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Photos from the Coral Reef High School production of The Love of Three Oranges

Remember Coral Reef High School? Their production of The Love of Three Oranges was last week and they were kind enough to send over some photos of the production.

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You can browse the full gallery here.

Meanwhile, on my other blogs… October 8, 2011

Don't read all the sites I blog for? Here's what you missed in the last week outside of HillaryDePiano.com.

eBay On Location Orlando review & recap: What was it like, what to expect, is it worth it, tips & moreOn September 7th and 8th, 2011, there was an eBay On Location event in Orlando, FL. I've been hoping to go to one of these since they announced them but for some reason eBay historically forgets that the northeast of this country exists so I have been thus far out of luck. (I live in...

Coral Reef Senior High School's trailer for The Love of Three Oranges

This made me absolutely laugh like mad:

And here's what the homepage of the school currently looks like:

Great work to everyone at CRHS (whose mascot is the funniest I have ever seen) and I hope you have a huge turn out for the show!

Meanwhile, on my other blogs… October 1, 2011

Don't read all the sites I blog for? Here's what you missed in the last week outside of HillaryDePiano.com.

New WeLoveFine My Little Pony T-shirt contest is for Friendship is Magic Bronies
So, I've got good news and bad news. The good news is that MightyFine is having another My Little Pony T-shirt contest and the prizes are huge! Lots of money to be won and the pot gets bigger the more people enter so start designing! Now for the bad news… it seems like this contest
My Little...

Lessons Learned: Great writing advice from YA author Stacey Kade

I've mentioned before that one of my favorite new series is The Ghost and the Goth by Stacey Kade who is also a cool lady. Well, she recently posted an article on her blog called Lessons Learned summarizing all the things she's learned from writing her novels. I highly recommend that you give it a read and not just because her post echos a lot of the stuff I've been saying for ages ( ) but also because it's a brief but great overview of the most important stuff you can learn in this crazy w...

This is the very best part of being an author in the social media age…

Twitter account? Free.

RSS alerts on the name of your play on Twitter? Also free.

Getting to see your real fans getting excited about auditions, quoting lines from the show back and forth and getting cast in your play? So freaking priceless.

I see these kind of tweets all the time and I don't always share them because that seems like madness but, believe me, I totally read them.

(I know that Twitter is public but I blurred the names and photos because sometimes teens don't realize how public ...

Meanwhile, on my other blogs… September 24, 2011

Don't read all the sites I blog for? Here's what you missed in the last week outside of HillaryDePiano.com.

Hey, Facebook users! Why don't you do me *this
Have you seen this all over your Facebook feed? Please do me a favor and move your mouse over my name here, wait for the box to load and then move your mouse over the "Subscribe" link. Then uncheck the "Comments and Likes". I would really rather that my comments on friends and families posts
Win a My Little Pony Friendship is...

300,000 words reached! Seven days earlier than planned! Mwahaha! (a caffeinated word count post)

Hey! Hey you guys! Remember how I said I was all behind and then I was like, whatever, I'm going to try to hit 300,000 words before the month is out anyway? Check it…

Awwwwwwww yeeeeeeeeeaaaaaah! Look at that fat stack! And at least some of those words don't suck, isn't that wonderful?

Side note: Tomorrow is my 5 year wedding anniversary! Can you believe it's been five years? Sometimes it feels like we got married three seconds ago and other times it's like I've known my husband for my entire l...

Ever thought about adapting a novel, comic book, life or short story, or video game into a stage play? 5 Tips!

Playscripts was kind enough to invite me back to do a second guest blog post which just went up yesterday. This one's called…

Adapt or Perish! Five Things to Consider Before Starting an Adaptation

If you have a second to visit their blog and read the whole thing and maybe leave a comment, it would be much appreciated! Here's a teaser:

Playwrights, it's hard to deny the lure of the adaptation. Taking existing content that you already know works and adapting it for the stage seems so much faster...

Ever though about adapting a novel, comic book, life or short story, or video game into a stage play? 5 Tips!

Playscripts was kind enough to invite me back to do a second guest blog post which just went up yesterday. This one's called…

Adapt or Perish! Five Things to Consider Before Starting an Adaptation

If you have a second to visit their blog and read the whole thing and maybe leave a comment, it would be much appreciated! Here's a teaser:

Playwrights, it's hard to deny the lure of the adaptation. Taking existing content that you already know works and adapting it for the stage seems so much faster...