In 2015 DeQuindra published Blazing Deception, her first novel and it sold well over 1000 copies and counting.

She has also finished her second novel Distrust, released in 2017 as well as co-wrote a play, Appointments: An Account of the Flint Water Crisis, with two other authors that raises awareness about The Flint Water Crisis, a situation that has affected her and her family tremendously.

She graduated from the University of Michigan-Flint in December of 2016 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resource Management.

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What is your process for writing erotic stories? Do you pull from personal experience?

My process may vary depending on what I am working on. I do pull some stuff from personal experience, experiences from people I know, even TV and true crime stories. I usually save the sex scenes and write those last to focus on the plot of the story and they are the hardest to write to me.

Both of your books, Blazing Deception and Distrust, focus on lies and deceit in relationships. Why is that a focal point for you?

It is a focal point for me because I am trying to appeal to my audience.

People usually like to read books with lots of drama, lies and deceit (at least I do!) so I try to make my books as much of a page turner as possible.

Also, lies and deceit in relationships is a realistic problem most people face, so while some things are over the top a lot of it is relatable.

Has your degree in Human Resource Management inspired your character writing style?

Not much as of yet but I can usually find inspiration from anywhere so I’m sure something will be coming up in a future project!

April is Black Women’s History Month, who are the Black women that inspire you?

Of course, close people like my Mom and sisters. More than anything though I am inspired by Black slaves who overcame the obstacles and learned to read and write.

Like Phyllis Wheatley, one of the first African American poets. She learned two languages as a slave.

Stories like that inspire me and let me know I can do anything despite hardships and setbacks.

You’re on the radio with B-Ray at Club 93.7 Flint. Tell us when we can hear you and what that experience has been like. Do you see a
future in radio?

Do you have an opinion or experience you’d like to share in regard to the Flint Water Crisis?

At first, I was very disappointed in my city as well as the government, not just because it happened, but because we were lied to about how dangerous the water was.

No one understands the post traumatic stress as well as the void in trust it has created between the government and the community. No matter where I go I will never trust drinking from the tap again, and I know I am not the only one.

I just wish there was something more being done for the community. They have stopped giving out free bottled water, even turning off people’s water.

Something should be done for the people who had to live in those conditions.

Not just now, but if I decide to move out of town and myself or my daughter start having health problems later as a result we should still be helped.