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Elin Toona Gottschalk

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Elin was born in Tallinn, Estonia, in July 1937. Her parents were well-known actors who lived in the theatre dressing room during the ‘season’. After Elin was born she was given to her grandmother and great-aunt Alma Saul in Haapsalu, Estonia. Her grandmother, “Mämmä” was a trained artist and widow of the respected Estonian poet Ernst Enno. Alma Saul was a music teacher. Elin was raised by the two old ladies in a house dedicated to art, poetry, literature and music. Her parents came to visit during the theatre’s“off-season”.
After the war broke out in 1939 the Russians began to move in-to the Baltic States. Elin and her family escaped the mass deportations to Siberia on June 14th, 1941. The deportations were interrupted when the battlefront
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Elin Toona Gottschalk You think about something else. If you have a Muse it will start to feel lonely and come back to you later. Don't forget you're a team.…moreYou think about something else. If you have a Muse it will start to feel lonely and come back to you later. Don't forget you're a team.(less)
Elin Toona Gottschalk Being able to get out of yourself. This is especially true if you are writing about difficult times. By externalizing your traumas and inner-monologue…moreBeing able to get out of yourself. This is especially true if you are writing about difficult times. By externalizing your traumas and inner-monologues you lighten your own load and that of your readers who have been there, done that etc. They have simply not thought to write about it. Writing is a solitary endeavor but you are never lonely or alone. You no longer own your bad memories and inner-monologues, they are no longer part of you but just another story out there with the rest of them. You don't even have to claim them but you will - and you will
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