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Lynn Haraldson, Author and Writing Mentor

Lynn Haraldson, Author and Writing Mentor

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And now for something not so different… Fiction v nonfiction

July 10, 2025 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ 10 Comments

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!

June 7, 2023April 20, 2026 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ 2 Comments

Lynn talks with Jenny Lisk on The Widowed Parent Podcast

Cover Design Poll! (and an excerpt)

February 3, 2023April 20, 2026 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ 11 Comments

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)

Writing Notes from the Heart: An Interview with Elizabeth Cottrell

October 19, 2022October 19, 2022 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ 8 Comments

"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)

August 30, 2022April 20, 2026 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ 8 Comments

My book, An Obesity of Grief: A Memoir, will be published in June 2023!

Grief Talk Tuesday: Operating Instructions

January 4, 2022 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ 5 Comments

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

Grief Talk

November 30, 2021December 23, 2021 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ 8 Comments

I'm dedicating Tuesdays to all things grief, including book reviews, links to recommended readings and podcasts, guest posts, and other grief-related topics.

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ABOUT ME - For more than 25 years, I've been writing about love, change, grief, and (occasionally) politics, trusting that there is more that unites than divides us. When I address weight-ish issues these days, it’s through a different lens than when I wrote my Lynn’s Weigh blog (2005-2015). May it–and my scale–rest in peace.

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