by Hillary DePiano | May 21, 2009 | Announcements
I know that I have been teasing you with talk of the triumphant rerelease of The Author for a while now but we are down to the wire and I wanted to show you the 99% final cover artwork for this book and podcast. I don’t know about you, but I am totally in love...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 31, 2008 | Announcements, Living the Writing Life, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
#12 Have fun! I know, cheesy, right? Not so. There is something completely ludicrous about proposing to write a book at all, let alone writing an entire book with no plan and in 30 days. Embrace that ridiculousness. It is much easier to write something light and fun...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 30, 2008 | Announcements, Living the Writing Life, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
#11 Write what you like. Forget about writing what you know. Write what you like. No Plot No Problem suggests writing up a list of your favorite things from the very specific (sassy old people who may be wiser than you might think) to the more general (love triangles,...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 29, 2008 | Announcements, Living the Writing Life, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
I know some people can write no matter what is going on around them, but I like a little music when I’m writing. It blocks out outside sounds and helps me focus on what I am doing. Some people can listen to normal pop radio while they write but my number one...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 29, 2008 | Announcements, Living the Writing Life, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
#10 Objects in motion tend to stay in motion. I used to take months off from writing and, when I started again, it took me forever to get started with my book again. When you write a little bit each day, even if only a few words, you are more familiar with your story...
Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.
