Comments for April Dávila, Story Teller

Comment on For Daniel by April

April — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:24:33 +0000

Hi Suzann, it’ll be out soon. I’ll be sure to let you know when it hits the news stands.

Comment on For Daniel by Summer

Summer — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:20:08 +0000

Sweet.
It should have said: “For Daniel, who will soon learn how much more rad Portland, OR is than northern California. So just think about how much you love northern Cali and double that love.”

Comment on For Daniel by Suzann

Suzann — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:29:08 +0000

How about the article about H &T? Anxious to read their story.

Comment on Is blogging a waste of time? by April

April — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:07:45 +0000

Hi JJ,

Thanks for chiming in. Yours is one of my favorite blogs, btw.

Cheers,
April

Comment on California Trivia by Hakeem

Hakeem — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:43:09 +0000

Good blogging!

Comment on Is blogging a waste of time? by JJ Keith

JJ Keith — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:07:33 +0000

I don’t know Marlene, but I was peeved by her comment. For one, I don’t understand why she was compelled to share her negative view of what you do (and by extension, what I do). If you don’t like blogs, don’t read them. It’s like going up to a stranger and saying, “Hi. I hate your shirt.”

Further, I disagree that blogging is narcissistic. Writing about oneself is inherently self-involved, but for a certain kind of writer, (i.e. my kind) you have to build a relationship with your readers. The best compliment I can get is when people tell me that they feel like we’re already friends based on something I wrote, and that something might be an inane personal story about my kid smearing shit on her crib. I am selling myself and I am highly self-conscious about how I do it.

I disagree with you, April, that blogging can only be promotional if you are famous. With my blog I’m building one of those platform things that everyone is always talking about. I use it as a calling card to garner more readers. I know one of the first things an agent or publisher wants to know is how many readers I have and how many more I can get.

Is it vapid and ridiculous that the worth of my writing is measured in Twitter followers? Yes! But as they say, don’t hate the player, hate the game. I am playing the game, hard. I want to be read and I’ll attract people to my work any way that I can, even if that means doing some crazy-narcissistic stuff.

Lastly, I find it useful to read and write about writing. I love discussing my work with other writers. It’s what I enjoy about this blog. I don’t live in an artists’ colony. I’m a stay-at-home mom with two toddlers. I’ll take my writing community where I can get it.

Comment on Is blogging a waste of time? by suzann

suzann — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:46:47 +0000

Love the blog concept!

Comment on California Trivia by April

April — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:57:40 +0000

Hi Yolande,
Sure, feel free to spread the CA trivia. A link back would be appreciated.
Cheers.

Comment on California Trivia by Yolande Tischler

Yolande Tischler — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 04:49:24 +0000

Do you mind if I placed this piece of content on my blog? I would give you credit and a link back to your webpage. Thank you, and don’t hesitate to let me know here, or email me!

Comment on Inspiration by Tamara

Tamara — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:15:01 +0000

Love the blog