Showing posts with label Superstitions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Superstitions. Show all posts

Sunday, October 26, 2014

Published Books

Books by Susan Oloier

My Life as a Misfit (short memoir)



It isn’t easy being the last remaining person at the dinner table, or being forced to square dance with a group of sweaty seventh graders in a school cafeteria. In My Life as a Misfit, Susan Oloier shows the humorous side of growing up in the 1980s from the perspective of a less-than-popular misfit.


Fractured (Women’s contemporary)



When Anna Kincaid has a miscarriage, her world comes crashing to a halt. Grief overwhelms her life and she combats it with prescription medication. Her husband Lloyd does not see the event as tragic. In fact, not ready to be a father, he is relieved at the news. This creates a chasm in their marriage and splits them apart. Both Anna and Lloyd find themselves moving in different directions. Anna finds hope in a young, male colleague named Ben and comfort in her narcotics. Lloyd loses himself in work. Will their marriage survive the miscarriage, or will it always remain fractured?


Superstitions (YA Contemporary)



Ellie’s mother walked out on her a few years ago, and she refuses to believe her mom won’t come back. To make matters worse, her dad is marrying another woman and her best friend Kyle dumped her for cheerleader Tiffany Sheldon. But when Ellie meets quirky Alexander and learns about his map, his quest, and his background, she finally discovers a way to heal.


Outcast (YA Contemporary)

Noelle dreams of a different life, one where Trina Brockwell doesn’t exist. Trina has bullied Noelle since junior high. Now she’s tired of it. With the help of her black-sheep aunt and a defiant new classmate, Noelle seeks revenge. But vengeance comes with a price: Noelle risks friendship, her first love, and herself to get back at those who have wronged her.


Haunted (YA Contemporary/Ghost)

Seventeen-year-old Hailey Steele killed her boyfriend in a car wreck, which fills her with guilt and self-loathing. So when Eli Carter enters her life, Hailey persistently denies her attraction and developing feelings for him. It’s wrong to like someone else when your boyfriend is dead. It’s easier to cope in other ways, like changing schools and using alcohol.

Meanwhile, Jeremy McClure—not realizing he’s dead—waits in the cemetery for his girlfriend to arrive. He’s certain they agreed to meet. Why else would he be here? The last time Jeremy saw Hailey, they were cruising home on a dark and rain-slicked road after an underage party. What he doesn’t expect is an encounter with someone else.

Eli Carter has a jaded past. His junior year was full of skeletons, and his closet thrown wide open for the entire high school to see. But he manned up, and still got burned. With new girl Hailey, Eli has the chance for a fresh start, someone who knows nothing about his past. That is, if she’ll ever give him the time of day.

Told in alternating points of view, Haunted is the story of three teens whose lives cross after one fateful night, proving that one night changes everything.



Simple Fugitives (Screenplay)



Margie Green plans to leave her life behind. The last thing she expects is to become one half of a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde. What should be a simple trip to the bank lands her in the middle of bank robbery, and Margie is mistaken for one of the criminals. Soon, Margie is on the run with down-and-out Stewart Snyder, and together they become Simple Fugitives. 

Written in eScreenplay format, Simple Fugitives is a comic movie venture, bringing an original screenplay to the page. 

Simple Fugitives has been compared to the movie, It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. 



My Mom is an Alien (MG Chapter Book)
Written with Justin Hatfield
  
Horror with a comic twist. 

Something is out there. Zac Miller's telescope has been a total waste until a strange object jets out of the sky and lands in his backyard. Is it the UFO he and his friend, Carl, have been hoping to see? Or is it all in their imaginations? Find out what happens on Horror Street.

My Mom is an Alien is the first in the Horror Street Series collection.




Monday, December 30, 2013

Ghost Towns

There are a lot of ghost towns in the southwestern United States. Many of those towns were once thriving mining communities that were abandoned when the mining material (copper, ore, gold) went dry.

