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Things I learned about writing from NaNoWriMo #2 (#nanowrimo)

by Hillary DePiano | Oct 21, 2008 | Announcements, Living the Writing Life, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration

#2 Don’t bother with naming characters, places or anything for that matter. I used to waste so much time looking a baby name site trying to find character names, especially because I wanted them to mean something. Nothing sped up my writing faster than when I...

What I learned about writing from NaNoWriMo . . .

by Hillary DePiano | Oct 20, 2008 | Announcements, Living the Writing Life, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Writing Advice and Resources

We are only a few days away from the start of National Novel Writing Month and I wanted to start a countdown on this site by posting one of the lessons I learned from about writing from NaNoWriMo every day until November 1st. If you have never done (or won) NaNo...

The Love of Three Oranges featured in The Homer Horizon

by Hillary DePiano | Oct 13, 2008 | My Writing, Uncategorized

“Hillary DePiano really adds a new twist to an old fairy tale — there are knights and princes communicating by cell phone,” said Laura Gilbert, the director and producer of the show. “We hope that this story will be enjoyed by children and adults...
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