J.D. Rhoades

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United States

Profile Information:

Hometown:
Carthage NC
About Me:
Author of the e-book STORM SURGE, as well as the Jack Keller thriller novels: THE DEVIL'S RIGHT HAND, GOOD DAY IN HELL, and SAFE AND SOUND. Also check out my standalone novel BREAKING COVER!
I Am A:
Writer
Website:
http://jdrhoades.com
Books And Authors I Like:
Ken Bruen, Michael Connelly, Ian Rankin, Jason Starr, Duane Swierczynski, Allan Guthrie, John Connally, Laura Lippman, Margaret Maron, Cornelia Read, David Terrenoire, Victor Gischler, Sean Doolittle, Lee Child, Anthony Neil Smith, Barry Eisler, Pat Mullan, Lori G. Armstrong, Harlan Coben, Karin Slaughter, Robert Crais, Dennis Lehane, Joe Konrath, Dashiell Hammett, Jim Thompson, Raymond Chandler, Robert A. Heinlein, Spider Robinson, Peter F. Hamilton, Richard K. Morgan, John Scalzi, Naomi Novik, George McDonald Frasier
Movies And TV Shows I Like:
Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, The Godfather I & 2, Hard Boiled, The Usual Suspects, The Transporter, Leon (The Professional), Alien, Aliens, The Terminator, Conan the Barbarian, Red Dawn, The Hunt for Red October, Saving Private Ryan, Patton, Das Boot, Seven Samurai, Ran, Ronin

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  • Jon Jordan

    I have discovered the secret to eternal life.

    In case you were wondering.

    Mar 14, 2007

  • J.D. Rhoades

    Jon: Does it involve Red Bull?

    Neil: We'll always have Omaha.

    Mar 14, 2007

  • Lori G. Armstrong

    Totally bummed you aren't coming.

    I think they were bidding on Neil...

    Mar 14, 2007

  • Tiffany Leigh

    Thanks -- I haven't read a Jack Keller yet. I need to get that sorted right quick.

    Mar 14, 2007

  • J.D. Rhoades

    Yes, tiffany, you do :-)/.

    Lori: It's still an outside possibility. Depends on how bad the IRS works me over this year.

    Mar 14, 2007

  • J.D. Rhoades

    I've gotta say, when it comes to stalkers, I consider myself the luckiest guy on the planet.

    Mar 18, 2007

  • Sean Chercover

    Look forward to seeing you at Thrillerfest, bubba.

    Mar 19, 2007

  • DADavenport

    JD,
    I'm having browser problems and can't accept the invitaions everyone's sending me right now. It'd been driving me nuts since I joined up. I'll respond as soon as I update this fossi;.
    Thanks,
    Deb

    Mar 19, 2007

  • Brian Thornton

    Thanks for adding me. I see that you, too, have a picture up of Ken Bruen, sitting in (of all places) A BAR. I think I'm seeing a theme develop here...

    Mar 19, 2007

  • Carol Davis Luce

    JD, thanks for adding me. What made you decide to write a standalone thriller after three in a series? Just curious.

    Mar 20, 2007

  • Pat Mullan

    Dusty,

    Great photo! Looks like you're running for office! I sure hope so. It's either you or Gore and Florida spindled, mutilated, and hung (not well) my vote the last time. Looks like he's only running for the Nobel Prize this time. So please tell me you're running! I'll vote for you!

    Slan, Pat.

    Mar 20, 2007

  • J.D. Rhoades

    Pat: I may have to do that. After all, as the man said, "how hard can it be?"

    Carol: two factors:
    1) That was the book that seemed to want to be written;
    2) Of the two proposals I sent (one a Keller novel, one a standalone), that's the one that St. Martin's bought.

