Welcome to My Writing World
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.
A Boy Named Rindy
The haunting, true-life story of a boy who survived the Cambodian Genocide and persisted against all odds.
October 31, 2025Just 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...
September 26, 2025Milking 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.
August 27, 2025The 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:
August 1, 2025Not According to Plan
This isn’t a blog I’ve wanted to write and to be fair, no one is forcing me to write it, but in all honesty, I feel God inviting me into a new level of honesty not only with Him, but also with you. Circling in the wind seems to be reel after reel of people crushing it at homeschooling and life and if you’ve ever lumped me into this category, let me tell you the truth.
July 2, 2025The Garden Dance
I crank on the hose, feeling the grass beneath my feet as the sun begins its rose-colored descent, taking its violence with it. A violence that has cracked open the earth and drank it dry. I begin to spray; large droplets of water shoot past my thumb and land on the cracked soil.
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.
