April Davila - Author
Up until last night, I was planning to write a post about how discouraged I am with literary journals and the number of times my short stories have been rejected. I was seriously considering taking a break from submitting short stories. Maybe it's … [Continue reading] about Aiming for 100 Rejections in 2017
As we're officially into the holiday (read: gift-giving) season, I thought I might offer up my own thoughts on some great gifts for writers. Surprise, surprise - they're all books. Each of these books affected me in a slightly different way. Some are … [Continue reading] about 5 Books That Will Make You a Better Writer
I woke up at 3am yesterday. Now, you know I'm a big proponent of getting up early to write, but that's just ridiculous. I couldn't sleep. November is always a really busy month, what with the family coming in for Thanksgiving, and my husband's … [Continue reading] about I Will Not Give Up
As is the tradition here on my blog, I'd like to share a poem for the Thanksgiving Holiday. … [Continue reading] about The Guest House
I know a lot of you will be shopping this weekend. I will not. I will be doing my holiday shopping like a sane person, in my pajamas, on cyber Monday. That said, I think everyone, shoppers and enochlophobics alike, should all plan to stop by their … [Continue reading] about Shop Indies First
In August, my dear friend Alexandra texted me with a proposal that we finish our novels and start sending them to agents in March. To be clear, these are the novels we started back in grad school, going on eight years ago. They've been close to done … [Continue reading] about Compiling a Wish List of Agents
For a long time I knew about the public library online portal, but I never used it. In truth, it's not the most intuitive system, and I kind of like the ritual of actually going down to the library in person. But once I bit the bullet and got my … [Continue reading] about Your Public Library Online (and How to Check Books Out Digitally)