January 16, 2020 | By Margo Hammond . . . Listen Up Authors & Stories Online Writers in Paradise Virtual Readings January 17-18 Eckerd College’s annual Writers in Paradise Writers’… Read More
Genre: Literary
Re-structuring
I’m back to work on the novel this week and feeling that things might be coming together. One of the biggest anxieties for me while revising it has been the… Read More
Found Poetry
Blog# 7 I adore found poetry, because it makes what I’ve already known obvious: poetry is everywhere, and it’s for everybody. If you are unfamiliar with found poetry,… Read More
The End of the Beginning
Blog 8 First drafts of novels are what I like to think of as the end of a beginning. For me, it’s the second major step in completing a novel…. Read More
How Has Your Artistic Practice Changed During the Pandemic?
January 12, 2020 How Has Your Artistic Practice Changed and what have you discovered? . . . It’s a challenging time for artists, but creative work continues. The Arts Coast… Read More
Reading
This week it has been very difficult to focus. In addition to the events that occurred at the Capitol on Wednesday, which I’m sure have been on everyone’s mind, an… Read More
New Year: First Times
Blog #6 I love the New Year, how everything is a series of firsts: first meal of the new year, first shower, first time having sex, poem written, book… Read More
New Year, New Mentor, New Focus
Blog 7 Just before the holiday break, I met with my Creative Pinellas mentor, Sheree, for the first time over Google chat. We talked about a lot of things, but… Read More
Year-End Best Books Lists from Tampa Bay Bibliophiles
December 21, 2020 | By Margo Hammond . . . Every year a staggering number of bloggers, newspapers, authors, magazines, celebrities and book sites offer up Best Books of the… Read More
Stepping Away
This week I’ve been taking a break from the novel and working on a long story/novella whose rough draft I wrote over the summer. The germ of it started after… Read More
