Overview
Ann Charles is the first USA Today Bestseller I've had on the podcast. And she didn't even know she was a bestseller when it happened.
We discuss her publishing journey, which isn't what she intended to do. Originally she wanted to be Indiana Jones, and tells us the ironic reason she didn't do that.
If you remember kindle worlds, it helped get her started. She has multiple series, one of which she writes with her husband, and we discuss the latest.
Website
https://anncharles.com/book_cat/jackrabbit-junction/
Book
Favorites
Louis Lamour - Flint
https://www.amazon.com/One-Navajo-Family-Blessings-Book-ebook/dp/B01M0NH3VV/ref=sr_1_1
YouTube
Transcript
[00:00:44] Stephen: Welcome to another great episode of discovered wordsmiths. And this is an exciting episode because today I have the very first USA today, bestseller that is on been on my podcast. Now, normally I wouldn't even come close to having someone [00:01:00] like that on here because. That's not what I focus on. I focus on new authors, still working hard for their career.
But Anne is a little different. I know a lot of you probably have any unheard of her and she got the USA bestseller kind of by surprise didn't even expect it. But that doesn't mean that she didn't deserve it. So it's an exciting one for me, because she's still unknown. Somebody that everybody talks about and fits very well on the podcast and has a whole lot of things that can help to help other authors and things to talk about for other authors plus has some really great books.
So that's always the best part of it is finding some really great books that people can go out and read. So I'm not going to sit around too much longer here. I know Anne's been waiting to get this podcast episode up anyway, so here. All right. So today discovered will wordsmiths. I've got an Charles and I'm really excited to [00:02:00] talk to you.
How are you doing today? I am.
[00:02:02] Ann: I'm doing great so far, tomorrow's the big Turkey day for us here. So I'm making a lot of, not eating much today so I can eat so much pie tomorrow. I just got.
[00:02:12] Stephen: Yeah, we've got way more pies planned and I think should be humanly feasible, but
[00:02:17] Ann: I don't know.
There's never too much pie for those of us who love
[00:02:21] Stephen: desert. I'm the, obviously I do the Turkey, that's my things. And I've got a really good system and I'm just so proud of. I actually remembered all the steps so far. It took it out, put it in the brine. I, usually I miss something, so all good.
I was
[00:02:36] Ann: just going to ask if you have it bright if you're brining it yet. So here on,
[00:02:40] Stephen: yeah, I, I am my wife wants to do like a oil roaster one year. We haven't done that yet, we'll see. And we're chatting a bit, but tell everybody a little bit about who you are, where you live, what you like to do.
[00:02:53] Ann: Besides writing and Charles and I live in Prescott, Arizona, we're up in the mountains for those of you. Aren't [00:03:00] familiar with Arizona. We're not down in the desert, like the Phoenix folks and outside of writing. Of course I like to read, but I also love to watch movies. We were talking about your star wars and Raiders of the lost Ark and all that good stuff.
So I love all kinds of movies, but action, adventure. Saifai anything fun? Humor, my favorites. And I actually, I really like to watch movies instead of read books because. It recharges me in a way that's different. I do love to read books. Don't get me wrong, but there's something about, I think I'm a visual learner.
So watching movies really helps me think about how to create dialogue and set up a scene and things like that. When I go to sit down and write a story
[00:03:45] Stephen: it's a quicker process that you can rather than spread out over, an hour and a half. All right. Yeah. I see that
[00:03:53] Ann: too. Yeah.