Read this on galpod.com. Important note This prompt is not an easy one. Please take care of yourself. If this is something you feel you...

Read this on galpod.com. I’ve been thinking about heat this week. It can mean something different to different people, even something...

Read this on galpod.com. As I mentioned before, my life is run by the school year. A new school year is exciting, an opportunity to...

Read this on galpod.com. I mentioned previously that, for me, the school year is my unit of measurement. Since it is the end of the...

Read this on galpod.com. Time is probably the only truly limited resource we have. Everyone has the same 24 hours in a day, regardless of...

Read this on galpod.com. I find the emotion wheel incredibly helpful in exploring emotions in depth. It’s a fantastic tool for writers...

Read this on galpod.com. This week, I’m thinking about habits. Summing up Aristotle’s approach, Will Durant wrote: “We are what we...

Read this on galpod.com. I’m stealing this prompt from Julia Cameron. Some writer friends and I are doing a round of The Artist’s Way, so...

Read this on galpod.com. I’ve been thinking about nature this week and how it can inspire us. Today I have a bit of a task. Go outside,...

Read this on galpod.com. Gratitude is one of those magic feelings. Feeling appreciation protects against the adverse effects of stress...

Read this on galpod.com. Distractions surround us. There are no ifs or buts about it. I don’t think it’s coincidental. I think...

Read this on galpod.com. Last week, we celebrated Passover. While the holiday's name comes from the Israelites being passed over when God...

Read this on galpod.com. Today we’re writing at the British Library, and I’m thinking about our writing space. First of all, I’m thinking...

Read this on galpod.com. Here’s an exercise I stole (like an artist) from Melissa Febos. She uses it to get her students to write about...

Read this on galpod.com. This week I’ve been thinking about how we tend to dismiss the positive and hold the negative. It’s called a...

Read this on galpod.com. Important note This prompt is not an easy one. Please take care of yourself. If this is something you feel you...

Read this on galpod.com. Music has a way of reminding us of moments in our past. For me, for instance, every time I hear Alice Cooper’s...

Read this on galpod.com. In literature, we talk a lot about POV - Point of View. If we want to write believable characters, writers have...

Read this on galpod.com. I'm reading Cathy Rentzenbrink's Write It All Down, mostly because I felt like the universe had sent me that...

Read this on galpod.com. I heard a great episode of the podcast Throughline about Octavia Butler. It got me thinking about change because...