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Things to do When You Find Writing Unbearable
Read this on galpod.com. I think it's important that we say it. Even if you love writing and can't imagine your life without writing and...

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Apr 19, 20212 min read


Easter Break
Read this on galpod.com. Hello there! Kids are on an Easter break, and it's all I can do to keep up with them. So for the next two weeks,...

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Apr 5, 20211 min read


Why Writing is so Damn Hard
Last week, on the amazing Writers Group, we talked about why writing is so friggin' hard. Thomas Mann said that “A writer is someone for...

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Mar 29, 20213 min read


On Multiple Languages
Read this on galpod.com. I’ve been thinking this week about language. I live in two languages, and the division between English and...

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Mar 22, 20212 min read


On Hibernation and Planning
Read this on galpod.com. Every year, around March, I get restless. I get annoyed with my complete lack of productivity (what do you mean...

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Mar 15, 20212 min read


Taking Stock
Read this on galpod.com. This is where I am right now: writing in my bedroom, on a tiny desk, my laptop on a box of old notebooks so it's...

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Mar 8, 20212 min read


How Not to Break
Read this on galpod.com. In a podcast I listen to regularly (in Hebrew), they talked about the last exercise of a high-prestige military...

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Mar 3, 20212 min read


In Limbo
Read this on galpod.com. I should be writing this from London, but I'm not. We had planned to return to London by now, but pandemic times...

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Feb 22, 20212 min read


Morning Pages
Read this on galpod.com. I've been working with The Artist's Way for eight weeks. The book itself has been helpful to me, even though I...

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Feb 8, 20212 min read


Book Review—Superior
Read this on galpod.com. As a history of race science, this is an excellent book. It begins with the roots of the concept of race, how it...

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Feb 1, 20212 min read


Trip Reading List
Read this on galpod.com. I was going to write a "This is what 42 looks like" post, but I got bored writing about myself. So instead I...

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Jan 25, 20211 min read


Alternative Universe
Read this on galpod.com. So, on Sunday we actually boarded a plane and took the trip/leap of faith to Israel. We figured that as long as...

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Jan 19, 20212 min read


The Selfish/Dedicated Artist
Read this on galpod.com. Today, I'm thinking about creativity. I've been thinking about creativity a lot lately. When I say lately, I...

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Jan 11, 20213 min read


Oh, Hey, It's a New Year
Read this on galpod.com. Our Christmas break is finally over. This was not a holiday; we didn't celebrate anything in particular except...

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Jan 4, 20214 min read


Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
Read this on galpod.com. December has been tough these last few years. (Really, read the post I wrote last year, it's decent). This year...

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Dec 15, 20202 min read


Embodied
Read this on galpod.com. Recently, I've been thinking about my body. Sure, 40 is the new 30, which is the new 20. But still, in the last...

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Dec 7, 20203 min read


Owning vs Renting
Read this on galpod.com. I've been thinking about this a lot lately because we bought a house which is going to be ready for us to move...

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Nov 30, 20202 min read


Tired
Read this on galpod.com. It's been a while since I've posted. I've meant to every week, but every time I ended up not happy with what...

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Nov 23, 20202 min read


A Letter to my Son on his 11th birthday
Read this on galpod.com. My Dear, Reading the letters I’ve been writing every year since you were three years old, I realised that they...

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Oct 19, 20202 min read


On Writers’ Groups
Read this on galpod.com. A couple of years ago (feels like forever but it’s mostly the pandemic), when I started writing fiction...

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Sep 22, 20202 min read
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