Treggiari

No less a luminary than Roald Dahl said that writing for children was the hardest sort of writing there was. He was also of the opinion that women made better children’s lit authors. I don’t remember his reasoning. It was […]

Actually I’ve been remiss and Santa doesn’t care much anyway. But for the first time in ages I have failed to blog at least twice in one week and I want to say I’m sorry. To all of you (the […]

Thanks to everyone who entered. I only wish there had been more photos and pictures. But oh well. I thought the band names were all clever and of course very very punk rock. It was hard to come up with […]

So in the OI OI spirit send me your best original punk rock band name. Or a picture of you punking out. Therell be one winner chosen by me and he/she will receive a copy of each of the following […]

Do you know of any writers who just write? Whose days stretch before them filled with wool-gathering, lots of coffee and the gentle tapping sounds of the keyboard? Nah, me neither. I think it’s a myth. I’m not convinced of […]

So I was wondering why it is that by and large most authors want to live in old houses. I personally would love to live in something gothic. The Addams family estate, perhaps. My last home was an almost 300 […]

Ok, just a month late but here’s our 2009 Family Halloween Picture. I’m a little peeved that you can’t see my ninja sword or my silver Iggy Pop pants… ////////////////////////////////////////

Back when I started my current WIP it was a entirely different sort of beast. Very dark, very edgy, very depressing. It was sort of like a slow torturous climb towards a depressing conclusion and then a fast, unrelenting tumble […]

I am writing (I guess) about delinquency as in leather jackets, smoking, no school. You know the images from those old rebel movies and James Dean, Marlon Brando and the rest of the wild ones. It’s not a term that […]

Because I have this wonderful news that I can’t share with you all yet AND because I am almost done with the first draft of FIERCE AND because The Punk Rock Band Name Contest for Four Fantastic YA Books