    Mar 20, 2007

  • Julie Morrigan

    Well, JD, I finished The Devil's Right Hand yesterday, and a damn fine read it was too - ta, chuck. Books have made me feel many things while I've been reading them. This one is the first to make me bloody glad I'm a veggie! Why's that? Jack Keller and his dreams... charred and peeling skin, cooked gobbets (great word!) of flesh clinging to bones - bloody hell, lad! I'll be having flashbacks when I'm barbecuing for the omnivores this summer!

    Mar 23, 2007

  • Carol Davis Luce

    I suppose that having a story you want to write would trump writing a story to have to write, such as the next in the series. Good luck with Breaking Cover.

    Mar 24, 2007

  • Fran Read

    DUSTY! DUSTY! DUSTY!

    Mar 31, 2007

  • Patricia

    all i can say is what Fran said Dusty! Dusty! Dusty!

    Apr 5, 2007

  • Harry Shannon

    Howdy back, J.D.!

    Jul 28, 2007

  • Krystal Waters

    Wow you got a great page here. Love your photo! lol Stopped by to introduce myself and look at your work. Have a great week!

    Kris

    Jul 31, 2007

  • Patrick Lee

    Hi J.D., thanks for the invite! Congratulations on everything; it sounds like the books are going great. I'll have to check them out!

    Aug 6, 2007

  • J.D. Rhoades

    Thanks to all the new friends here!

    Aug 6, 2007

  • Bill Kirton

    Thanks for the invitation JD. I love your description of work in progress as 'currently under construction'

    Aug 6, 2007

  • Mary Saums

    Dusty! Dusty! Dusty! Sorry - couldn't resist copying my buds Fran and Patricia. :) I see we have many favorite authors in common. This doesn't surprise me since I enjoyed The Devil's Right Hand. Yeah, I figure saying Miss Marple and assault rifles is the best way to alienate all camps of mystery readers at once. :) Being contrary has its drawbacks. :) Nice to see you here!

    Aug 6, 2007

  • Peg Herring

    You sound like someone I like already!

    Aug 7, 2007

  • Kelli Stanley

    Hi, J.D., and thanks for the invite! We like a lot of the same stuff. I also loved your "Great Caesar's Ghost!" exclamation ... a phrase popularized by that great editor of the Daily Planet, Perry White! Now, if ITW decides to add an award for comic book trivia, I might stand a chance! ;)

    Looking forward to meeting you in person!

    Kelli

    Aug 7, 2007

  • Lyn LeJeune

    merci mille fois for the invite....now to your website and to find out about your books....When I entered college, I took a two-hour bus trip on the New Orleans transit line from St. Bernard Parish. I hated trigonometry, so I usually ended up at the downtown public library and later headed to Jackson Square for a couple of Jax brews. That public library was my sanctuary. After Katrina, I decided to write THE book, start The Beatitudes Network, and donate all royalties to the New Orleans Public Library Foundation to help rebuild the libraries. I give you and NOLA The Beatitudes…

    Aug 7, 2007

  • carole gill

    Hello, J.D.! I like that phrase, "book under construction." Thanks for the invite too. all the best.

    Aug 7, 2007

  • Rosemary Harris

    Nice to meet you. Although didn't we bump into each other at T'fest? Just found out I'll be going to VA Festival of the Book next year. Since I read about your panel experience there..got any tips for newbies?
    Ro

    Aug 8, 2007

  • Jeff Markowitz

    Thanks for the invite.

    Aug 8, 2007

  • J.D. Rhoades

    Rosemary: VaBook is a great conference. They'll give you all the tips you need. Only thing I could add is get out of the hotel for a bit and check out the awesome pedestrian mall next door.

    Jeff, Carole, Lyn, Bill, Kelli, Rhonda : You're welcome. Good to see y'all.

    Mary: thanks! Glad you liked it. There's more, you know :-).

    Peg: I like you too, shug.

    Aug 8, 2007

  • Dave Zeltserman

    JD, thanks for the invite.

    Aug 8, 2007

  • Joan Conwell

    Well, hi yourself. Draft House reunion next time you're in Raleigh?

