April Davila - Author

Writing

How to Handle Rejection

August 3, 2022

If you’re not getting rejected, you’re not putting yourself out there enough. Here’s how to handle rejection like a grown up.

Potential Titles for Novel #2

July 18, 2022

After a solid week of banging my head against my desk, I have a few contenders for the title of […]

Grammar Be Damned

July 14, 2022

Storytelling and grammar are different skill sets. Know your strengths, study up, and never let anybody tell you that you can’t be a writer.

Solvitur Ambulando

July 12, 2022

On Sunday morning I took the dogs for a nice long walk and left my phone at home, testing my new motto, Solvitur Ambulando, and it worked.

Author Interview with Erin La Rosa

July 11, 2022

Erin and I go way back, so I couldn’t pass up the chance to ask her a few questions that I’ve always been too shy to ask other romance writers.

It’s done!

July 6, 2022

Recording myself reading my manuscript out loud, I found SO many little things that needed fixing. It was totally worth the effort.

Celebration

June 22, 2022

Editing is always easier when you have a box of chocolates at your elbow. This is something my husband understands, bless him.

An engrossing and original tale of love, betrayal, and extremely large birds, April Dávila’s 142 Ostriches is a novel that blooms like springtime in the California desert. Fiercely independent, brave, and tender, Tallulah Jones is a heroine for our time.

— Seth Greenland, Author of “The Hazards of Good Fortune”, Author of “The Hazards of Good Fortune”

Anyone who has ever felt the insistent tug of Somewhere Else… will find something of themselves in these fine pages.

— Mark Sarvas, Author of “Memento Park”

Davila’s observant prose conjures the drama of sun-scorched days and the calm of cool painted evenings as it chronicles the struggles and rewards of a rugged life in the vast Mohave.

— Yvonne Puig, Author of “A Wife of Nobel Character”

A twisty, warmhearted story of family, community and fate, a thoroughgoing delight.

— Janet Fitch, Author of “Chimes of a Lost Cathedral”

Davila’s utterly unique novel nails the Zeitgeist… With unsentimental acuity, her narrator confronts the intangible covenant foisted upon her.

— Rita Williams – Author of “If The Creek Don’t Rise”

Vividly imagined and deeply felt, “142 Ostriches” is an utterly absorbing tale of an intrepid young woman coming of age in the California desert. I loved Davila’s big-hearted debut about land, family, and the ties that bind. Highly recommended.

— Lindsey Lee Johnson, Author of “The Most Dangerous Place on Earth”

A story told with depth and beauty about the many things we inherit from our families. Davila’s characters are familiar, yet unforgettable.

— Wayétu Moore, Author of “She Would Be King”

142 Ostriches is unlike anything I’ve read before. In Davila’s skillful hands, the desert comes alive and the ostriches are as compelling as the human characters. Tallulah herself is a memorable, strong-willed protagonist.

— Amy Meyerson, Author of “The Bookshop of Yesterdays”

April Davila has made the rare thing: The perfect meeting of plot and character. A hurtling adventure of family intrigue helmed by a heroine for the ages, Davila’s novel will make your heart swell as big as an ostrich egg, and then hatch it.

— Katie Williams, Author of “Tell The Machine Goodnight”

I’ve never read a coming of age story quite like Dávila’s. It’s about a rugged existence, but with prose so gorgeously written that you can’t help but see the beauty in the world she’s built.

— Erin La Rosa, Author of “The Big Redhead Book”