by Hillary DePiano | May 27, 2013 | Living the Writing Life, My Writing, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
Back in this post, I mused about the nature of sequels in the theatre and when, if ever, do they work. Believe it or not, this wasn’t just a random rant. It’s actually something I’ve been struggling with several years now. See, in my play, The Love of...
by Hillary DePiano | May 25, 2013 | External Stimuli, My Writing, Uncategorized
Someone brought this great review of The Love of Three Oranges to my attention and, while the whole thing is both raving and well written, I especially loved the last line from the reviewer: “The Episcopal Academy Domino Club proved that audiences...
by Hillary DePiano | Apr 23, 2013 | In Their Words, My Writing, Uncategorized
Today, April 23rd, back in 1616 was the day that famed playwright William Shakespeare died.* To celebrate, here’s the famed Fakespeare scene from The Love of Three Oranges. CREONTA: Rope! My rope! Hang those two thieves by the neck until they are dead. THE ROPE:...
by Hillary DePiano | Jan 18, 2013 | External Stimuli, My Writing, Uncategorized
I’ve mentioned before how truly awesome it is to be a writer in this digital age and see your fans and readers talking about your book or play in real time. Well, look what I found on Twitter: Talk about a tweet! (I blotted out all the identifying details...
by Hillary DePiano | Jan 12, 2013 | External Stimuli, My Writing, Uncategorized
I don’t have a lot of occasion to look at the Amazon page for The Love of Three Oranges since copies are no longer sold there. When I did happen to glance at it recently (mostly because I was trying to figure out how people get off selling copies for $300+ when...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 2, 2012 | My Writing, Uncategorized
Even though Polar Twilight went on sale in July, I actually hadn’t gotten my author copies from Playscripts until this week. I didn’t even know what color the cover would be, though I was pretty sure it would be red. With a Christmas play, it seems like...
Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.
