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Erica Olson

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Erica Olson was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and, after various moves around Montana and Idaho, grew up in Plains, Montana, population 1,050. As a child, she loved to write stories about talking animals (usually horses or wolves).

In 2003, Erica left for Philadelphia to attend the University of Pennsylvania. She spent a year abroad at Oxford University in England, where she imagined that she walked in the steps of great people and that she would achieve greatness, too. While at Oxford, she filled countless notebook pages with philosophical musings and the seeds of stories.

Erica graduated from Penn in 2007 with a major in European history and a minor in philosophy. In 2008, she left for graduate school in St. Andrews, Scotland, now studying C ...more

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My Secret Blog

I love the satisfaction of clicking “publish” on a blog post. Ding! Done, there’s the result.

I miss that immediate payoff when I work on my novel, Glorious Fools. I’ve been slogging along for three years, which is way too long for a first novel. I want to write so many other things! Still, I can’t find the discipline to bang out the last few chapters.

It’s not like setting goals is toug

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Average rating: 4.00 · 14 ratings · 8 reviews · 14 distinct works

	The Kings of Cantium 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Horses of the Sun it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A London Tale 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Speak Simple: Speak Simple - Stop Presenting, Start Interpreting to Speak Simple - The Art of Simplifying Technical Presentations 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Journal of a Thousand Meadows: 2019 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Journal of the Twilight Stars: 2020 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Journal of the Magic Mountain: 2021 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wanderlust: Travels Through Europe and America 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Erica’s Quotes

“Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world.”
― John Burroughs, Studies in Nature and Literature

tags: life, opportunity

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