by Olivia | Dec 16, 2013 | Books in Process, Uncategorized
Hidden Falls is the first release in Barbour Publishing’s new digital episode imprint, Shiloh Run Studios. I’m excited to be the first author to launch a direct-to-digital series with Shiloh Run Studios. The 13-episode series...
by Olivia | Dec 9, 2013 | Books in Process, Uncategorized
Every now and then an opportunity comes along that is too cool to pass up. If you like to take your e-reader and go to a cozy place to read, then this is for you. Go to Hidden Falls, where I’ve been hanging out. Hidden Falls is a fictional Midwestern...
by Olivia | Dec 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
I’m tickled pink to share with you that Erin Healy’s latest supernatural thriller, Stranger Things, comes to stores on New Year’s Eve. Erin is a good friend of mine, a deep thinker, and an amazing storyteller. We sometimes find ourselves in the same coffee shop...
by Olivia | Nov 25, 2013 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
If all goes according to plan, on the day after tomorrow I will get on a plane with my daughter and fly from Colorado to Chicago, where we will spend Thanksgiving with a boatload of four generations we are related to. For a long time now this has been the primary...
by Olivia | Nov 18, 2013 | Lens on Life
A couple of days ago, at 6:50 p.m., I said to my young adult son, “I’m going out for a haircut.” “It’s almost 7:00,” he said. “I know,” I answered. “I have a 7:00 appointment.” “But it’s almost your bedtime.” I took offense. I promise you, I do not go to bed at 7:00....
by Olivia | Nov 11, 2013 | Lens on Life
It’s been four weeks since I put gas in my car, and in that time I have driven 118 miles. Apparently my bubble contains my movements to a three-mile radius of my home. Target. Church. Gym. Yeah, that’s about it. If I go to the library, I walk because...
by Olivia | Nov 4, 2013 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
“Have a nice week.” That’s my mother’s regular sign-off to our regular telephone conversations. For many years it made perfect sense. I tended to call her on Sunday afternoons and we’d shoot the breeze until neither of us could think of anything else to say. Most of...
by Olivia | Oct 28, 2013 | Lens on Life
I’m in a busy phase. Really busy. It’s all good, but it’s a lot. I find myself having to make choices among activities that normally I would say were all important to me, some because they contribute to making a living and some because they...
by Olivia | Oct 17, 2013 | Books in Process, Uncategorized
Follow the clues to win an iPad Mini, free books and more! Welcome to the Fall Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt, which begins on October 18, 2013 at noon, Mountain Time and ends on October 20 at midnight, Mountain Time. The hunt includes 25 stops that will introduce...
by Olivia | Oct 14, 2013 | Books in Process, Uncategorized
On your mark, get set, go! Maybe some of you have seen the fabulous Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt author Lisa Bergren runs from time to time. I’m delighted that this time she invited me to participate! The hunt takes you through 25 author sites, where you...
