Read this on galpod.com. Like story plot, creating characters is a topic discussed in writing blogs ad nauseam. I'm definitely not an...

Read this on galpod.com. There's a lot of written stuff out there about plot points. What I have found useful is using five plot points...

Read this on galpod.com. I'm a student at heart. I take notes, I read closely, and I apply what I learn. I've decided that part of...

Read this on galpod.com. I had a chat with a friend the other day, and she told me she doesn't see herself as an immigrant but as an...

Read this on galpod.com. In the weeks before we moved to a new house, I had lost my inspiration. I hadn't written for weeks, and I was...

Read this on galpod.com. For my research, I was looking through The Attachment Parenting Book By Sears and Sears. It was the closest I've...

Read this on galpod.com. This book is rather old, I know. And a lot has been said about it, I know. When it came out I only heard about...

Read this on galpod.com. In the picture: how my work would have looked like with no internet. I read Austin Kleon's book titled Show Your...

Read this on galpod.com. My Darling, Ten is a big number. It's a big responsibility. You have been taking on much more of that in the...

Read this on galpod.com. I only feel at home when I have unpacked my books. We left our previous home on May 13th, but only last Thursday...

Read this on galpod.com. Here are some things I listened to/read this week that were interesting: The TED Radio hour last episode with...

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...

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,...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...