The Power of Word
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
Olivia Oster is a writer living on Lookout Mountain, GA, whose fiction and poetry explore the spiritual aspect of common everyday life as well as the elements of life with which she is most familiar: chronic pain, parenting, gardening, cooking, and homemaking. Olivia is a teacher, wife, mother of five, and one who enjoys reading long novels while snuggled up with her rescued dachshund-beagle and chihuahua-mini-pinscher.
WRITING
A New Grammary
This is a new kind of grammar book with helpful formulas for writing more excellent sentences. Written especially for middle and high school students but helpful for all, this book covers phrases and clauses, punctuating quotations, literary and poetic elements, and more! Can you use a participial phrase or an appositive to add interesting information to your sentence? Can you craft a compound sentence using a conjunctive adverb and the appropriate punctuation? Can you use a variety of sentence structures to make your paragraphs, essays, and stories more engaging for your reader? If you find commas tricky or if you just want to improve your writing, this book’s for you! (Second Edition, 2023) Click here to redirect to the website specifically for A New Grammary.
Poetic Faith
Worship together with poetry processing the Word. Along with enjoying the lyrical poetry, you will enjoy photos of the neighborhood where the poet lives.
November 2008
Poetry Published in Online Journals
"Sunrise" and "Poetry" in The Lake
"Obnubilated" in The Reformed Journal
"How Long?" in As Surely as the Sun
"Summer Blessing" and "Do Not Fear Them" in Spirit Fire Review
(Mentioned in Signs and Seasons, a liturgical guild)
"Fall" in the Anchored Magazine, fall 2024
"Dinner" in Kosmeo Magazine, fall 2024
"The Word" Foreshadow Magazine 7/2/25
"Five Words for Worship" Foreshadow Magazine 6/30/25
"A Night Walk," "A Found Poem" Living in Wonder, Calla Press Print Anthology Summer 2025
"The Salt Rite," "The Capacious Heart" in Penwood Review print Fall 2025 issue
"Unexpected" Amathyst Review September 17, 2025
WIP Ollie of Daffodil Hollow
For years I have been working on various novels, and I have finally "finished" one of them to the point that I am ready to begin looking for a publisher.
Ollie is in tomboy heaven when she moves into a country hollow with a tiny farmhouse surrounded by all her favorite flowers and animals! Finding out there's a fairy who's working there and needs her help is even better than meeting her first cow. Come with Ollie on adventures across the pasture, over the hill, into the creek, and around the barn. She's sure to dig up excitement and get into mounds of trouble at every turn.
Children often have to overcome challenges and do hard things, and stories can help them make sense of their world. this tale of adventure and pain is told in a way that encourages young children to face those troubles with boldness and courage.
Ollie of Daffodil Hollow, a book full of beautiful pictures of peaceful pastoral scenes, quirky outdoor crafts and recipes, and illustrated songs of a fairy, the Lady of the Wind, teaches children and adults alike to find joy even through the struggles of life.
Editing
Aligned: Flourishing in a World of Choice by Annette Gulick
Annette's wisdom and vast experience with youth around the world show through in this brilliant curriculum.
An Examination of Māoritanga in Dame Gillian Whitehead's Mate Ururoa by David R. Tahere.
David's doctoral thesis is a treatise of uniting both of his cultural backgrounds: Maori (New Zealand) and American Midwestern. In order to follow through on this idea, he commissioned a musical work that will premiere in New Zealand this July.
"My professorial doctoral board couldn't find a single grammar error in my thesis!" David Tahere