In 2025, I challenged myself to keep track of the various things I was doing in pursuit of my artistic endeavors, from the amount of money I spent on classes (answer: probably too much) to the amount of auditions I went on (answer: 0) to the amount of writing rejections I received (answer: 6–out of 8 submissions, only 1 of which is still pending. So.). Here’s some of the stats I racked up this year: Writing Performance We won’t get into all money spent on artistry this year (but oh my God, was it a lot!). I’ve already started my stats for 2026, and I’mRead More →

The third season premiere of Hurt, “Death By A Thousand Cuts”, will play at next week’s Mini Short Film Fest at Lighthouse Writers Workshop in Denver, CO. Olivia, who wrote the episode, has been a member of Lighthouse since 2023. She will be in attendance at the screening. Hurt is co-created by Craig Selbrede and Liam Gilbey. Olivia contributed four episodes to the show’s second and third seasons. For the third season, the writers’ room (Olivia, plus Selbrede, Gilbey, and K.S. Garner) received multiple accolades. The Mini Short Film Fest will be held on Saturday, May 17 at the Lighthouse headquarters in Denver. Doors openRead More →

Olivia will bring her award-winning screenwriting talents to Denver Writes this weekend. On November 23, she’s teaching a Scriptwriting workshop for ages 7-15 at the Bookies Bookstore. Olivia began volunteering with Denver Writes in the fall of 2023. She ran their Historical Fiction workshop in January 2024 and has attended several other workshops run by authors like J.E. Thomas, Ellen Clover, and others as a volunteer. She’s looking forward to another fun event this weekend!Read More →