Featured Interview With Java Davis
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I spent years as a typesetter in the printing and marketing trades. All of those skills come into play as an independent author/publisher. I’m currently retired in the Pennsylvania suburbs with a husband, pick-up truck, 2 dogs and 1 cat.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
My parents were older parents who were both librarians. They were not the “fun” parents, but I certainly got lots of reading done! The writing is comparatively unimportant compared to the reading, which teaches you good writing from bad. For years, I always knew I had a book in me, and one day, it popped out.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I love biographies and autobiographies, self-help books, and histories. Non-fiction is my go-to. For fiction, I prefer humorous stories of all sorts. I HATE short stories!! To me, those “authors” are cheating!
Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book took me back to Michigan, where I lived years ago. Apples are a prominent Michigan product. Michigan and apples combined to play out in Commune, my most recent title. 4 of my 5 published titles are fiction, which is odd for someone who loves non-fiction. I do have one small memoir published, On Becoming a Dinosaur, which summarizes my days as a typesetter and what happened to me after the arrival of desktop publishing.
Minor characters became major characters, and major characters became minor characters, as I was writing Commune. The whole idea was that people would come and go at the commune, all of them with their own unique agendas. The property owner and commune founder was expecting everyone to cheerfully pitch in to make the commune profitable. Commune became the story of these people, who disappointed the owner, who stood by her, and who were engaging in criminal activities that ultimately got her arrested. But I refuse to spoil the ending here!
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