by Hillary DePiano | Jun 19, 2014 | External Stimuli, My Writing, Uncategorized
I just thought this was funny. That almost the same day as I announced the new shortened version of The Love of Three Oranges that comes in at about half an hour, PBS announces that they’re going to start airing a trimmed down version of Sesame Street each day...
by Hillary DePiano | Jun 12, 2014 | External Stimuli, Personally...
New parents don’t get any sleep. That’s the cliché, right? Because newborns wake up every 4 hours to be fed or sometimes more often than that because they are babies and why shouldn’t I be awake right now, human slaves? Serve me! Look how cute I am,...
by Hillary DePiano | May 27, 2014 | External Stimuli
OK, not really. But close enough, right? The Muppet Show – Fozzie is writing the script for this weeks show – YouTube.
by Hillary DePiano | May 15, 2014 | External Stimuli, My Writing, Uncategorized
I frequently get emails from students who are studying or performing The Love of Three Oranges in school and have some questions. I love to hear from people about the show and I welcome messages of any kind. If you’ve got a question or just want to say Hi,...
by Hillary DePiano | May 6, 2014 | External Stimuli, Personally...
This Saturday, I dragged my husband to the US premiere of I Am Big Bird, a documentary about Carrol Spinney, the man behind Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch. The film itself is fantastic and not in wide release so, if you hear about the chance to see it, take it! You...
by Hillary DePiano | Apr 22, 2014 | External Stimuli, Living the Writing Life, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Personally...
I’ve written 128,680Â words so far this year. Considering my goal was to write 200,000 words total by the end of the year, I would say that’s pretty impressive. Needless to say, I bumped my goal up to 300,000 and added a new little line on my insane...