by Hillary DePiano | Dec 8, 2023 | Evergreen, National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
Keeping the NaNoWriMo Spirit Going Year Round NaNoWriMo is over for another year but there is still plenty of writing still to do. To that end, here’s a list of resources that might serve you in the off-season. Of course, what you need from a post NaNoWriMo year...
by Hillary DePiano | Sep 9, 2023 | Evergreen, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
I’m teaching a bunch of writing classes over the course of the next year so I thought it would be helpful to start a list of the books I recommend the most often. Not just to keep them consolidated in one place, but also so I can update them as I find new ones....
by Hillary DePiano | Sep 5, 2023 | Evergreen, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
With the kids going back to school, you might be thinking of hitting the books yourself and brushing up on your writing skills. The ideal writing class would teach you important skills to help you hone your craft, inspire you to keep on writing, offer feedback and...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 7, 2020 | Evergreen, My Writing, National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)
I know that some of you out there are as obsessive as me when it comes to trying to figure out how far along you are in National Novel Writing Month so I decided to share my personal calculator. It’s simple but powerful. This calculator will work in Open Office,...
by Hillary DePiano | Apr 24, 2020 | Evergreen, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Pentamerone (Tale of Tales), The Myrtle
It’s actually a complete coincidence that The Myrtle, my romantic comedy about a tree that comes to life, is coming out on Arbor Day but it’s too perfect so I’m certainly not mad about it! Check it out today in eBook and Paperback wherever such...
by Hillary DePiano | Apr 17, 2020 | Evergreen, Goosed, Pentamerone (Tale of Tales), Playwriting
Whenever I adapt something, people always ask me what it was that I loved about the original that made me adapt it and, 9 times out of 10, I don’t adapt something because I love it but rather because I absolutely hate it and want to fix it. But this was not the...