April Davila - Author
I can get a little analytical with my writing. It's the tech nerd in me. So you can imagine my excitement when I found an online word frequency analyzer a few years back. I loved being able to break my story into data and look for interesting trends. … [Continue reading] about How to Use the Scrivener Word Frequency Function
North of the Golden Gate, in the hills and wetlands stretching up along the coast, is a spattering of abandoned bunkers and secret tunnels dating back to 1893. It was the end of the 19th century when William Endicott, the Secretary of War under … [Continue reading] about Abandoned Bunkers
My book doesn't come out for four moths and eighteen days (but who's counting, right?) and I'm already feeling tortured by reviews. The Stars Here's what happened. I opened Goodreads to see if any of my advanced readers had left their reviews … [Continue reading] about Avoiding Reviews: A Pledge
Welcome to Writing Tip Tuesday, the Ellipses edition. This is the tenth in a series of posts pulled from my free guide "On Not Writing Badly." You can download the whole thing by filling out this form, or, if you'd rather not subscribe to my email … [Continue reading] about Writing Tip Tuesday: Ellipses
One of the things I like about Scrivener is that it exports my work in a format that makes me look super professional, but allows me to work in any font, in any size, like it's our little secret. Here's how it works. How To Set The Format You See … [Continue reading] about Formatting Fonts in Scrivener
Though tie dying was hardly invented in San Francisco, it has become a standing symbol of the hippie mentality that flourished in the Northern California in the late 1960’s. A group called The Diggers, who prided themselves on being the … [Continue reading] about Tie-Dye California
I keep things pretty professional here on the blog, but there's something that's been on my mind, and I just need to rant a little... Bear with me. Because there's a certain story device that has always bothered me and I feel it's my duty, as … [Continue reading] about I’d Rather Be Shot In The Street