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Elda Dawber

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Born

Providence, The United States

Website

http://www.waituntilimdeadnovel.com

Genre

Fiction, Contemporary, Psychology

Influences

Picoult, Evanovich, Quindlen, Miller

Member Since

January 2015

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I am, by profession, a clinical social worker who has been working with abused and neglected children and their families for more than forty years.

Wait Until I’m Dead! my first novel, is informed by the trauma, grit, and struggle to survive that I have witnessed in hundreds of remarkable children. This is their story. It is also the story of millions of adults who, as survivors themselves, will relate to its frank descriptions of the healing environment good therapy can provide.

Although I no longer practice as a therapist, I continue to present training workshops for social service professionals on topics related to child sexual abuse, interpersonal violence, compassion fatigue, and working with LGBTQ youth.

I live in Rhode Island, surroun ...more

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Elda Dawber I literally walk it off. I am not an "index cards all over the wall", writer. The arcs have to fall into little slots in my brain when they are ready …moreI literally walk it off. I am not an "index cards all over the wall", writer. The arcs have to fall into little slots in my brain when they are ready to go there, and I find that movement helps that happen. Odd? Perhaps. But it works for me -- usually.(less)

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What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Elda Dawber It's an absolute thrill to get pulled into and pulled along by a character that works on your brain until you give him/her the perfect voice for their…moreIt's an absolute thrill to get pulled into and pulled along by a character that works on your brain until you give him/her the perfect voice for their situation.
Of course, it is also a bit obsessive when they are all running around in your head and want out!
In my case, writing about children in pain was also at times extremely sad and compelling in that sense as well. It was hard, hard, hard to write to memoir piece of the book.(less)

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	Wait Until I'm Dead!: A Novel of Family Secrets by Elda Dawber (Goodreads Author), Jeannette Jacobs (Illustrator), Mariellen Langworthy (Photographer) 4.18 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nana and the Hungry Whistle-Pig 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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