My older son is working on a report over winter break about ghost towns. For a true being-there experience (all right, maybe it wasn’t exactly true with all the commercialism), we went to historic Goldfield, Arizona to give him a taste of life in the 1800s and what a ghost town looks like up close and personal.


 I had to take a picture of this since my YA novel, Superstitions, features the legend of the Lost Dutchman Gold Mine. Has absolutely nothing to do with his report.

Doc Holiday's dress coat, which was actually acquired from Tombstone, AZ. He seemed to be a smallish man. 

The beautiful Superstition Mountains. On a side note, I've been rock climbing out there. I still haven't found the Lost Dutchman Mine, though. Maybe because it's not 100 feet above the ground. 

A mining town wouldn't be a mining town without a bordello, right? Looks like someone is trying to drum up some business on the stairs. 

After visiting the bordello, it's important to go to church (which is basically next door). 

I also took some pictures of the boys (and the boys eating ice cream), but my older son has given me the kid version of a cease and desist order when it comes to posting pictures of him on my blogs. 

All in all (aside from my laryngitis and slight lethargy), it was a productive day with beautiful weather. 

Have you been to any ghost towns? If so, which ones?

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

WWW Wednesdays


WWW Wednesdays is hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading.

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?
 
What are you currently reading?
Just started, so I am very anxious to see how things go. There was a very surprising and unexpected beginning to this book.
 
What did you recently finish reading?
A little far-fetched at times, but I was able to suspend my disbelief enough to enjoy the book. In fact, I read it in three days, which is remarkable given my hectic schedule this past week.
 
I liked the book, but found it hard to believe Stephen King does not plot out his books at all.

What do you think you’ll read next?
 
 
Don’t forget about my YA Book Giveaway. Enter here to win two YA books of your choice along with an e-book copy of my latest release, Superstitions 

Friday, August 24, 2012

Flashback Fridays Superstitions Style


Ellie and Alexander here (the stars of Superstitions). We had a complete brain lapse today (it being Friday and all). We just realized we were supposed to post our selections for Flashback Fridays. Here they are.
 
Ellie
As you may or may not know, I like to wear some of my dad’s old vintage t-shirts. My favorite is Back to the Future. The t-shirt even made me watch the movie which, it turns out, is a classic. Makes me wish I was alive in the 80s. In case you’ve never seen the movie, here’s a snippet.
 
Pretty good, huh?
 
 
Alexander
Ever heard of this band?

 
They were popular in the 90s until the lead singer decided he didn’t want to be in a band or anywhere else anymore. If you’ve never listened to them, you totally should. Ellie snatched one of their CDs from her dad’s collection.


Hey, don’t forget to enter the YA book giveaway. All the details are here.

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Feed Your YA Book Craving Giveaway


It’s time for a giveaway.
In celebration of the release of my first YA novel, SUPERSTITIONS, I have decided to take the plunge and release the grip on some of my YA books.
 
 

Ellie’s mother walked out on her a few years ago and she refuses to believe her mom won’t come back. To make matters worse, her dad is marrying another woman and her best friend Kyle dumped her for a cheerleader. But when Ellie meets quirky Alexander and learns about his map, his quest, and his background, she finally discovers a way to heal.


The winner may choose two YA books from the following:

Bestest. Ramadan. Ever. by Medeia Shaif










The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
 Crank by Ellen Hopkins



Burned by Ellen Hopkins



 
 
 
Matched by Ally Condie


 
Endless Summer and The Boys Next Door (counts as one book) by Jennifer Echols
 
 
Love Story by Jennifer Echols

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin


 
 
Abandon by Meg Cabot


Evermore by Alyson Noel

Just enter using the Rafflecopter form below. The more you share, the more entries you receive. Thanks for entering and spreading the word about SUPERSTITIONS.

 
The winner also receives an e-book copy of SUPERSTITIONS.
 
This is a U.S./Canadian giveaway that ends on September 8th. Winner will be announced on September 9th.
 
Superstitions is available in both e-book and paperback
 
 
  

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