Read this on galpod.com. This week I’ve been thinking about characters, and how do we know someone, including ourselves. Some character...

Read this on galpod.com. New Year’s resolutions are… controversial. Many people find them stressful and unhelpful. I am one of those...

Read this on galpod.com. I read 43 books in 2021, a number I’m proud of. Reading 43 books a year means I read a book every 8.5 days or...

Read this on galpod.com. We’ve been fortunate to be able to visit our family this year. I know many people weren’t so lucky. It’s been...

Read this on galpod.com. Every character we write has a family. Childhood experiences are embedded deep within us, navigating our...

Read this on galpod.com. I love stories about ordinary people. Sure, superheroes are great, and being a cop who blows stuff up is fun,...

Read this on galpod.com. I recently saw a tweet (I wish I could link, but I can’t refind it) where a writer posted her list of rewards....

Read this on galpod.com. Happy Friday! Today's writing prompt is inspired by Charles Dickens. What would the ghost of Christmas Past show...

Read this on galpod.com. Paul Valéry said that an artwork is never finished, merely abandoned. If you try to figure out how do you know...

Read this on galpod.com. My Love, My, how you’ve grown this year. It has been an emotional year, a year of hard-earned success (you got...

Read this on galpod.com. Uncertainty is hard for humans, generally speaking. Not knowing what will happen, the thought of losing control,...

Read this on galpod.com. The first thing anybody who knows anything about blogging advises beginner bloggers is that consistency is key....

Read this on galpod.com. What does it mean to lead a successful life? We all think about it. Sometimes, it's too scary to think about, so...

Read this on galpod.com. I’ve been thinking about health lately. Not only because my daughter has a head cold and had to stay home from...

Read this on galpod.com. This word trail also came about while I was reading Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari. It occurred to me that the...

Read this on galpod.com. I recently finished Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens. It really should be used as mandatory reading for school...

Read this on galpod.com. I've been thinking about stories lately. Mot the kind we write but the kind we tell ourselves. I put up on...

Read this on galpod.com. Curiosity killed the cat, is the adage. But it's also one of our most basic emotions as human beings. Without...

Read this on galpod.com. If you've been reading this blog a while, you know that I love the beginning of the school year. I love school,...

Read this on galpod.com. The school year has begun in our household, which I thought would give me more time for a post but no such luck....