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Ellis Shuman

Ellis Shuman

Good Morning Venice!

The moment I’ll remember most from my recent visit to Venice was when I emerged from a dark alley onto a wide sidewalk on the banks of a…

Apr 22, 2023

Good Morning Venice!

Apr 22, 2023

Ellis Shuman

Jerusalem Is Much Harder to Run than Tel Aviv

My thigh muscles ache as I run up the cobblestoned ramp-like street leading to Jaffa Gate. I pass through the historic walls, breached for…

Mar 20, 2019

Jerusalem Is Much Harder to Run than Tel Aviv

Mar 20, 2019

Ellis Shuman

My Modern World: Podcasts

Reflections on the 21st century, and how it took me so long to get here.

Feb 19, 2019

My Modern World: Podcasts

Feb 19, 2019

Ellis Shuman

The John Irving Theory of Everything

John Irving is one of my favorite authors of all time. I first read The 158-Pound Marriage when I was in high school and aspiring to weigh…

Jan 15, 2018

The John Irving Theory of Everything

Jan 15, 2018

Ellis Shuman

The Hebrew-Speaking Bedouin I Met in the Middle of the Jordanian Desert

I traveled to the stunning ancient Nabatean city of Petra in southern Jordan, across the border from the kibbutz where I had lived for…

Dec 19, 2017

The Hebrew-Speaking Bedouin I Met in the Middle of the Jordanian Desert

Dec 19, 2017

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The Writing Cooperative

Don’t Read It Until I Finish Writing It!

I had just finished writing the first section of the first draft of my first novel and I was eager to have my wife read it. Who was better…

Nov 15, 2017

Don’t Read It Until I Finish Writing It!

Nov 15, 2017

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The Writing Cooperative

How I Found My Editor

After I finished writing, revising, and polishing my manuscript — a suspense novel set in Bulgaria — and after receiving very few responses…

Nov 7, 2017

How I Found My Editor

Nov 7, 2017

Ellis Shuman

Writing in My Sleep

The other morning, just after 4 a.m., my cat woke me up as she does every morning. She stood at my side of the bed, pacing back and forth…

Oct 28, 2017

Writing in My Sleep

Oct 28, 2017

Ellis Shuman

At Some Point, You Have to Stop Editing

Congratulations! You have finished writing your novel. Quite an accomplishment. And now, the hard part begins.

Oct 3, 2017

At Some Point, You Have to Stop Editing

Oct 3, 2017

Ellis Shuman

That Awesome Moment When You Finish Your Manuscript

The other day I let out a big sigh. After 13 months of constant writing and editing; after multiple revisions and three drafts; after…

Jul 7, 2017

That Awesome Moment When You Finish Your Manuscript

Jul 7, 2017

Ellis Shuman

Ellis Shuman

Ellis Shuman is an American-born Israeli author, travel writer & book reviewer. He is the author of The Virtual Kibbutz, Valley of Thracians, The Burgas Affair.

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