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...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 31, 2017 | NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)
Mere hours stand between us and the beginning of National Novel Writing Month. Whether you’re about to attempt your first novel or your fifty first, it’s going to be a wild ride of fun and productivity. As soon as the clock ticks over to November 1st,...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 28, 2017 | Living the Writing Life, My Writing, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
“What are you doing for NaNoWriMo this year, Hillary?” Is a thing people keep asking me and I keep answering something along the lines of, “Haha, just trying to survive!” And they laugh. But I am not joking. Like, can I get real for a moment?...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 4, 2017 | Living the Writing Life, My Writing
Here’s what September 2017 looked like in writing… Total Words Written This Month 31,753 words Average Words Per Day 1,058 words Monthly Goal didn’t set one Yearly Goal 477,587 / 500,000 (96%) Things completed: did an abridged version of Pintosmalto aka Arm Candy for...
by Hillary DePiano | Sep 5, 2017 | Evergreen, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
At the start of the summer, the 4 year old and I planted a whole row of sunflower seeds. We tended them with love and the plants were a couple of inches tall … when the guys that do our lawn decided to bathe the entire row in weed killer. (They are very nice...
by Hillary DePiano | Sep 1, 2017 | Living the Writing Life, My Writing
Nothing sums up 2017 like the fact that I’ve started to include the letters I write to my government reps in my word count because of the number of times I’ve had to write them. I’m up to contacting them daily now and everything is complete and total...
Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.
