ROCK N’ ROLL GRANDMA
ROCK N’ ROLL GRANDMA (And the Case of the Stolen Washing) By Shane Pinnegar I’ve lived in my share of insalubrious accommodations, let me tell you. One such hov...
Author: Shane Pinnegar
Shane Pinnegar is an author, chef and music/pop culture writer who lives in Western Australia. He has a lovely wife, two rambunctious dogs with no respect for personal space, especially on the sofa or bed, twenty-something koi, a flock of itinerate galahs who visit regularly, and a never-comprehensive-enough rock n' roll record collection.
I did an interview!
Me old mate Shayne McGowan runs the excellent blog and podcast Noise Pollution, and he called recently for a chat about running 100% ROCK MAGAZINE, my forthcomi...
NEVER STOP FIGHTING
NEVER STOP FIGHTING We were broken into yesterday. Brick through the window, all of our audio visual equipment gone, camera, cash, and about a quarter of my che...
Pre-sale for JADA: MOUNTAIN WARRIOR, stretch goals and more!
It occurs to me that I haven’t even written a blog post about it yet, but the crowdfunding pre-sale campaign for my debut novel, JADA: MOUNTAIN WARRIOR is...
MUSIC SOOTHES THE SAVAGE AUTHOR… OR DOES IT?
MUSIC SOOTHES THE SAVAGE AUTHOR… OR DOES IT? I’m occasionally asked what I like to listen to when I write. Well… there’s no easy answer to that. More often than...
I Remember When I Was Young… 1
I Remember When I Was Young… 1 When I was young I spent many enjoyable hours in my sandpit playing toy soldiers. I was a bit of a loner – painfully shy, terribl...
I’ve been eating chocolate wrong my whole life!
I can barely believe it, folks, but it turns out that I have been eating chocolate wrong my whole life! I learnt years ago that there is a chasm between good an...
Ever since I was a kid I wanted to write a novel…
Ever since I was a kid I wanted to write a novel… I would sneak into Mum and Dad’s bedroom when they were out and tap away on Mum’s typewriter, inevitably...
Creative insecurity is normal! Encouraging kids should be too!
CREATIVE INSECURITY IS NORMAL! ENCOURAGING KIDS SHOULD BE TOO! Driving my daughter to school this morning, she said to me, “I’d like to write a story about a wi...
35 years school reunion!
35 YEARS SCHOOL REUNION! This year marks thirty-five years since I graduated high school. THIRTY-FIVE BLOODY YEARS. That is two thirds of my life ago (67% ̵...