This week, the Exquisite Quills blog welcomes J.D. Faver!
EQ: Welcome to EQ! Tell us a little bit about yourself!
J.D.: I can best be described as a writer. I’ve written daily for over 1,500 days. Writing is now a habit, as ingrained as brushing my teeth or feeding the dog. Must write.
EQ: What made you want to
become a writer?
J.D.: I seem to be hardwired
as a writer. I don’t remember a time when I wasn’t one. When I was in the 2nd
grade, my teacher, Sister Anastasia, encouraged my budding writing career. She
gave me a pack of colored chalk and allowed me to stay in at recess so I could
draw ‘sets’ on the three chalkboards. After recess she allowed me to put on my
3-act play. I had a starring role, of course, and had cast my friends in the
other parts. I had to hand write the play for every character, so there was my
handwriting practice. I produced a new play every couple of weeks as long as I
was in the second grade. None of my other teachers were as appreciative of my
burgeoning talents…but I give Sister Anastasia full credit for planting the
seeds and nurturing them.
EQ: What are your top three
guilty pleasures?
J.D.:I have a fondness for
java chocolate chunk ice cream. I have far too many
orchids in my collection, but can’t resist bringing home just one more. I’m a champion of
children, elderly and disabled individuals and animals of all kinds. I raised a
baby skunk when I was a girl (not deodorized) and a baby possum as an adult. Their
names were Petunia and Oreo, respectively. And I’m the patron saint of the
lizards and geckos my fierce little rescue dog tries to annihilate.
EQ: Describe how you came
up with the plot of your novel.
J.D.: I wrote BAD MEDICINE, the
first book in my series set on the Texas Gulf coast as a NaNoWriMo project.
(National Novel Writing Month) I sat down and banged out a 56k word novel in 18
days, only to revise it to 93k as a romantic thriller. The setting defines the
series, as South Padre Island was a place I used to compete in catamaran races.
It is indeed a semi-tropical resort area just about 30 miles north of the
border with Mexico. I loved this setting and the characters leaped, fully
developed, into my brain. I didn’t set out to write a multi-cultural novel, but
Texas is rich in a wide diversity of cultures and the series grew to reflect
the true nature of the population.
EQ: What is the biggest risk
you’ve taken in your writing?
J.D.: Probably the biggest
risk was in writing a romantic thriller in which my heroine is a dominatrix.
BAD GIRL! is a mystery/suspense/thriller with strong sensual elements.
Here is the blurb >
Who's in control? The dominatrix or the cop? BAD GIRL! A
sexy thriller.
When her clients start dying, Kris Delaney, a beautiful, but damaged
dominatrix, is forced to rely on controlling detective Nick Price, an Alpha
male who wants her more than he wants his shield.
She fights to maintain her privacy, while struggling to resist Nick, who is
everything she fears in a man. Having been a victim in the past, Kris is
determined to control her life, but in the face of terrifying serial murders,
she's powerless to control her fate.
One-by-one, her clients are dispatched by some grisly means related to their
particular kink. As the bodies pile up, Nick tries to keep Kris out of danger
and breach her thorny defenses to prove he is worthy of her trust.
A dominatrix, a cop and a killer...Oh, my! Catch BAD GIRL!
EQ: Tell us a little bit
about your most recent release.
J.D.: BAD VIBES, is the third
in the Edge of Texas series, set on the Texas Gulf coast. The series has been
well received, and readers have asked for a story about the female deputy who
has appeared as a supporting character in the other books.
Blurb>
When
government agent Mike “The Iceman” Burke invades her South Padre Island turf,
Deputy Darla Calhoun is assigned as liaison officer to his team. Her skills as
a sniper come in handy when a gang of human traffickers strikes close to home,
kidnapping local women including her best friend.
Darla is recovering from her husband’s suicide and trying to be a good parent
to her twin sons. The ICE assignment takes her out of her misery and plunges
her into a dangerous mission and a steamy affair.
Mike and Darla tear up and down the Intracoastal Waterway in search of the
kidnappers and the captive women while Rafael and Javier conduct their own
investigation. Will they rescue the captive women or will the kidnappers
slaughter them as they have done in the past? Two teams race to find the
answers before it's too late.
Look for these other titles:
BAD
MEDICINE (The Edge of Texas-Book I)
BAD
KARMA (The Edge of Texas-Book II)
BAD
VIBES (The Edge of Texas-Book III)
BAD
DREAMS (The Edge of Texas-Book IV) <coming soon>
A
SANDCASTLE CHRISTMAS (The Edge of
Texas-Book V)
ON
ICE
THE
DOCTOR’S CHOICE (Badlands-Book I)
THE
RELUCTANT RANCHER (Badlands-Book II)
BAD
GIRL
BAD
HABIT
KILL
SHOT
A
TWIST OF FATE
ART
OF DECEPTION
LEGACY
(The Young Witch’s Chronicles) Written as Calista Anastasia
LEXICON
(The Young Witch’s Chronicles) Written as Calista Anastasia
6 comments:
Sounds like you did indeed have a great patron. That ice cream sounds decadent. :) Good luck with your new book!
What a great teacher to allow you to stretch your creativity like that. It sounds like you color chalked "outside the box." Your characters are really interesting and multi-dimensional, J.D. I'm a fan.
You interesting person. I enjoyed learning more about you. We both raised a skunk when we were girls. :)
Thanks so much, Jane. I did have a lot of creative freedom. I think all kids should be given what they need to escape the box. <3 <3 <3
Thanks for your good wishes, Brenna. I did have incredible creative freedom. Nope, the nuns didn't smack my knuckles with a ruler, but they did allow me to explore my artistic potential without restriction, Every child should be encouraged to spread their wings. :-)
How fun, Rose. My skunk was an awesome pet. My possum was a bit boring. She would fall asleep in my hand, holding onto my wrist with her rat-like tail. Yeah, kinda creepy.
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