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 | Dec 11, 2012 | Announcements, My Writing, Uncategorized
Playscripts, Inc is doing a big holiday sale this year with new discounts for each of the 12 Days of Christmas. If you’ve been waiting for the opportunity to snag either of my plays with them, now’s your chance. From now until December 18th, you can get...
by Hillary DePiano | Nov 11, 2012 | My Writing, Uncategorized
Everything you think you know about Santa Claus is wrong and the truth kind of… sucks. When three candidates are called to interview at the North Pole, they’re expecting to find a dream job gift wrapped for them. But once they meet Big Red himself, they start to...
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...