​Tell me what makes Jen Davis “tick” as an author or a person or both:
As a person, I am blessed with an amazing husband and kids—plus a day job I really enjoy. As an author, I love creating the kind of characters I seek out as a reader, usually damaged people with an arc where they learn to value themselves through the eyes of someone who loves them.
 
If you could go anywhere in the world to live, where would you go and why? Describe your residence once you get there:
If I could live anywhere, I’d probably return home to New Orleans. We’ve moved a lot with my job, but NOLA will always be home for us. There is nowhere else like it.
 
Of all the books you have written, tell us about your favorite one and why it was your favorite:
I think I will always have a soft spot for Brick. I know authors like to say their current WIP is their favorite, but I love a good anti-hero. Brick does some terrible things, but he does them because he feels he has no choice. When he allows himself to connect with someone and to love, his entire world changes.
 
What book are you working on right now? Do you have a release date you can share with us?
I am working on final edits for Robby, book 3 in the Cooper Construction series. It’s my first m/m book. (The other two in the series are m/f.) It releases July 2.
 
Other than writing, what else are you passionate about?
I care deeply about social justice and what is happening in the world around us.
 
What have you found to be the most difficult part of being an author?
Finding time! With a full time job and two kids, I am in awe of authors who can write every day. That, and marketing. I never would have believed how much time and effort marketing takes. No matter how good your book is, without marketing, no one would ever know it even exists.
We want to come visit your library. What books might we find on your shelves that we wouldn’t expect to find?
Ha! I am so predictable. All my books are romances.
Do you consider yourself an extrovert or an introvert? Why?
Extrovert—all the way! I love to talk. There is not a drop of shyness within me.
You’ve got a whole weekend to do whatever you want to do, how are you going to spend it?
Read! And write.
Knowing what you know now, what advice would you give a younger version of yourself?
You can’t strong arm people into your point of view.
The sky is the limit…tell us anything else you would like to tell us…
I’m a writer, but at the end of the day, I’m a reader—just like you. I believe in true love and happy endings where the good guys win and the villains get what they deserve.
Where can readers find you? Please list your social media, website, and other links you’d like to share below:
http://jendavis.net
https://www.facebook.com/authorjendavis/
http://twitter.com/redhotbooks
https://www.bookbub.com/profile/jen-davis
https://www.amazon.com/Jen-Davis/e/B07MTNQDLX/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3360642.Jen_Davis
 
 

Floating away is putting it mildly. We have had so much rain these last couple weeks, I'm beginning to think I live in a swamp. With a garden to till, a lawn to get mowed, and a pasture to sow with some clover and alfalfa I just don't have time for this!
It's been a busy couple of weeks and I'll have a major announcement coming soon, but I can't share just yet. But stay tuned...
With the month of April being designated Indie Author April, I have some great new authors coming up in my Wednesday features starting this week. I shamelessly pimped the Twitter feed and got some Indie authors to share their stuff, so be sure and dial in on Wednesday nights for the latest author features.
I had probably one of the best experiences in my life on Friday! I was blessed to have gotten tickets to the NRA2019 Legislative Forum and got to hear our President and Vice President speak. It was an amazing, once-in-a-lifetime experience that I will never forget. To actually see and hear both a sitting President and a sitting Vice President in the same day. Of course, after the event I traipsed around with a couple of my friends to see all the displays in the NRA Exhibit Hall. I kept a tight rein on myself and only bought a tee shirt, hat, and a magnetic holster for under my dash to hold my Taurus .22 when I'm traveling alone.
I also have a new addition to the homestead. Her name is Kate or Katie as I'd like to call her and she is Oscar's new friend. After some initial growling and grumbling on Oscar's part, he seems to have adjusted to her except when her big feet step on him in the middle of the night while he's snuggled under the covers with me. She's a sweet and pretty girl as long as she's not chasing the chickens or disappearing back in the woods and getting in the creek.
Today, the dandelion's are in full bloom and I discovered a way to use them. Essential oil. So, in a little bit I'm going to go out and gather some of their sunny blooms and stuff them in a jar with some olive oil and let them sit on a windowsill for a couple weeks. Dandelion oil is good for aches and pains, chapped skin, swelling...the list goes on. So...that's what I'm going to do as soon as I finish up this blog post.
I do want to give you the heads up that on May 6th I'll be doing a takeover on Wild Deadwood Reads page on Facebook with some giveaways. On May 15th the first book of my Summers Sisters Trilogy will be on sale for 99 cents. On May 17th Vincent-Blood Retribution will be on sale for 99 cents. And If you haven't read my latest novella yet, Treasured Memories will be FREE on May 27th.
Okay...I'm going to get off the sofa and gather dandelion blooms...happy Sunday to all!

