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
Dissolving Stitches
Three weeks ago my baby boy had a minor, outpatient surgery to fix a hernia in his groin and allow his left testicle to drop into place. It went very well, despite […]
10 Years or 10,000 Hours
My father-in-law was telling me recently about an article he read that discussed something called the theory of mastery, or something close to that. The basic idea is that to […]
And the Winner Is…
PT McNiff! Congrats. I’ll email you about how to get that sweet $20 Amazon gift card headed your way. Thanks to everyone who played. So now it’s November. I’m actually really […]
100 Days of Writing – Day 31
Well I’m officially a month into the 100 Days Of Writing Challenge. I’ve missed four days, for a grand total of 27 successful days. My goal was to write one […]
New Headshot
I am super excited for tomorrow morning. My friend, and amazing photographer, Paul Giunta is coming over early to take some family photos for us. As of right now – this […]
Ta-Dah!
Welcome to the new and improved Unfolding Tale. I spent the last few days transferring my blog posts from the old site (good ol Weebly didn’t have a way to […]
A Blind Woman Reading A Map In The Dark
In November my novel was 247 pages long. I still refer to that stack of paper as my first draft, but by January 11th I was back down to 35 […]
Happy Birthday, Unfolding Tale
How does one celebrate the second birthday of one’s blog? By taking it down, of course. HA! But seriously, though, I am taking the plunge and paying an actual web […]
More Support for Giving It Away
I was in San Francisco this weekend to help my mom out with her exhibition at the Ceramics Annual of America. It was a beautiful show, with many talented artists, […]
“Steve” the Pirate Makes His Case
I mentioned on Monday that my friend “Steve” sent me a full novel in a text file. Just as if he had handed it to me except that it came […]