    Aug 9, 2007

  • Michelle Martin

    Wow! What a successful career you have!

    Aug 9, 2007

  • Cyndi Martin

    Thanks for adding me! I just read y our guest blog at the Lipstick Chronicles (so I know you're wearing black briefs). I enjoyed it!

    Aug 10, 2007

  • Declan Burke

    Mr Rhoades, consider me humbled that an illustrious scribe such as yourself should deign to fraternise with a scruffy hack like myself ... much obliged for the invite, sir. Why not trundle on over to Crime Always Pays and do a Q&A for us, we'll plug whatever book you want us to ... Cheers, Dec

    Aug 10, 2007

  • J.D. Rhoades

    Dunno about illustrious, Dec, but I do love me some Q & A.

    Aug 10, 2007

  • Cass

    Hi J.D. - thanks for adding me! And congrats on your publishing success! :)

    Aug 10, 2007

  • Sunflowercat

    Hi, J.D. -- you weren't kidding about the red state! Looks like you're right up the road...

    Aug 10, 2007

  • Elysabeth Eldering

    Hey JD - Thanks for inviting me to be on your list - you spoke at our Sisters in Crime group in Greenville, South Carolina last year. I think you are supposed to come back this year but I may be mistaken.

    Looking forward to seeing what you have in store for us this go round - E :)

    Aug 11, 2007

  • Debbie Behrens

    Hi, JD, thanks for the invite. Sounds like you've got a good thing going with your Jack Keller series.

    Aug 13, 2007

  • Alexandria Ayers

    Hey JD Thanks for the friend request.
    Hope all is well in your world.

    Alexandria

    Aug 13, 2007

  • Rick Mofina

    Appreciate the invite JD

    Aug 13, 2007

  • Cass

    LOL Thanks! My avi is a sketch of Ramona Quimby from the Beverly Cleary books I adored when I was a kid. (I secretly still adore them...don't tell anyone.) ;)

    Aug 14, 2007

  • Cormac Brown

    Thank you for e-vite. I swear I've seen your name in about a dozen author blogs, your peers speak very highly of you! If you dug "Hard Boiled," you should check out one of Woo's disciples, Ringo Lam. His best is "Full Contact" and is as close as most Honk Kong flicks come to a complete script.

    Aug 14, 2007

  • J.D. Rhoades

    Cormac: yes. it's definitely a sign I spend too much time on the Internet.

    Cass: you're secret's safe with me.

    Everybody else: Welcome!

    Aug 15, 2007

  • Josh Aterovis

    Thanks for the welcome!

    Aug 15, 2007

  • Nick Lawless

    Thanks! I'll be posting some fiction soon. Let me know what you think!

    Aug 15, 2007

  • Joseph Finder

    Thanks for looking me up here, Dusty!

    Aug 15, 2007

  • Maryann Mercer

    Just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed the murderati contest! Have The Devil's Hand at home to read (actually bought it after 'running into you' at TLC) this weekend (even though I'm also writing...). Those 'quotes' would make a great book by themselves.

    Aug 24, 2007

  • Karen E. Olson

    Hi Dusty, thanks for visiting my page and the kind words about Secondhand Smoke! (I've been on vacation and out of the loop, which is why I'm so tardy in responding!) I've got your new book in my TBR pile; can't wait!

    Aug 31, 2007

  • David L. Hoof

    J.D.
    In a first novel I made the mistake of having the Chicago River flow the way most rivers flow, into larger lower bodies of water. Good guess, no? But it's wrong. Engineers have reversed the flow so that Chicago's sewage doesn't flow right into its fresh water intake. It was a small error but from then on I wanted to get everything right, even if the story could get along well with faking it. Even one of Ray Bradbury's short stories had the moons of Mars revolving the wrong way around the parent planet, and if you notice things like this, it's jarring.

    Sep 2, 2007