#WriterWednesday Interview with Ann Charles
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I’d like to welcome Ann Charles back to the blog for #WriterWednesday!
Favorite thing that you always make time for: My family. They make my heart happy.
The thing you’ll always do just about anything to avoid: Bookkeeping—ugh! Every month it takes hours to gather everything the tax man might want to see.
Things you need when you’re in your writing cave: Something to drink—coffee, tea, water, or a frozen Coke.
Things that distract you from writing: My cats, especially when they demand attention and walk on my keyboard.
The thing you like most about being a writer: Making readers smile, laugh, even cringe—basically, just giving them an escape from everyday life when they need it.
The thing you like least about being a writer: The doubt demons that creep in when you’re struggling with the unfolding story.
The coolest thing you’ve bought online: Our house. We didn’t visit it until after we had the keys in hand because we lived about 1200 miles away and our kids were in the thick of school when we had to make the purchase. So, we looked at pictures online and relied on our real estate agent and a persnickety home inspector. Almost ten years later, we still love it here.
The thing you wished you’d never bought: A pair of pants from a scam sight where they used other company’s photos to sell knockoff clothing. The pant are all cockeyed, but I have kept them for years because they cost me $40 and I’m going to figure out something to do with them eventually. Maybe I’ll make a scarecrow with them.
Something you’re really good at: Finding lost items in our house for my family.
Something you never learned how to do: Hotwire a car. It seems like a skill that could be useful in an emergency.
Something you wanted to be when you were a kid: Camel jockey
Something you do that you never dreamed you’d do: Write books
Things you always put in your books: Humor and a little romance
Things you never put in your books: Love triangles and politics
Most daring thing you’ve ever done: Have children. There is so much responsibility and so many worries that come with them. (But they are worth every gray hair!)
Something you chickened out from doing: Jumping out of an airplane. Nope nope nope. Unless not jumping means dying, then maybe I might be open to being pushed out of the plane.
The nicest thing a reader said to you: That I’m their all-time favorite author. That’s a huge honor!
The craziest thing a reader said to you: Twice my books have been compared to Coca-Cola, and both with a negative intention. I love Coca-Cola, so the insults backfired.
The best job you ever had: Writing stories for a living.
The worst job you ever had: Cleaning the Women’s restroom at a large fast-food restaurant on the Ohio Turnpike during the busiest travel day of the year—Thanksgiving. The things I saw … yuck!
About Ann:
Ann Charles is a USA Today Best-Selling author who writes spicy, award-winning mysteries full of mayhem, adventure, comedy, and suspense. She writes the Deadwood Mystery Series, Jackrabbit Junction Mystery Series, Dig Site Mystery Series, Deadwood Undertaker Series (with her husband, Sam Lucky), and AC Silly Circus Mystery Series. Her Deadwood Mystery Series has won multiple national awards, including the Daphne du Maurier for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense. Ann has a B.A. in English with an emphasis on creative writing from the University of Washington and is a member of Sisters in Crime and Western Writers of America. She is currently toiling away on her next book, wishing she was on a Mexican beach with an ice-cold Corona in one hand and a book in the other. When she is not dabbling in fiction, she is arm wrestling with her two kids, attempting to seduce her husband, and arguing with her sassy cats.
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