APRIL DAVILA
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142 OSTRICHES
Set against the unexpected splendor of an ostrich ranch in the California desert, April Dávila’s beautifully written debut conjures an absorbing and compelling heroine in a story of courage, family and forgiveness.
“A vivid, uplifting debut...”
—Publishers Weekly
Recent Blog Posts
Some Serious Wisdom From Author Hannah Tinti
If Hannah Tinti’s writing has a fraction of the bravery and truth that her thirty-minute talk contained, it’s gotta be good.
Independent Bookstores – Where the Booklovers Go
It turns out that there is a market for the experience of a bookstore (those of us who love books aren’t surprised). We will celebrate this Saturday.
Stop Being an Aspiring Writer
For some reason, I love reading self-help books when I travel. Whenever one of these get-your-shit-together kind of titles pops up I always hesitate to buy them because I don’t […]
Seven Steps to Writing a Novel
Some really good advice for writers struggling to get words on the page and he breaks down his ideas into seven steps, simple things we can all do.
An Atlas, Not An Outline
When I think in these terms, I see my outline as a map of the world I’m creating, an atlas of all the possibilities, and I’m free to just write.
Writing the Query Letter Synopsis
In this week’s post I share the many iterations of my query letter synopsis along with the thought process I went through to arrive at my final version.
Not Just Done, But Done Right
How did I know that none of those drafts was the one that deserved a final polish? How did I know when it was not just done, but done right?
The Waiting Place
The Waiting Place… …for people just waiting. Waiting for a train to go or a bus to come, or a plane to go or the mail to come, or the […]
Write The Ending That Everyone Expects
Our challenge as writers is to make things so hard on our characters that it seems impossible that we can deliver them to the expected ending.
Reflections on a Successful Query
When I sent out ten query letters to literary agents I would never have dreamed that I would find representation so quickly.