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Hillary Writes All the Things 2016: my year in writing debriefed

Hillary Writes All the Things 2016: my year in writing debriefed

by Hillary DePiano | Dec 23, 2016 | Living the Writing Life, My Writing, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration

2016 was a crap sandwich for just about everyone and I’m no exception. It was a crazy stressful year full of unexpected changes and pressures and so much of the future is still uncertain. But while 2016 felt like a big fat fail as I was living it, it actually...
My “Writing Year” starts in December because the calendar does not own me

My “Writing Year” starts in December because the calendar does not own me

by Hillary DePiano | Dec 16, 2016 | Evergreen, Living the Writing Life, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration

I know I’ve said this before but I can’t express to you how glad I am that I changed my writing year so that it ends in November. I made this change on a whim back in 2014 and it was one of the best decisions I’ve made for both my writing goals and...
Won NaNoWriMo AND finished your novel? Come over here and let me tell you how much you rock!

Won NaNoWriMo AND finished your novel? Come over here and let me tell you how much you rock!

by Hillary DePiano | Dec 5, 2016 | Evergreen, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)

The following is an excerpt from NaNo What Now? Finding your editing process, revising your NaNoWriMo book and building a writing career through publishing and beyond Available now in paperback and eBook. To the writer that finished what you set out to write, You are...
TFW you won NaNoWriMo (yay!) but you haven’t actually finished your book yet (boo!)

TFW you won NaNoWriMo (yay!) but you haven’t actually finished your book yet (boo!)

by Hillary DePiano | Dec 4, 2016 | Evergreen, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)

The following is an excerpt from NaNo What Now? Finding your editing process, revising your NaNoWriMo book and building a writing career through publishing and beyond Available now in paperback and eBook. To the writer that reached their word count target but didn’t...
If you signed up for NaNoWriMo but didn’t win or reach your writing goal, this pep talk is for you

If you signed up for NaNoWriMo but didn’t win or reach your writing goal, this pep talk is for you

by Hillary DePiano | Dec 3, 2016 | Evergreen, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)

The following is an excerpt from NaNo What Now? Finding your editing process, revising your NaNoWriMo book and building a writing career through publishing and beyond Available now in paperback and eBook. To the writer that finished neither their NaNoWriMo project nor...
Vampire Santa Claus has risen from the grave and will be terrorizing audiences around the globe this December! 

Vampire Santa Claus has risen from the grave and will be terrorizing audiences around the globe this December! 

by Hillary DePiano | Dec 2, 2016 | Announcements, My Writing, Uncategorized

Polar Twilight, that little comedy of mine where Santa Claus is a vampire that sounds like it’s going to be all scary and blasphemous but is actually totally cute and heartwarming, (I swear! Even my Catholic school teacher mom came around to it!), is enjoying a...
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Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.

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