April Davila - Author
I married into soccer the way other people marry into Catholicism. World Cup is like Lent - we don't mess around. But in all seriousness, I've really come to appreciate the sport. It is a beautiful game, and I enjoy watching, but the thing I love … [Continue reading] about I Want to Be A Badass
Happy 4th of July everyone! My family and I are celebrating the country by being back in it. Yep, home sweet home. We just spent two weeks on vacation in South America doing a 10-day guided tour of Machu Picchu and the surrounding areas, and then a … [Continue reading] about Taking a Vacation From Writing
Back when I was in grad school studying all things writing, I had a professor who insisted that when you're writing you should trust your instincts and always go with your first idea. He was really emphatic about it. Well, I thought about that … [Continue reading] about First Idea, Best Idea?
Yesterday was the official launch date for my friend Amy Meyerson's debut novel The Bookshop of Yesterdays. It's always a big day when someone in your writing community launches a book. This photo doesn't even do justice to how packed Skylight Books … [Continue reading] about Amy Meyerson and “The Bookshop of Yesterdays”
I'm fascinated by the intersection of truth and fiction. It's something I became interested in after seeing Reza Aslan talk about his book Zealot back in 2014. He talked about the difference between truth and fact. As Americans we tend to lump the … [Continue reading] about Arriving At The Truth with Salman Rushdie
Some big news this week. I was accepted to the Squaw Valley Community of Writers! It was not the first time I applied, and so I'm feeling particularly proud of myself for persevering through past rejections. Now the Work Begins (eek!) As part … [Continue reading] about Put Your Writing on the Calendar First
I had lunch with a writer friend of mine recently. We were talking about the projects that we're working on, and the challenges we're facing, when the conversation turned to GoodReads. My friend told me that she's been using GoodReads to see where … [Continue reading] about Use GoodReads to Avoid the Mistakes that Other Authors Make