Hillary DePiano's Blog, page 91
May 24, 2011
May's Writing Goals: a 100% Three Oranges-free blog post
I wanted to do a quick non-Three Oranges related update since it's been the TLOTO show around here for the past few weeks with all the stuff for the launch of the new edition.
Back on April 30th, I decided to try to use May to both catch-up AND get ahead on my word count in a challenge I dorkily called, "Where there's a will, there's a May!" which I will totally be using every year that I can because it cracks me up. To be caught up, I needed to write 76,000 words in May but I ...
May 23, 2011
The Love of Three Oranges New Acting Edition Cover
Lookie what I just go in the mail over the weekend:
Jelly?
You're looking at the cover of the brand new acting edition of the play available exclusively through Playscripts, Inc. This is a scan which actually makes it look a little darker then it really is. In person, it's a bright construction site orange. Very hard to miss.
On the plus side, if you are ever lost while hiking, a copy of The Love of Three Oranges will make it that much easier to flag down a helicopter!
Sharing is ...The Offsite Recap for May 23, 2011
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Finally purchased Summer Hayes's My Little Pony G1 guide and an gleefully checking things off. Plan to purchase the rest before the Fair. Want to get a copy of your own before this summer's convention (no pun intended )? Grab one here
Comic Alliance's Ask Chris tacklesHow do you feel about the term "brony" being applied to adult males who watch My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic? See his answer here. But, on this subject, hasn't this term come to...
May 19, 2011
Get 20% off on The Love of Three Oranges AND free shipping with this special offer from Playscripts!
If you're looking to order a couple of plays or just wanted multiple copies of Three Oranges for a class or production, Playscripts has a special offer you'll love.
From now until May 27th, use the coupon code pictured to the right when you checkout on the Playscripts website on any order of 8 books or more and get 20% off and free shipping on the whole order.
It's a great opportunity to throw a few extra scripts in your cart for additional savings.
May 18, 2011
What's different in the new version of The Love of Three Oranges?
Now that the new version of The Love of Three Oranges is street legal, you may be wondering what the difference is between Oranges: Classic and Oranges: New Hotness.
To start with, I'm going to let you in on a dirty little secret. There really isn't any such thing as the "original version" of my Three Oranges. To start with, we changed some of the script during the rehearsal process so the show the actors read at auditions and the final show that we performed were both...
May 16, 2011
The Offsite Recap for May 16, 2011
My Little Pony Butt
Well, here's a use for those MLP fakies you've got lying around, though why you wouldn't want to use the front half is beyond me. (Item is sold out but click through to get to the seller's store if you want to request one.) PS: Don't worry, it's a fakie in the photo above as
Warning: Adult language belowFrom PopBytes: Seriously, it took me, like, half an hour just to write this post because I kept getting distracted by videos of My Little...
May 12, 2011
The Love of Three Oranges on Twitter (@loveof3oranges) and the new TheLoveofThreeOranges.com
If you're on Twitter, you may want to follow our new official account for The Love of Three Oranges (@loveof3oranges). Anytime you want to chat about Three Oranges online either add #loveof3oranges or #TLOTO to your tweets to join in the discussion. The latest chats appear on the bottom of every page of the Three Oranges site and look like this:
Can a technophobic writer be successful in today's writing & publishing landscape?
Last year, I attended an interest meeting for the writer's group at my local library. I was hoping it would be like a year round NaNoWriMo: a bunch of people who like to write hanging around with laptops banging out words and taking occasional breaks to chat informally about craft. Unfortunately, it was nothing at all like that and, while there were some nice people there, they were on a very different writing path then I was so it really wasn't a good fit for me for a number ...
May 10, 2011
Did you know that 2011 is the 250th anniversary of Carlo Gozzi's The Love of Three Oranges?
I've had "2011 is the year of the orange!" written on the dry erase board above my desk for 2 years now so I wouldn't forget that 2011 marks the 250th anniversary of Carlo Gozzi's The Love of Three Oranges, the commedia dell'arte scenerio that both the Sergei Prokofiev opera (usually translated as The Love for Three Oranges) and my play are based on. Originally written in 1761 (which was also the year that Twinkle Twinkle Little Star was published if Wikipedia is to be...
May 9, 2011
The Offsite Recap for May 9, 2011
RT @DisneyMagicMan I officially dub Jim Cummings the greatest voice actor, EVER. He's played so many amazing characters! Tags: Jim
Getting stuff done, working more efficiently & finally tackling the things you keep putting offI wasn't exactly trying to but I recently realized that I have something of a series going on working more...
