April Davila - Author
I've been reading this book, "Pillars of the Earth," for what feels like forever. It's quite long, and even though the author (Follett) can sometimes digress extensively into the details of church construction, it is a damn good story. The thing is, … [Continue reading] about Pillars of Eternity
When I made my new years resolutions for 2012, one of the things I wrote was that I wanted to start spending my day as a writer. That is to say, I want to treat this like a real job, and not do things during the work day that a boss wouldn't approve … [Continue reading] about An Almost Perfect Day
It may seem like I haven't been blogging much the past two weeks, but really I've just been cheating on you. My other blog, The Digging Deep Campaign, has been going through some big changes. We added 6 new writers and I've been managing their … [Continue reading] about For Daniel
A friend of mine from grad school commented on my Facebook page the other day that, while she likes me and doesn't want to offend, she hates the whole idea of blogs, even mine. Here's how she put it: I honestly don't "get" blogs. If I have free … [Continue reading] about Is blogging a waste of time?
My girl loves stories. Not just before bed, but any time of day, all day. As we march up the stairs for breakfast each morning she usually says "momma, will you tell me a story?" I usually respond that I need coffee first, but she will eye me like a … [Continue reading] about And Then One Day…
As I'm busy today with some freelance work I'm just going to share this and say how very cool I think Maurice Sendak is. Sometimes I wish I were a cranky, old, (highly successful) writer. It's good to have goals. The Colbert Report Get More: … [Continue reading] about Maurice Sendak is Cool
Both my kids seem to have some sort of stomach thing going on. I've been thrown up on so many times that I might stop showering afterwards and just wait til the end of the day when I can wash it all off at once (okay, not really). I've changed sheets … [Continue reading] about Is it Really Only Wednesday?