April Davila - Author
I carry a small writer's notebook with me everywhere I go. It's something I've done for nearly a decade, though for a long time I did it simply because I had a general feeling that I should. It wasn't until 2010 that I got organized about it, and … [Continue reading] about My Writer’s Notebook
I'm counting it as a success. I wrote 32,778 words in November. Given the family demands of the Thanksgiving holiday, and the fact that my guy's birthday was two days before, I didn't participate in the final push that a lot of people do at the end … [Continue reading] about A Qualified NaNoWriMo Success
If you follow me on Facebook, you probably saw me pushing info on the Tongue and Groove reading that happened last night at the Hotel Cafe. It's a monthly event hosted by Conrad Romo. It has officially become my new favorite literary event here in … [Continue reading] about An Awesome Night at the Hotel Cafe
I know I am not alone in the fact that reading my work in front of crowds makes me nervous. I know this. But knowing it doesn't make it any easier. Whenever I am faced with the exciting opportunity to read my work for a group of people I start … [Continue reading] about Watch Me Turn Red
Check it out - a book I helped write is coming out soon: The publisher, Elisa Parhad, was a neighbor of mine for many years. When I met her, she was working on the very first of her EyeMuse Books travel series - a book on New Mexico. It's a … [Continue reading] about Southern California – the Book
I was chatting with a friend the other day. He's all stressed out because he works too much and his baby girl (poor thing) was super sick. I told him I was planning on taking Labor Day weekend to work on my novel and he replied: "I vaguely remember … [Continue reading] about Just Because I Don’t Get Paid, Doesn’t Mean It’s Not Work
As I mentioned a couple weeks back, I have officially made the decision to let go of working as a freelance writer ever again. I love my job, I only work four days a week, which leaves me some solid time on Mondays to work on my fiction, and I get a … [Continue reading] about Updating My Dreams