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Pouncing like a cat

January 25, 2012January 25, 2012 Treggiariposts, the writing process

The appropriately-named YA author Cat Clarke recently tweeted about how she works on her WIP by circumnavigating it via Twitter, Facebook, and random Internet surfing before sort of accidentally falling into her word.doc and being pleasantly surprised that it exists. […]

Writing the hard book

January 17, 2012January 17, 2012 TreggiariFIERCE, Jo, life, posts, the writing process

Sixteen years ago, my best friend committed suicide. She hung herself in her mother’s garage. It was many years before I could speak it out loud without having a panic attack. May 29, 1995. Memorial Day in fact. Although I […]

The Plan

January 2, 2012January 3, 2012 Treggiariposts, publishing, the writing process

Perhaps I should have titled this “The Plan that went awry”. So, when I started writing the book which became Ashes, Ashes, I went pretty deep into my characters’ back stories- in particular Grammalie Rose, Aidan, Sammy and Del’s pasts. […]

The Dory Mindset

November 4, 2011 Treggiarithe writing process

My friend, author E.M. Alexander and I shoot emails back and forth all the time. I call it mutual support, others might call it psychotic venting and marathon whinging sessions. However it is labeled, it has become vital. Even when […]

Hurray (for epidermal thickening)!

August 10, 2011August 10, 2011 TreggiariJo, the writing process

So lately I’ve noticed that I have evolved a little. At least in regards to my book review sensibilities. I still maintain that I had to feel all those devastated emotions brought about by bad reviews to get to where […]

FEAR

August 5, 2011August 5, 2011 Treggiariposts, the writing process

So right now I have a manuscript out on submission, and one that has just gone through another round of revisions prior to being submitted, and I’m about 10,000 words in on a new book. This book scares me. I’m […]

Endings

June 29, 2011 Treggiarithe writing process

When I was a kid I thought writing a story was easy. I just wrote down everything that was in my head and then slapped a “The End” near the bottom of the last page. Sometimes I added carefully drawn […]

Characters/ A Good Addiction

May 17, 2011May 17, 2011 TreggiariAshes Ashes, posts, the writing process

Here’s a guest post I did over at the A Good Addiction book blog talking about where my characters came from for ASHES, ASHES. Thanks Kari for hosting me!

Aaarghh!

April 26, 2011 TreggiariAshes Ashes, posts, the writing process

I’ve seen it happen to other writers. And yet I am still surprised. A little more than a month until Ashes, Ashes is in the stores, and all of a sudden I am getting more emails asking me for things. […]

How To Keep Your Head on Straight

March 25, 2011March 25, 2011 Treggiarilife, posts, the writing process

Is it just me or are the last 2 months before publication excruciating???? The past 6 months since final edit has been hard as well but these 67 days are killing me. I’ve been taking lots of walks and trying […]