In this excerpt, Mathias and the family have returned to Minnesota after two years in Norway. Mathias still plans to leave (abandon) his family, but he hasn’t worked out the details yet.
Meet Mathias
Category: Writing
Meet Erling
Erling was always nice to me the few times I saw him, but I didn’t grow up with him, so I can’t fault my family for their feelings. It’s why I changed the Erling character in my novel so drastically from the one my family disregarded in real life.
Meet Alexandra (plus, an excerpt)
Today, meet Alexandra Amalie Johanson Anderson Peterson, my great-grandmother and the protagonist of my novel.
And now for something not so different… Fiction v nonfiction
To paraphrase the Beatles, there’s nothing we can know that isn’t already known.
Listen to me discuss my book with Jenny Lisk on The Widowed Parent Podcast!
Lynn talks with Jenny Lisk on The Widowed Parent Podcast
Writing Notes from the Heart: An Interview with Elizabeth Cottrell
"We all want to have the ability to comfort people, to help people, to support people."
In Honor of Nat’l Grief Awareness Day (an announcement)
My book, An Obesity of Grief: A Memoir, will be published in June 2023!
Grief Talk
I'm dedicating Tuesdays to all things grief, including book reviews, links to recommended readings and podcasts, guest posts, and other grief-related topics.
Writer’s Block
I laughed at the memory and wanted to share it with Dad, but then I remembered that Dad is gone and so I didn't feel like writing about chairs anymore.
Two Scenes, A Dozen Stories
Pumping gas at the Get Go last week, I noticed that near - not in - the garbage bin was an empty can of Chunky soup and its pull-off lid, a used-up Right Guard roll-on deodorant stick, an empty can of Pringles (the regular kind), and a can of Lysol. I imagined the items were … Continue reading Two Scenes, A Dozen Stories
Lynn Haraldson, Author and Writing Mentor 