulations! You have guts for signing up for such a difficult challenge and also for putting it out on the line and making the month long commitment. If it’s your first time, you’re...
Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.
