by Olivia | Feb 17, 2012 | Mama Says, Uncategorized
I was working at my mom’s dining room table and she was in the kitchen clanking around. Doing whatever, making kitchen noises. Then she came around the corner and said, “Here’s the change of plans. You didn’t know there was a plan, but here’s the...
by Olivia | Feb 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
One of the great surprises of social media for me has been the community of writers anxious to encourage each other. One of the writers I’ve gotten to know cyberly is Julie Cantrell. Her first book, Into the Free, released a couple of weeks ago, and I admire it...
by Olivia | Feb 13, 2012 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
Time for slow-pitch softball? Can it be? Last Sunday in church the person who organizes our church team announced it was time to get registered for the spring league we participate in. And by “we” I mean the people who play on knees that need surgery, get their faces...
by Olivia | Feb 10, 2012 | Mama Says, Uncategorized
Tomorrow is my mother’s birthday—number 86. (Whooping and hollering here, please.) She’s always been especially proud to share the day with Thomas Edison, and now she actually lives near his winter estate, which we visited together. Recently a woman in my church...
by Olivia | Feb 8, 2012 | Books in Process, Uncategorized
“The Debs.” Three other debut novelists found each other and then included me. So we are four. We all have our first releases on May 1. Our journeys to publishing have varied, but here we all are, facing an exhilarating and terrifying day. Exhilarating because, hey,...
