Read this on galpod.com. Like, full ones. They can be tricky. Or worse, they can be boring. Apparently, boring sentences are very common...

Read this on galpod.com. I've been struggling with doing a scene-by-scene analysis for my manuscript over the last few weeks. I thought...

Read this on galpod.com. I had a chat with my daughter this morning. She's ten years old and mentioned that her teacher, as part of the...

Read this on galpod.com. Some famous writer said (I honestly can't remember who, and I couldn't find it anywhere) that she (I'm pretty...

Read this on galpod.com. I love cooking. I like looking at recipes, finding the one that works best for what I have, tweaking it a bit to...

Read this on galpod.com. I went to see the Rodin exhibition at the Tate Modern with a couple of friends. It was good fun (as far as...

Read this on galpod.com. I'm reading I Don't Know How She Does It right now for research (damn, I love being a writer). It's fairly old...

Read this on galpod.com. Conflict is perhaps what I find the most difficult to write. I firmly believe that most people are actually good...

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...