by Hillary DePiano | Oct 28, 2019 | NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
Download Printable PDF You ever see one of those really pretty bullet journal pages and wish you had something like that for tracking your NaNoWriMo progress but have absolutely no artistic ability? I was having that very feeling when I decided to make this cool...
by Hillary DePiano | Jul 22, 2019 | In Their Words, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
There’s a new NaNoWriMo guide coming out on August 27th specifically geared towards young writers. It’s called Brave the Page by Rebecca Stern and National Novel Writing Month Executive Director Grant Faulkner and I was lucky enough to score an advanced...
by Hillary DePiano | Dec 28, 2018 | Living the Writing Life, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)
This might be the latest in the month I’ve ever gotten one of these updates out but December was a wild month so let’s get right down to it… September 2018 Total Words Written This Month 41,248 New Words Only23,165 Overall After massive writing...
by Hillary DePiano | Dec 6, 2018 | NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
You know what the very best cure for a NaNoWriMo hangover is? Hair of the dog! Just keep on writing! But sometimes that’s not always so easy, especially if you’re feeling a bit burned out and missing all the motivation and fun of the big NaNoWriMo event....
by Hillary DePiano | Nov 26, 2018 | NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)
My fellow Wrimos, November ends very soon. There are mere days left in NaNoWriMo. Some of you are still typing away, frantically trying to reach your writing goals and I am right there with you, trying to get as many words down between now and then to get there (at...
by Hillary DePiano | Nov 12, 2018 | NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
“They are making me feel bad,” my five-year old said, holding back tears. She glared across the playground where half a dozen kids were scrambling up the brand new climbing rope mountain like monkeys. “They’re making it look like it’s...
Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.
