by Olivia | Jul 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
Gladden the Heart has officially released! New books come with a lot of official days that gladden the writer’s heart. Turning in that manuscript! Finished! Turning in revisions in response to the editors’ comments. Finished again! Receiving the PDF...
by Olivia | Jun 24, 2017 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
I still have $2.85 left on the prepaid card at the coffee shop where I used to spend Saturday mornings. There used to be a barista who would see me coming through the door, with my laptop bag over my shoulder, and ask, “Having your usual?” I also had a...
by Olivia | Mar 31, 2017 | Books in Process, Lens on Life, Uncategorized
First, a picture. These two shelves in my office are rarely in the state in which you see them here—empty. They’re usually filled with research and notes related to whatever writing projects are in progress at any given time. Seriously, I think for the last five...
by Olivia | Jan 28, 2017 | Books in Process, Lens on Life, Uncategorized
Two months after writing about being MIA on my own blog, I still am. Some of the reasons are the same. The migraine issues I wrote about in December (but which began in August) have crossed over into a diagnosis of “chronic.” Thankfully medication keeps...
by Olivia | Dec 4, 2016 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
I’ve been missing in action. I admit it. But I haven’t been AWOL because of a conscious decision to desert my own blog. I’m not trying to neglect my duty. I’m a creature of habit and generally stay on top of things. We all have seasons where...
by Olivia | Oct 10, 2016 | Books in Process, Uncategorized
Years ago I worked in a retail fabric store. In the craft world, Christmas starts in July. During weeks of summer heat I measured and cut red and green Christmas fabrics while everybody in town with a sewing machine stacked up supplies to keep them going till...
by Olivia | Oct 4, 2016 | Books in Process, Uncategorized
Two months! I just realized how much time has passed since I last posted. Actually, I think of the month of August as “The Month That Was Not,” because I was under the weather for a few weeks. But also since the last time I posted, I’ve had an...
by Olivia | Aug 8, 2016 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
It happens every year. About February, when we get a warm spell that you might not associate with February in Colorado (but which happens every year) I see the first signs of the rash of larkspur that brings glory to my yard in summer. Then it turns cold, we get a...
by Olivia | Jul 25, 2016 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
If you are looking for me on a Saturday afternoon, check the library. I’m there a lot with the purpose of adding words to my latest work-in-progress, which at the moment is a fifth addition to the Amish Turns of Time series. I’ve written before about...
by Olivia | Jul 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
Once upon a time, I bought a table and chairs. I’d been married four years and had already moved three times. In each place, we used a different hand-me-down free table and some hand-me-down wooden folding chairs. Now we thought we were some place where we would be...
