by Hillary DePiano | Aug 7, 2011 | External Stimuli, Living the Writing Life, Personally..., Uncategorized
As soon as I got my author copies of The Love of Three Oranges, I gave a copy to my parents. From that day in May until a few days ago, that copy has sat on their coffee table. A few days ago, they had straightened up and finally moved it to the bookshelf. Then, on...
by Hillary DePiano | Aug 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
How cool is this? The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at George Mason University is offering a class on my version of The Love of Three Oranges in the fall semester! I’m flattered and also cannot help but wonder how I would do in such a class. It would be very...
by Hillary DePiano | Aug 4, 2011 | Announcements, My Writing, Uncategorized
A fan just pointed this out to me and I’m so thrilled they did because I had no idea this page even existed. Playscripts lists their top ten most popular adaptations on a page that’s linked right from the homepage and, what do you know, Three Oranges is #5...
by Hillary DePiano | Aug 2, 2011 | Living the Writing Life, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
I feel like I go through this every single year. I set a writing goal. Then I hem and haw over whether I should change it. Last year, I was afraid the fact that I was steadily meeting my goal meant it was too easy and wanted to increase it. (I eventually did since I...