Read this on galpod.com. The beginning of the school year is always a great opportunity (for me, at least) to reflect on what I want to...

Read this on galpod.com. Sorry, I had to. Puns make me happy. This August, I found myself teeming with creativity and getting a lot done....

Read this on galpod.com. Programming note: the newsletter is taking July and August off to spend more time with its family. Regular...

Read this on galpod.com. First, a programming note: The prompts and the writing together sessions are going on a summer holiday for July...

Read this on galpod.com. A while back (over four years ago, actually), I wrote about using the word partner rather than husband. Lately,...

Read this on galpod.com. Today I invite you to think about trust. What does trust mean to you? Who do you trust and why? Who trusts you,...

Read this on galpod.com. I go around the productivity carousel quite often. The carousel consists of fairly established points: first, I...

Read this on galpod.com. In music, there’s a lot of talk about influences. Today I invite you to consider yours. Please don’t confine...

Read this on galpod.com. My love, My, how you’ve grown this year. We’ve had quite a busy year with a lot of travel. Travel is hard. It...

Read this on galpod.com. Today I invite you to write about expectations. Set a timer for five minutes and write everything that comes up:...

Read this on galpod.com. During half term, we went to Italy to hike the trails near Madonna Di Campiglio and see some family by Garda...

Read this on galpod.com. A forest can be, depending on your point of view, menacing or peaceful, dark or dappled. The forest metaphor is...

Read this on galpod.com. There has been a veritable flood of posts about generative AI since ChatGPT came out. I’ve read several...

Read this on galpod.com. Today I invite you to think about power. It can be in your life or your story. I suggest focusing on a specific...

Read this on galpod.com. Five years ago last week, I started blogging on this here blog. Of course, I was blogging before about parenting...

Read this on galpod.com. Today, and based on a recent discussion we’ve had in the writers’ group, I invite you to think about your...

Read this on galpod.com. I’ve got a story within a story for you today. I thought a lot about how best to tell it, but I want to tell it...

Read this on galpod.com. I’ve been trying to connect this week to the side of me that is happy to be alive. It has to do with my...

Read this on galpod.com. During Easter break, we visited Israel. I’ve been fretting about the situation there for a while now. I didn’t...

Read this on galpod.com. Conflict is essential in stories, or so we are taught. So, today, I invite you to think about conflict. What...