I’m randomly in a book. . . that I didn’t write! I’m quoted in Magic Words: A Dictionary

So I have been waiting rather (im)patiently for The Author Kindle Edition to show on Amazon which it should be doing any moment now and I am not afraid to admit that I was doing a little bit of obsessive refreshing of the Amazon search results with the vigor of a 3 year old chanting “Are we there yet?” when I came upon something cool.

Magic Words: A Dictionary by Craig Conley quotes The Love of Three Oranges. Specifically, under the definition of “poof” appears the following illustrative quote:

“She laughs triumphantly, then disappears in a poof of smoke.” -Hillary DePiano, The Love of Three Oranges (2003)

If you want to see this for yourself, follow this link, click “Search Inside this Book” and then search for my name. I totally just put in an order for this book because, heck, being quoted alongside J. K. Rowling and Shakespeare is not only cool but will be a nice ego boost on days when I am feeling like slime.

Now, I am sorry to say, when I first noticed this quote, my husband and I had an exchange as follows.

Me: You know, now that I read that, I think I probably meant puff of smoke.
Husband: No, you totally meant poof. You were referring to the sound as well as the visual.

It is never a good sign when someone else has to tell you what you meant. However, I think he’s right because now that he said that, that does sound like something I would do. Still, I’m not 100% convinced it wasn’t typo. But even if it was, I totally can’t change it now so let’s go with my husband and assume I did it on purpose. I wrote TLOTO so long ago anything is possible. My brain also works in weird ways.

Let’s all just start saying “poof of smoke” and maybe no one will notice.

Though, honestly, if someone was going to quote Three Oranges I was really pulling for someone to quote my personal favorite quote from the play which is, of course:

“Move a log. Go nuts.” -Hillary DePiano, The Love of Three Oranges (2003)

Sadly, until there is a list of World’s Most Sarcastic Stage Directions, I may be out of luck.