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LitBit: Can fitness trackers mean more sleep, hydration and physical exercise for writers?

Posted by Hillary DePiano on Feb 12, 2019 in Evergreen, National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration | 0 comments

Fitbit for Writers Can fitness trackers mean more physical exercise for writers? Can having a little gadget strapped to our wrists really make us take better care of ourselves? I decided to try it out for myself. Writing is a very sedentary act. It involves sitting, often for very long periods of time, while we type until we damage our joints. In fact, one...

Writing: it’s that easy, it’s that hard

Posted by Hillary DePiano on Jan 28, 2019 in Evergreen, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration | 0 comments

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 could just make up any old random thing and write it down. This happens about an equal...

Hair of the Dog Post-NaNoWriMo Writing Challenge

Posted by Hillary DePiano on Dec 6, 2018 in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration | 0 comments

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. My Wrimos were lamenting this very thing and wishing they had just a little bit more of a...

The end of NaNoWriMo and using the magic of the event before it runs out

Posted by Hillary DePiano on Nov 26, 2018 in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) | 0 comments

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 this exact moment, I am 21,957 away from my target so it’s going to be a busy week!)....

In your own way, in your own time (NaNoWriMo pep talk)

Posted by Hillary DePiano on Nov 12, 2018 in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration | 0 comments

“They are making me feel bad,” my five-year old said, holding back tears. She glared across the playground where half a dozen kids were scrambling up the brand new climbing rope mountain like monkeys. “They’re making it look like it’s easy but it’s NOT easy because I can’t do it!” And I knew exactly how she...

NaNoWriMo 2018 Bullet Journal Style Word Count Coloring Calendar

Posted by Hillary DePiano on Nov 3, 2018 in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) | 0 comments

You ever see one of those really pretty bullet journal pages and wish you had something like that for tracking progress but have absolutely no artistic ability? I was having that very feeling when I decided to make this cool NaNoWriMo 2018 word count coloring calendar. It’s Frankenstein-ed from several pieces of clip art and a NaNoWriMo word count...