Read this on galpod.com. Unsurprisingly, I'm reading a lot of books about writing lately. I consider it to be an investment, and these...

Read this on galpod.com. I have no time for a real post today. Last week has been crazy, and this one is shaping up to be quite similar....

Read this on galpod.com. I'll start with the conclusion. For me, art is always about truth. Some kind of truth. The artist's truth. As I...

Read this on galpod.com. I’ve been here for years. Decades. Centuries. I’ve seen it all. Lovers, sitting in my shade. Having a picnic....

Read this on galpod.com. Yesterday I took a day off and a good friend and went to see the excellent exhibition at The British Museum that...

Read this on galpod.com. I had a weird weekend. I'm usually full of energy on weekends, but this weekend was hot, and all I wanted to do...

Read this on galpod.com. I've been trying out this habit in which you write ten ideas every day. It can be whatever you like, but they...

Read this on galpod.com. When I was doing my PhD, reading a nonfiction book for fun was out of the question. I had to read so many...

Read this on galpod.com. When I was 14, I made a new friend. I met her at a camp, and she lived in a village about two hours' drive from...

Read this on galpod.com. Hurray! I love random word trails! OK, this trail began a long time ago. There's a group called Glimpse, and I...

Read this on galpod.com. Right. I had set myself five goals for June. I failed on four of them. If you followed the blog this month, this...

Read this on galpod.com. I read far quicker in Hebrew than I do in English. Hebrew is my first language, after all, and it's just much...

Read this on galpod.com. My mom and sister (and baby nephew!) are visiting, and staying with us in London. I love it when my family comes...

Read this on galpod.com. My mom, sister, and baby nephew are visiting us. I went touring with them today, and it reminded me why I love...

Read this on galpod.com. When my dad was about 45, he entered into a partnership with another farmer. The partnership details were: the...

Read this on galpod.com. I recently came across a fantastic "writing advice" post by Chuck Wendig. He took quite a few traditional...

Read this on galpod.com. “Isn’t this nice?” asked Chris. Kayla looked at him, disgust etched on every feature. “Look at the stars,” Chris...

Read this on galpod.com. I've been thinking a lot lately about what I'm trying to get out of posting on Medium and this blog. Many...

Read this on galpod.com. Not so much a story, but a scene I wrote a few months ago in response for a writing prompt. I'm working on my...

Read this on galpod.com. I started writing fiction because I had a story to tell. One day, while I was doing my PhD, a story came into my...