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
Maurice Sendak is Cool
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 […]
Is it Really Only Wednesday?
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 […]
Good Communication
As a writer, my job is to communicate. Specifically, I’m paid to use words to express ideas precisely, so that a client’s target audience understands what it is that the […]
Getting Back Into Fiction
It’s a little painful. I described it to Daniel last night like this: it’s as if I was training for a marathon (writing the novel). Then I switched to sprints […]
All Weeks Should Be Like Last Week
It was a great week. If you follow my Facebook page you were privy to the final count down as I wrote the last pages of my Northern California book. […]
Today is the Day
I just put a bottle of champagne in the fridge for tonight. With any luck I will finish the last four pages of my Northern California book today! I’m so […]
Final Countdown
My apologies to anyone who is getting tired of hearing about the Northern California book, but I’m so close to finishing I can almost taste it. Tastes like cookies. I have twelve […]
Best Books of 2011?
I read a lot. I believe it’s part of a writer’s job, so much so that I consider sitting around reading a legitimate day of work (when I don’t have actual deadlines […]
Goals for 2012
It’s that time of year again. The joggers are out in force. Liquor sales drop. And us writer types set goals for all the wonderful prose we will produce in […]
Back To It
December was pretty much a wash. Between travel and holidays with family, I did very little writing. My 100 days of writing challenge kind of went out the window. I […]