Interview with Author Jami Davenport

Please welcome fellow Loose Id author, Jami Davenport, who has out a new release: Fourth and Goal!

• Tell me a little bit about yourself.

I’m a life-long resident of Washington state, which is probably why my books are set in Washington. I grew up a small-town girl, went to college at Washington State University, and now work in IT for my day job. I’m an avid horsewoman and ride and show in dressage. I live on a small farm on the Olympic Peninsula with my wonderful husband, 2 dogs, 1 cat, and a horse. I’ve just become a grandmother for the first time.

• Do you use a pseudonym and if so, why?

I wanted a separation between my day job and my writing career. I’m a private person, and I didn’t want to deal with friends and co-workers misunderstand and disrespect romance writers.

• What genre do you write in? Why did you pick that genre?

I write contemporary romance as Jami and REALLY hot romance under another pen name. Contemporary romance is my first love, what I prefer to write. My specialty is equestrian- and sports-related romances.

• What inspires you to write the type of stories that you write?

Usually experiences I have or stories I hear about for someone else. I wrote Fourth and Goal because I love football, and I was frustrated with the football hero romances currently being published. In the vast majority of them, the heroine did not like or understand football, the hero often gave up the game for the heroine, or the football was barely a part of the story. You could have changed the hero’s career and nothing in the story would change.

So I asked myself: What if? What if the heroine is not only a fan, but she wants a career in football? What if she’s more knowledgeable about the game than most men? What if the hero isn’t a big star but a struggling third stringer attempting to resurrect his career? And that’s Fourth and Goal.

• How would you describe your writing style? Plotter or pantser? Why?

I’m an instinctual writer (OK, pantser), but I’ve found once I write a third of the book, that I really need to do an brief outline for the rest of the book so I don’t wander all over the place.

• What is your favorite genre to READ?

LOL!!! Guess what? Contemporary romance with hot sports heroes. I also love a good historical set in regency England and a great thriller or romantic suspense.

• Do you have a specific place where you like to write? When, during the day, is your most creative time?

I write in lots of places. My favorite is in the living room in the rocking chair next to the two-story windows that look out into the woods surrounding my property. Unfortunately, my most creative time to write is in the morning, but I’m at my day job then, so I make do and write in the evenings.

• What’s your typical writing day?

I don’t really have a typical one because of the demands of my day job, but I try to write 500 to 2000 words a day and three times that on the weekends.

• Do you have critique partners or beta readers? Why?

I have a couple CPs, both pubbed with NY pubs) who are wonderful authors and great CPs. You need another pair of eyes to read your work because you get to close to it to see the holes.

• Who gave you the most support along in your writing?

I would have to say several people. My local RWA chapter is incredibly supportive, also Lucy Monroe believed in me and my writing before anyone else did. My CPs and my good friends, Wendi Darlin and Allie K. Adams.

• Do you have another job (besides writing)? If so, what do you do?

I’m the computer support coordinator for a state agency.

• What’s your take on the future of ebooks and epublishing?

I think ebooks and epublishing will eventually outsell print books. I see less and less print books on the horizon. The wonderful thing about ebooks is you get so much variety. Authors can find the niches for books off the beaten path rather than cram their book into a narrow NY mold.

• Do you have a favorite quote -- yours or someone famous or even infamous?

I only have this kitchen because it came with the house.

• What’s your favorite food?

Anything Mexican, especially a Mexican coffee, LOL!!!

• What’s your favorite movie? Why?

Overboard. What a great story, great romance, great everything.

• Do you have a favorite book or author?

Susan Elizabeth Phillips, but my favorite book is Mirror Image by Sandra Brown.

• Tell me about your latest or upcoming release?

Fourth and Goal available from Loose Id now. Here’s a blurb for you:

It’s fourth and goal, one second left on the clock. Derek and Rachel are racking up points in bed. Do they trust each other enough to go for the long bomb or do they get dropped for a loss?

• Do you have any releases scheduled for 2011?

Yes, Fourth and Goal, and hopefully the sequel, Forward Passes. Also at least three under my other pen name.

• What’s your next project?

Forward Passes which is Book 2 of my Seattle Lumberjack series. In this book I return to the San Juans Islands (also the location in two previous books) and tell the story of the wild boy quarterback introduced in F & G.

• Where can readers find you on the web?

Author Info:
Website: http://www.jamidavenport.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jamidavenport
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jamidavenport