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
Writing Through the Holidays
Every year the holidays seem to come faster. That is, the days zip past a little quicker, and it’s harder to find time for all the important things like building […]
We Now Return To Our Regularly Scheduled Programming
It took me most of last week to recover from the fabulous ordeal of the Tough Mudder. I thought I was fine on Monday, but the tired just clung to […]
Who’s A Tough Mudder?
I don’t know how much voltage I took to the side of my head, but it hurt enough that for a few seconds there all I could do was press myself into the muck and think “just stay down.”
Tough Mudder Tomorrow!
Running the Tough Mudder tomorrow. Wish me luck!
Pages Are Flying
I’ve hit a groove with my early morning writing. My alarm goes off at 5am, it takes me about 10 minutes to get upstairs and make coffee (I move really […]
Remote Working
By 9am I should be happily settled in to some public place with free wi-fi. Eventually I will be in our hotel room, or even (we’ll see) by the pool.
Happy Birthday to my Blog!
My blog turned 4 this last weekend. It’s been four years since I first hit “Publish” back on my modest little MobileMe site (remember MobileMe? No? Neither does anyone else). […]
Office Break In
This is the scene that greeted me Friday morning when I arrived at work. At first I glanced in through the wrecked door and saw Daniel’s monitor on his desk, […]
I always pick the wrong technology
Thankfully, I’ve always managed to make the shift to the right technology eventually, but it’s so disheartening every time I realize I’ve done it again.
Not-A-Performace-Review Update
As suspected, it was not a performance review. He did ask what the three worst parts of working for the company have been, but he said it laughing, so I couldn’t tell if he was joking. I was honest, but gentle.