Today as I was driving to my bill-paying job, I was at a slow simmer due to a couple of below the belt hits I took on Twitter. Then it struck me. How dare someone insinuate I’m a bad author or imbecile merely because I have an opinion? How dare they say I’m killing my writing career because I don’t agree with other peoples’ opinions? Come on, just because we are authors doesn’t mean we aren’t individuals. We don’t all fit into the same tidy box that everyone seems to think we do. Just because we speak out about the things that are important to us doesn’t mean our books aren’t worth reading.

Let me give you a prime example. I love reading Stephen King and Anne Rice. I have a collection of their books in my library because I enjoy their work. However, their political opinions and outspoken criticism and downright ugliness toward our President stick in my craw. Because I happen to be proud of our President and all he has done to keep our country the greatest in the world. I’m not going to go out and burn my collection or donate it to Goodwill and I’m not going to stop buying their books just because I disagree with their comments. They are wonderful authors and they are entitled to their opinion just like I am. It doesn’t make them shitty authors or shitty people. It makes them uniquely THEM. Just like I’m uniquely ME.

The unique me is a pretty laid-back individual with some strong opinions about several topics. I won’t go into those topics but I do want to tell you a little bit about myself and hope that along the way I pick up some friends and readers that share some of the same interests other than romance novels.

I enjoy gardening along with growing and canning my own food. I also try to only purchase organic foods. My cousin and I went to a presentation by Jillian Michaels from the Biggest Loser and after that event, I walked out thinking to myself…now why in the world would I want to put growth hormones, GMOs, antibiotics, and other chemicals in my body? I don’t! So, when I garden I use only seeds guaranteed to be non-GMO. When I buy meat it has to be grass fed without hormones or antibiotics. What the heck? Is the FDA trying to kill us all off or what?

I’m a Spiritualist studying at the Historic Camp Chesterfield where I have met some very like-minded friends as well as friends who don’t necessarily have the same opinions as me. But I still love them for who they are. I believe in one Creator or Source or Alpha…whatever you want to call Him or Her…and I believe everyone goes to Heaven or the Spirit World when their souls are no longer part of their human bodies. I believe the only evil which exists lie in the hearts of humans who have little regard for their fellow person. And as hard as I try not to dislike anyone, there are a few certain people I wish would go crawl back into the hole they crawled out of. I’m working on that. Not putting them in a hole but trying to understand that sometimes there are people of the female persuasion who are just greedy gold-diggers who try to use other people for what they have rather than loving them for who they are. And that’s going to be their karma someday.

I’m proud to be a mother and a grandmother and I have some of the most amazing family. I love the individuality of my three daughters because it’s like having the best part of myself in each of them with the even better parts of their own personalities. My grandchildren are each precious in their own way and I feel blessed to have been able to move back close to them when I was downsized from my high-paying job during the economic crisis. My only regret is not having enough time to do all the things that a lot of grandparents get to do because I work a full-time job,  write full-time, and I have my gardening, studying, and a home to take care of. But my heart is with them everywhere they go and through everything they do. I just hope they know that.

I believe in earning everything myself and doing as much for myself as possible. My father taught me to be independent and I am able to do basic wiring, carpentry, and plumbing, change brake pads or oil in my car…but sometimes I like to play the damsel in distress and let someone else do it for me. Seriously, I love being a woman even when it means being strongly and fearlessly feminine. But I’m not a feminist. I truly feel there are some things women do better than men and things men do better than women. We should embrace that men and women aren’t equal in everything. It’s called being unique. I love cooking for that special person…or doing things to lighten the load on their plate...that's not subservience, that's treating someone the way they should be and showing them they are cared about. And I don't mind working side by side with a man either. As long as they do the heavy work and don’t shout orders too loud. Just kidding.

That’s just a little about me…it looks like Part 2 this story might be in order next week because I’m running out of time here. Or, if you want to know more about me and can’t wait until the next blog post you can always email me at [email protected]

I look forward to chatting again soon!