Hi! I'm Stephanie Hammond

Amendment News and More of the last "C" word Dear Reader News: Writer's Chat at the Sculpture Park - New Date On 13 January 2024 at The Sculpture Park a Waitakaruru Arboretum between 10 am and noon the Writer's Chat event will be held in the cafe area shown in the photo. I'll be joined by fellow creatives Phoebe Wilby, my daughter visiting from Ireland, and Bella Hessell, my granddaughter from Waiheke Island. Phoebe is also an author and Bella is an artist and illustrator. Save the date,...

Some News, A Newsletter you might like, And another "C" word Dear Reader News: Writer's Chat at the Sculpture Park On 12 November at The Sculpture Park a Waitakaruru Arboretum between 10 am and noon I'll be joining the Writer's Chat event being held in the cafe area shown in the photo. Save the date, for those who are close by. Join me and enjoy the park at the same time (and morning tea!) A Newsletter I think you will enjoy My friend and fellow writer, Vicky Adin, has a monthly newsletter...

Another Creative Project? Dear Reader News: Following on from An Addict in the Family! If you've read my memoir you will know how traumatic this experience was for me - not to mention other members of my family. I've been sharing my story with lots of people who have similar stories and it's clear that there are a lot of people still trying to pick up the pieces of their lives long after the initial awareness of the addiction of their loved ones has passed. I've been playing around with a...

Dear Reader NEWS, MAKES ME THINK, PROGRESS & RECOMMENDATIONS News: An Addict in the Family now on Google Play! Not wanting to buy on Amazon? Or you already enjoy getting your e-books on Google Play? In their book section you'll find my memoir! I'm thrilled to see it here and am looking to put it on other e-book platforms. What are your favourites? And of course you can still buy on Amazon​ What Makes me Think Reading between the lines I'm mesmerised by the simplicity and complexity of...

NEWS, MORE NEWS & PROCRASTINATION News: Additions to the Family Joyous news! My grandson Isaiah and his beautiful Amber's daughter, Noa, and my great-grandson Glenn and his beautiful Elizabeth's son, Octavius, were both born on August 23rd, in Australia. Welcome to our family, you beautiful precious souls. It's amazing to realise that Octavius and Noa join 56 other beautiful souls who are my direct descendants. Blows my mind! 58 descendants - from me - a wonderful birthday present to think...

Dear Reader BIRTHDAYS, FAREWELLS, AND WELCOMES Birthdays For two months of the year my husband and I are the same age. The rest of the year I'm those few months older. He's just had his 3/4 century birthday and we celebrated with a no fuss day. We did our daily forty minute walk along the river. Then we enjoyed a special lunch at Gothenburg - a tapas restaurant that we love. I took him shopping to buy a present he'd mentioned a few times and home for a leisurely afternoon. No fuss day, but a...

How old am I? Am I as old as I feel? Or am I as old as my numbers say? Dear Reader Age - is it just a number? Is 70 really the new 50? Are you as old as you feel? I honestly don't think about age very much, at least not in the way I think I would if I thought I am "getting old". But something happened the other day to make me think. The photo on the left is of my mother in her 20s and on the bottom right she is in her 70s, about the age I am now. The other photos are of me at various...

Dear Reader I'm often asked 'How do you spend your day?' and 'How's your writing going?' Being a writer is a multi-faceted occupation. There's a lot to managing the peripheral processes that bring the story to life. There's the editing, proofreading, cover design, writing short blurbs about the book, publishing. Each has its own criteria. I also spend time in developing content for my website and these newsletters. I don't divide my days into each of these activities. I do have a notebook...