April Davila - Author
My new novel (which is - fingers crossed- nearly done) is an epic love story set in set in California, starting in the early 1800s and working its way up to modern day. I decided when I started that I would tell it in parts, dropping in on my … [Continue reading] about Historical Fiction and Story Structure
I recently had the pleasure of joining Anne Muhlethaler on her podcast Out Of The Clouds where she discusses work at the crossroads of mindfulness and business. For this week's post, I thought I might share a small excerpt talking about how I got … [Continue reading] about Out Of the Clouds
A few weeks ago, I wrote about how meditation can help us to deal with our inner critic. You can read that piece here, but in short, the idea was that we can train ourselves to recognize that hyper-critical little voice that pipes up when we're … [Continue reading] about You Inner Critic’s BFF: Doubt
Recently, while my son was on his spring break, we took a little road trip, just the two of us, up to Northern California. He was curious to see Jack London's Wolf House after it played a role in one of the Percy Jackson novels he's been … [Continue reading] about Superb Meteors and Sleepy Planets
When one is working to build a career as a creative professional, be it as a writer, painter, or drummer, one of the most important skills to develop is discernment - the ability to judge well. It's not enough to say something isn't working. We have … [Continue reading] about Honing Artistic Discernment
Lately I've been blogging some about how mindfulness has helped me become a better writer, but saying I practice meditation is like a restaurant saying they serve food. Allow me to explain and to share how I've come to treat writing as meditation. … [Continue reading] about Writing As Meditation
With a heading like that, it's kind of hard not to picture 142 ostriches each celebrating their birthday. Did you know ostriches grow to their full height of about 10 feet in their first year? Now you know. But that's not what I'm celebrating. I am, … [Continue reading] about Happy Birthday to “142 Ostriches”