by Hillary DePiano | Jan 1, 2024 | Announcements, Classes and Workshops, Me, but Elsewhere, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
Looking for some help actually accomplishing all those shiny new writing goals you set for New Year’s? I’d love to help you out! Regular readers know I’m something of a productivity junkie and if you’ve ever wanted to have me take a look at...
by Hillary DePiano | Dec 8, 2023 | 4TheWords, Classes and Workshops, Evergreen, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
Keeping the NaNoWriMo Spirit Going Year Round NaNoWriMo is over for another year but there is still plenty of writing still to do. To that end, here’s a list of resources that might serve you in the off-season. Of course, what you need from a post NaNoWriMo year...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 10, 2023 | Announcements, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
TL; DR: As they try to figure out how to legislate AI works, the US government is accepting comments from the public until October 18, 2023. Leaving a comment takes seconds, can be done anonymously or if you are outside the US and is incredibly important to small...
by Hillary DePiano | Sep 9, 2023 | Evergreen, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
I’m teaching a bunch of writing classes over the course of the next year so I thought it would be helpful to start a list of the books I recommend the most often. Not just to keep them consolidated in one place, but also so I can update them as I find new ones....
by Hillary DePiano | Sep 5, 2023 | Classes and Workshops, Evergreen, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
With the kids going back to school, you might be thinking of hitting the books yourself and brushing up on your writing skills. The ideal writing class would teach you important skills to help you hone your craft, inspire you to keep on writing, offer feedback and...
by Hillary DePiano | Aug 14, 2023 | 4TheWords, Announcements
Gosh, I haven’t done one of these in ages. Mostly because of the whole issue with the new blog post notifications that I explained here. I’ve actually got a lot going on… but I can’t actually announce all of it yet so that’ll have to wait...