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Award-winning author 📚 Writing coach 💻
Mindful writing advocate 🧘🏻‍♀️
Helping writers finish their novels
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🗞️Newsletter drop ✨

‼️Don’t miss this Friday’s issue ⚡️

⚡️It’s Books with Hooks week on the podcast and Bianca, Carly, and CeCe are joined by listener Yemeng Lu-Myers, to critique her upmarket novel!

⚡️Looking for unconventional tools to help your writing? April Dávila advocates for pracicing meditation, in today’s essay!

⚡️And Jane Hamilton joins us for our author Q&A today, sharing her thoughts on writers that find success, what the lifecycle of her books looks like, and more!

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Less than one week until Dirty, Messy, Alive! Take the time your story deserves ❤️

On Monday the 28th, I will be joining over 30 other memoirists and writing teachers at Dirty Messy Alive: Embodied Memoir-Writing Workshop Series, a free 4-day virtual event for current and aspiring memoir-writers.

The Dirty, Messy, Alive: Embodied Memoir-Writing Workshop Series is happening September 28th - October 1st, and those 4 days are packed with sessions (including one from me on the personal essay!) committed to moving you forward on your memoir-writing journey with supportive writing processes and innovative craft of writing sessions.

Give yourself 4 days to dive into the thick of it - with over 30 sessions, there is a lesson for every phase of the writing process. You don’t want to miss it.

Oh, yeah. And have I mentioned it’s free?

All you have to do is register, which you can do by clicking the link in my bio 💫

Can’t attend live? Register anyway: you can watch the pre-recorded and replays from Sept. 28th until Oct. 2nd, and an upgrade option for ongoing presentation access.

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☕️ Coffee & Currently . . .

Happy Monday, friends! It’s a gloriously sunny day in Ottawa, and I’m taking a flex day after a full weekend. Biking, coffee, reading, writing . . . perfection!

Reading-wise, I have a lot on the go:

📚 @tandemcollectiveglobal readalong of House of Flame and Shadow
📚The Oxford Guide to Scandal and Lies - loving the book. The audiobook narrator keeps putting me to sleep, though. 😴
📚Theo of Golden - I’m enjoying this one, really! Other books just keep taking priority and I can easily set this one aside for a week at a time.
🎧 Salt - I love a good microhistory, and I’m learning a lot from this one.
📝 After a wee summer break, I’m back to writing and prepping sermons etc. for work. Making lots of use of Ruth Haley Barton and Bette Dickinson’s books. Also hoping to do some of the exercises in Sit. Write. Here.

⁉️What are you reading? Or what’s something you are looking forward to this week?

Happy reading!!

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For every writer who has ever stared at a blank page ✍️📚 Sit. Write. Here. by April Dávila is exactly what you need. Six mindfulness practices to help you write more and suffer less. Have you ever sat down to write and just could not get the words out?

#HamiltonBook #WritingLife #AprilDavilaBook #WritingTips #BargainBooks

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Calling in mindfulness in all sorts of ways lately. . .

Sit. Write. Now. 6 Mindfulness Practices to Help You Write More and Suffer Less by April Davila

We've started our homeschool year for almost all of our subjects and I suppose it has me in the nonfiction mood! I am hoping this book is helpful to me and my young writers, too. Self-doubt is probably my biggest challenge when it comes to writing. I love that this book is for seasoned authors as well as beginners.

Thank you @stmartinsessentials for providing me with so much nonfiction reading this year!! This one is out now!
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What kind of reading mood are you in? Are you an aspiring writer, or is reading more your jam?

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REVIEWS: Thank you, @youhadmeathea @stmartinspress #smpearlyreaders, for the gifted books. Treats by @pacellisbakery. 😍

Rewrite the Stars: “A sparkling romance between an ex-actress and her contractor, reminding us that it’s never too late to rewrite our destiny.”

