October 2010 – Jo Treggiari

Thank You, Eva Ibbotson

October 22, 2010 Treggiariposts, writers

I was saddened to hear yesterday that Eva Ibbotson had died. She was 85. I’ve mentioned before that she was a great influence on me, both as a writer and as a gracious and generous person. I wrote to her […]

The Importance of Being Imogen Poots

October 18, 2010 Treggiariposts, the writing process

Do any of you know who Imogen Poots is? She is a ravishing, doe-eyed gazelle of a British actress known mostly for being gorgeous and appearing in the movie 28 Weeks Later. Here she is: She got me thinking or […]

Booke the Seconde

October 13, 2010December 7, 2010 Treggiariposts, the writing process

Regarding the difficulty besetting a writer who must deliver a second book to her publisher. You may think that writers are spilling over with new stories all the time.That it is merely a matter of writing them down.Not so.I have […]

Writing the ‘wrong” way to find the right story

October 5, 2010 Treggiariposts, the writing process

I’m sure that for many of you writers this is not a difficulty. Perhaps you are masters of the detailed outline. Perhaps the whole book appears to you in a wonderfully clear dream.Perhaps you are one of those people who […]