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I don’t even really like this song that much but I may have written my entire book around it…

by Hillary DePiano | Jun 6, 2011 | External Stimuli

“I’m not a coward. I’ve just never been tested. I’d like to think that if I was I would pass. Look at the tested and think, ‘There but for the grace go I.’ Might be a coward. I’m afraid of what I might find out.” -The...

The Love of Three Oranges photos from Southhampton University Students’ Union

by Hillary DePiano | Jun 6, 2011 | Uncategorized

These are from a December 2010 production but they were only just sent to me so I thought you might like to check them out. Some really great stuff! 🙂 See the full website here. Click any photo below for the full sized version. Thank you to the cast and crew for...
The Love of Three Oranges: the fairy tale that became a commedia dell arte scenario that became a play

The Love of Three Oranges: the fairy tale that became a commedia dell arte scenario that became a play

by Hillary DePiano | Jun 2, 2011 | My Writing, Uncategorized

For some reason, people always try to say that my play is based on the Sergei Prokofiev’s opera, The Love for Three Oranges (1919). It isn’t. Both my Three Oranges and his are based on the same source material: Carlo Gozzi’s The Love of Three...

I dare you not to be inspired by this kid’s pep talk

by Hillary DePiano | Jun 1, 2011 | External Stimuli

Feel happy of yourself. Watch this short video. I promise, it’s awesome and adorable.
*Waves white flag* OK, May, you win.

*Waves white flag* OK, May, you win.

by Hillary DePiano | Jun 1, 2011 | On Writing: Craft and Commiseration

This was me this month: Metaphorically speaking of course. Let’s get this over with: I didn’t meet my goal of 76k for May. My secondary goal of 100k? Yeah, that wasn’t happening either. In the end, I did manage to churn out over 50k words for the...
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