Oh my gosh. I loved this love story. Marissa is a semi-retired actress and mother of two. She wants her kids to have a normal life, but her ex husband isn’t necessarily on the same page. She and her children leave LA for a summer respite in the Poconos, to a lake house she has inherited. The house needs a little work and through that Marissa meets Jesse. It turns out they know each other from a childhood summer in their pasts.

Rewrite the Stars is the ideal summer rom com. Marissa and Jesse are so easy to love, and the Poconos lake setting was perfect. I especially enjoyed how the author captured the nostalgia for summers past and present. A totally endearing read.

Sit Write Here: “A transformative path to overcome creative blocks and cultivate a joyful, sustainable writing practice through mindfulness.”

I’m so happy to add this practically helpful book to my writing arsenal. It covers six key practices it defines as:
Get Writing
Embrace Discomfort
Keep Going
Explore Emotions
Engage Reality
Find Equanimity

I appreciated how positive and supportive this is, and especially how it uses mindfulness practices to enhance writing productivity, and, in particular, finding the joy in writing.

#bookish #bookstagram #justbooksbookstagram #tarheelreaderreviews

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✨TOP TEN BESTSELLERS✨ week ending 8/22/26👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🤩

Browse Warwick’s Books & Bestsellers here:
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I’ve been in this amazing writing program this year led by @aprildavila with guidance and wisdom from Lindz McLeod. Today I submitted the final chapter of the first draft of my novel. Wooohooo! I know there is lots more work ahead redrafting and editing, not to mention seeing if it gets published….but today is for celebrating!🎉 In addition to life and work, I wrote a novel about a wild, messy, beautiful, dysfunctional family and what it means to choose your people, and yourself. Today is for celebrating!

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Grass under your feet. Coffee going cold. Inspiration finally flowing. That’s the SIT. WRITE. HERE. energy — @aprildavila’s guide to writing with less suffering and more presence. Mind, body, and soul, all doing their part. 🌼✍️

#SitWriteHere #bookmoodboards #AprilDavila #mindfulness #writingtips bookstagram WunderkindPR

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Got to hear my friend and teacher @aprildavila at @vromansbookstore talking with @liandolan about April’s awesome new book, Sit. Write. Here. If you’re a creative of any kind, but especially a writer, there will be so much here for you. Congratulations, April!

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Sit. Write. Here. By @aprildavila

Thank you to @stmartinsessentials #gifted for the book, it could be very useful to some writers out there!! I paired this with some gigantic chocolate chip cookies to get those creative juices flowing!

QOTD: What's your favorite flavor cookie? Snickerdoodle for me!

A transformative path to overcome creative blocks and cultivate a joyful, sustainable writing practice through mindfulness.

In Sit Write Here, award-winning novelist and certified mindfulness instructor April Dávila presents a groundbreaking approach to writing that integrates the practice of Insight Meditation. Drawing from her personal journey and professional experience, Dávila reveals how mindfulness can help writers improve their craft and navigate common challenges such as writer's block, self-doubt, and ubiquitous distractions. Through practical exercises and relatable anecdotes, she demonstrates how cultivating present-moment awareness can enhance creativity and bring greater ease to the writing process.

Structured around six key practices, the book guides writers to:
-Get Writing by developing deep concentration to foster a state of creative flow.
-Embrace Discomfort to better portray conflict on the page.
-Keep Going by identifying and overcoming internal obstacles that masquerade as "writer's block."
-Explore Emotions to deepen authenticity.
-Engage Reality to refine the editing process with mindful awareness.
-Find Equanimity to maintain resilience in the face of feedback and rejection.

Whether you're a seasoned author or just beginning your writing journey, Sit Write Here offers a compassionate and practical framework to transform your writing practice. By embracing mindfulness, writers can not only enhance their craft but also find greater fulfillment and joy in the creative process.

#sitwritehere #aprildavila #stmartinsessentials

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Not only are we celebrating our wonderful interns today but we're celebrating the incredible list of paperback books we've worked on for National Paperback Book Day!

From horror to nonfiction, there's a book for every mood!

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