by Hillary DePiano | Feb 26, 2018 | Living the Writing Life, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
When I was a sophomore in high school, I was in a production of Cinderella (as Cinderella, naturally) and it was the first time I was really starting to feel the struggle of balancing everything I want to do between extracurriculars and theatre and social life and...
by Hillary DePiano | Jan 15, 2018 | Living the Writing Life
It is time, yet again, to set up some goals for the year ahead and I am posting them on my blog as usual to make it real and help make me feel accountable. So let’s just dive into what I’m striving for this year and why. Word Count Goal: 350,000 Regular...
by Hillary DePiano | Dec 28, 2017 | Living the Writing Life
As part of a larger effort to organize my life and make better use of what little writing time I have these days, I decided to do up a massive Project Status Report of everything I’m working on and where it is now. Couple of things before we start this. I have WAY too...
by Hillary DePiano | Dec 27, 2017 | Living the Writing Life, My Writing
As 2017 draws to a close, let’s take a look at how my year in writing went. I’m going to try to keep this short. I’ll fail, mind you, but that effort surely counts for something, no? For more details on any of this, you can see my whole writing year...
by Hillary DePiano | Dec 18, 2017 | Living the Writing Life, My Writing
What’s ironic about the fact that this is the latest I’ve ever posted a monthly recap is that I actually wrote most of this post in mid-November and I’m just having such a busy December that I’m only just now having the chance to post it....
by Hillary DePiano | Nov 1, 2017 | Living the Writing Life
A theme in these monthly writing status updates is me saying, “I feel like I accomplished nothing this month!” and then posting a really big word count and this month is no exception. And I mention it because I’m starting to suspect this is not just...