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.
Today, meet Alexandra Amalie Johanson Anderson Peterson, my great-grandmother and the protagonist of my novel.
To paraphrase the Beatles, there’s nothing we can know that isn’t already known.
Lynn talks with Jenny Lisk on The Widowed Parent Podcast
I’ve been pinching myself all week (and not sleeping well) as my book, An Obesity of Grief: A Journey from Traumatic Loss to Undying Love, is now in production mode. Edits are complete, and now we’re deciding on a cover design. Help us decide by clicking on this link: Koehler Books Cover Poll. (I promise … Continue reading Cover Design Poll! (and an excerpt)
"We all want to have the ability to comfort people, to help people, to support people."
My book, An Obesity of Grief: A Memoir, will be published in June 2023!
I need steady background noise in order to sleep. I tried a sound machine once, but each sound setting was on a loop. Instead of falling sleep, I was a moth drawn to flame. I’d concentrate on (and anticipate) the end of the loop, over and over and over. After a week, the machine went … Continue reading Grief Talk Tuesday: Operating Instructions
I'm dedicating Tuesdays to all things grief, including book reviews, links to recommended readings and podcasts, guest posts, and other grief-related topics.
Lynn Haraldson, Author and Writing Mentor 