April Davila - Author
This really should go without saying, dear writers, but when it's time to start querying agents, you should NEVER send out a bulk email to a few dozen agents hoping to get lucky. Just don't. You know how you can totally tell just by glancing at your … [Continue reading] about The Slow Query
My friend Tessa Williamson gave me a copy of The Plot, by Jean Hanff Korelitz, and I am plowing through it. It is the best fictional work I've ever read on the topic of writing, but with suspense and a quickly evolving plot. In fact, even though it … [Continue reading] about The Plot
I was at lunch with a writer friend of mine the other day and she asked how I organize my work day. Whenever I get questions like this, I assume they're rhetorical. Or I'll give the most basic answer: I write in the mornings, then do all the … [Continue reading] about How I Keep Myself Organized
Today is Independent Bookstore Day (and also my local bookstore's 15th birthday) so you know we had to celebrate. Did the scavenger hunt, picked up Austin Kleon's Read Like an Artist (love him) and even got a cool Dog Man pencil case for the boy. … [Continue reading] about Happy Indie Bookstore Day
This summer, June 11 & 12, 2022, I'll be part of the team hosting this two-day retreat in Altadena, north of Los Angeles. Take some time to treat yourself well. Hike, swim, eat delicious food, do some writing. It's going to be lovely. For … [Continue reading] about June Retreat
I was worried. Claire, the hummingbird who built her nest outside my office window, had been gone for a while. I've made a habit of glancing up there pretty frequently throughout the day and I hadn't seen her in two days. Of course, this doesn't … [Continue reading] about Claire’s Hatchlings
Just finished American Dirt, and I'm half way through Violeta. The first few pages of The Dawn of Everything made me want to play hookie for a week and just read that. … [Continue reading] about Bedside Book Stack