by Hillary DePiano | Jan 28, 2019 | Evergreen, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
Every few months I’ll be reading something and I’ll have this full stop epiphany moment where I’ll say to myself… Somebody just made this up and wrote it down. And I almost feel a bit betrayed for a second and then I immediately think… I...
by Hillary DePiano | Jan 1, 2019 | Living the Writing Life, Personally..., Uncategorized
I am usually an adjustable person when it comes to change but the new WordPress compose window is such a nightmare, I’m actually going to keep this somewhat short literally just so I don’t have to deal with it for more than I have to. I’ve said...
by Hillary DePiano | Dec 31, 2018 | Living the Writing Life
I said going in that it was going to be a hard year because I’d have less writing time than ever before and that turned out to be true in many frustrating ways… BUT it gave me a lot of time to stop and think about how I work and to refine some things and...
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...
Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.
