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I’m an author, who is addicted to words. I love the way they look, the way they sound and the way they make me come just a little more alive.

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  • new year, hibernate, soft living, goal setting
    January 2, 2026

    New Year, Same Me


    I may be going against the grain here in looking back as opposed to looking forward with aspirations and goals. But as a 31-year-old mom of three, who homeschools part time and works part time, I don’t have much bandwidth for idle experimentation

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  • minimalistic christmas, buy less, christain
    December 5, 2025


    I stand in line, picking at a callous. The line moves so slowly, yet I don’t mind. I inch forward. Glancing down at the bags I hold in one hand and the receipt in the other, I feel sweat gathering in my palms. Warmth creeps into my face. How had I done this thing? “Next! How can I help you?”

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  • overcoming procrastination creative life
    October 31, 2025

    Just Do It


    I stare at the blinking cursor, and it taunts me. “Write something, write something…” I close my eyes and listen to the sound of rain lightly tapping against the window. I really don’t feel like showing up here today, because the words certainly don’t seem to be showing up for me. Closing my eyes I imagine myself curled up on my bed with a bit of chocolate and that TV series rerun I’m currently engrossed in...

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  • milk cow story, author life, kentucky female author (1)
    September 26, 2025

    Milking Memories


    When crafting my Christmas novella, The Swedish Milkmaid, I drew on my heritage of growing up around milk cows. When I was a child, my Grandma Mae showed me the indentation she has on her legs from holding the milk bucket between them.

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  • cleaning for mothers, orderly home, strategy, kentucky homeschool mom
    August 27, 2025

    The Strategy


    I may be in the minority here and this may not be the healthiest trait, but I cannot create beautiful things if my house is a mess. I constantly have an invisible check list in my head that I need to complete, to feel at ease, which is something that is vital to my ability to write or create anything cohesive. Here's my strategy to orderliness:

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Meet Olivia

"I write because it's how I understand the world, myself and discover the truth that runs like threads between it all."

Olivia Talbott is a word-addicted author who has a bachelor's in Creative Writing through SNHU. Ever since she was young, she's enjoyed writing, especially writing vivid descriptions of the world around her.