April Davila - Author
With the craziness of Thanksgiving upon us, we may not always have time to write, but we can always be soaking up beauty for future reference. Here, a poem from the 14th century, Persian poet Hafiz which always makes me smile: The Happy Virus I … [Continue reading] about A Poem For Thanksgiving
It occurred to me this morning that I've been blogging away for over a year without giving much thought as to how long my posts are. I tend to lean toward the shorter, snappier post, but I was wondering if perhaps I should be spending a little more … [Continue reading] about In Search of the Perfect Post
I've been thinking a lot about how my professional and personal lives overlap, especially in relation to my online activity. As a writer, who blogs about my own writing, there are bound to be personal details that come up (for instance, I'm due to … [Continue reading] about The Social Media Dilemma
I was talking with my mom the other day about inspiration. She's an artist (working in clay these days - check out her blog: Burning Clay) and she told me she took a long drive back to her home town recently to soak up some of her heritage for … [Continue reading] about Environmental Heritage as Inspiration
My new Print On Demand (POD) book just arrived in the mail. To be clear, this isn't what I consider a "real" book. It's not a novel, or even an organized work of non-fiction. It's a collection of blog posts that I cut and pasted into an application … [Continue reading] about My POD Book Arrived This Morning
I just finished reading the Winter/Spring edition of Gulf Coast. To be honest, I didn't read every word. I'm not huge on poetry, which it publishes a lot of, but the fiction and non-fiction were stunning. There's something so immediate about … [Continue reading] about Literary Journals
About a year ago I wrote a post about avoiding cliché in my writing. This month's issue of Poets & Writers brings us an article titled "Consider the Orange," written by Benjamin Percy, which has the topic bouncing in my head again. In the piece … [Continue reading] about Fear The Frog