Jo Treggiari

Oh Woe! Woe is me! My husband works long hours, much of it on the road, driving all over NY, Pennsylvania and Connecticut. He also deals with reams of paperwork, medicare forms and people who are excessively demanding. He comes […]

Today on my walk I was pelted with acorns. Oh, yes! Only one hit me- on the collarbone- but others came close. Fortunately I am as quick and lithe as a fox. At one point they were falling all around […]

The epic tragedy that is my septic tank continues. If you ever entertained an idea of living in the country, I beg you to rethink it. No sidewalks. Manic drivers who think they are at Nascar. Half-corpses of deer left […]

Real life. It’s intrusive. Maybe I write fiction and mostly fantasy because I am trying to avoid real life. Maybe I write children’s fiction because I am trying to deny that I am an adult. Maybe I read children’s fiction […]

I’m working on something new (possible title- FIERCE). I’m trying to get my thoughts in order. I’d already written about 3/4 of the book but after putting it aside for a year or so while I was working on something […]

I used to be a landscaper. You might be thinking rose trellises, wild flower meadows, deciding just where the boxwood hedges would go. Marching around the acreage with a brimmed hat and a notebook, making squiggles and hatch marks to […]

Just finished the second book in Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games series. It was excellent. Imagine me kowtowing to her in adulation. I haven’t felt that rush, that thrill that keeps me reading through the night, since The Golden Compass. I […]

(note: I have never headlined my blogs with the words “writing tip”. It’s something I’ve been meaning to do however. Actually, I was waiting for my website imp to do a re-design on the website, including a systematic way of […]

Just got back from a wedding. Hmmm. What can one say about weddings? This one was not as long as others I have been to. In fact, immediately after the ceremony most of the wedding party (except for the bride […]

Sons of Avarice live I think the two main characters of my WIP would be listening to this fine band non-stop. //////////////////////////////////////