April Davila on mindful writing, right view and the importance of consistency

In this new episode of Out of the Clouds, host Anne Muhlethaler interviews novelist and mindfulness teacher April Davila (@aprildavila). 

Anne and April got to know each other thanks to their two-year certification training course, or MMTCP, which they completed earlier this year, meeting over Zoom during the closing retreat hosted by their teachers Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield. 

April, a fourth generation Californian shares her journey from scientist to professional writer, to novelist. She offers insights about both her writing process as well as  what it was like publishing her first novel, '142 Ostriches', and recounts the wonderful story of how she found her agent - plus the joys and challenges of launching a book in a pandemic. 

April started offering mindful writing sessions and workshops over the past year and talks about how this turned into a very meaningful project called 'A Very Important Meeting'. The two discuss the surprising benefits of meditation practice to support creativity - something Anne was delighted to discover after she participated in  April's last workshop.

They go on to discuss how mindfulness concepts like 'right view' help the editing process when writing, and April shares tips and resources for writers, before sharing her current favorite reads.  Enjoy!

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Selected Links from Episode:

You can find April at : AprilDavila.com

or on Twitter @Aprildavila

on Instagram @Aprildavila

Discover April's novel '142 Ostriches'

You can join the community and join A Very Important Meeting 

Spirit Rock meditation center 

Jack Kornfield 

7 tips to get early to write - blog post by April

John Scogniamiglio at Kensington Books

Opportunities of the Week newsletter 

MMTCP - Mindfulness & Meditation Teacher Certification Program with Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield

Sequoia etymology 

Dance Yrself Clean by LCD Soundsystem

Noopiming by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

The One Thing book by Gary Keller, Jay Papasan

 For the Love of Men by Liz Plank

The Mindful Writer, by Dinty W. Moore

Paul Salopek

Out of Eden, the project by Paul Salopek with the National Geographic

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