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The Act of Noticing

Jan 16, 2015 By elinwaldal 20 Comments

For years I had been in the habit of carrying a notebook, a catch-all where I collected bits and pieces of things that interested me — quotes, observations, facts — all […]

Filed Under: On being a parent Tagged With: life observed, Love, mother and son, The Act of Noticing, Writing

Does Sorrow Prevent Joy

Dec 1, 2014 By elinwaldal 22 Comments

It is December 1st and against better judgment — I committed to publishing daily as part of NaBloPoMo — again. The theme this month is joy, a subject that actually does fascinate me, so […]

Filed Under: Death of a Parent, NaBloPoMo Dec 14 Tagged With: Creative Process, Grief, Joy, NaBloPoMo Dec 14, Writing

Goodbye November, Hello December

Nov 30, 2014 By elinwaldal 9 Comments

Just in time for us to wave goodbye to November and say hello to December, there is a breeze outside that seems determined to chase the warm temperatures away. In […]

Filed Under: NaBloPoMo Nov 14 Tagged With: Friendship, NaBloPoMo14, Writers, Writing

November

Nov 2, 2014 By elinwaldal 18 Comments

With an extra hour tucked into my pocket like a newfound treasure, I watched as the morning sky kept it’s daily promise to shake the dark from its edges and bring […]

Filed Under: Living, NaBloPoMo Nov 14 Tagged With: Grateful, November, Thankful, Writing

Write What Haunts You

Apr 27, 2014 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 18 Comments

“Write what haunts you, lest you spend your life amidst drivel. Write what you care most about, the beauty, the absurdity, and the sorrow of the world.”–Jane Resh Thomas In […]

Filed Under: Grief, Just Write Tagged With: Death of Mother, Grief, Loss of Mother, Writing

The Blog: Perspective Day 12

Feb 12, 2014 By Elin Stebbins Waldal Leave a Comment

As if it were yesterday, I remember launching my first website. It went “live” and then everything that was wrong with the copy became obvious. Glaring typos. Run-on sentences. Tense […]

Filed Under: Blog Lessons Tagged With: blogging lessons, Women, Writing

The Re-Write

Jan 31, 2014 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 4 Comments

“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” ― Ernest Hemingway Bleeding about sums it up, although in my case, it was […]

Filed Under: All things Writing Tagged With: Memoir, Publishing a Book, Re-write, Tornado Warning-Memoir, Writers, Writing

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