by Hillary DePiano | Jan 17, 2011 | Living the Writing Life, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
I’m frequently asked how I work or how I get “so much done” (which I think is funny because I feel like I never get enough done) but I get the question enough that I feel like I should address it. A huge part of how I get anything done, especially in...
by Hillary DePiano | Nov 15, 2010 | External Stimuli, Living the Writing Life, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
Inigo Montoya sits across from you at the coffee shop. He’s your novel critique partner. You’ve already given him your notes on his latest work. He wasn’t exactly pleased with your line edits. He actually said, “My name is Inigo Montoya. You...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 28, 2010 | Living the Writing Life, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
I realize I never talked about what I was going write for NaNoWriMo on this blog. Pretty funny, when you consider how much talking about NaNoWriMo I’ve been doing.First let’s talk about the projects I’m in the middle of:Editing: one nonfiction book,...
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 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 | Jul 26, 2010 | Living the Writing Life, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
To a layman, editing usually means reading something over and catching a few typos. But for more serious writers, be they fiction, educational, technical or non-fiction, know that sometimes editing means taking the whole thing apart, moving things around, hacking...
Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.
