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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Freebies! Freebies! In this newsletter &#8230; **Grab your FREE ebook (Deadline) from Jennifer Blackstream. **Join my Review Crew and throw your hat in the ring to win some cool prizes. **Check out this month&#8217;s recipe: Chicken and Noodle Soup **Sign [...]</p>
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<h1>Freebies! Freebies!</h1>
<h3>In this newsletter &#8230;</h3>
<p><strong>**Grab your FREE ebook (<em>Deadline</em>) from Jennifer Blackstream.</strong></p>
<p><strong>**Join my Review Crew and throw your hat in the ring to win some cool prizes.</strong></p>
<p><strong>**Check out this month&#8217;s recipe: Chicken and Noodle Soup</strong></p>
<p><strong>**Sign up to win a holiday book bundle in this month&#8217;s newsletter prize drawing</strong></p>
<p><em>I hope you had a relaxing November, because here comes the Christmas rush. </em></p>
<p>Happy Holidays!</p>
<p>Ann</td>
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<h3>November&#8217;s FREE Ebook from an amazing author!</h3>
<p>This month&#8217;s FREE ebook was from</p>
<p><strong>Jennifer Blackstream!</strong></td>
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<h2>Jennifer Blackstream <img data-recalc-dims="1" fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9952" src="https://i0.wp.com/anncharles.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Jennifer-Blackstream-author-photo-600x590-1.jpg?resize=300%2C295&#038;ssl=1" alt="" width="300" height="295" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/anncharles.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Jennifer-Blackstream-author-photo-600x590-1.jpg?resize=300%2C295&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/anncharles.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Jennifer-Blackstream-author-photo-600x590-1.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></h2>
<p>A USA Today bestselling author of urban fantasy and paranormal romance. She is amazed and grateful to have made a writing career out of a Master’s degree in Psychology, hours of couch-detecting watching Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, and endless research into mythology and fairy tales. She firmly believes that whether it’s a village witch deciding she wants to be a private investigator, or a single mother having a go at being a full time writer, it’s never too late for a new adventure.</p>
<p>A fervent devotee of cooperative board games, Jennifer sets aside at least two nights a week for team-based adventures such as Mice &amp; Mystics, Sentinels of the Multiverse, or Harry Potter: Battle at Hogwarts. She uses games with dice-based mechanics to lure in her ridiculously lucky-rolling son and daughter in the hope that they too will develop a passion for cooperative escapism.</td>
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<h2>There is still time to join my Dig Site Review Crew&#8230; and win PRIZES!!!</h2>
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<td><strong>HAVE YOU READ MY NEWEST BOOK, <em>CHEWED UP BY THE JUNGLE</em>?</strong></p>
<p>If so, I&#8217;d love you to join my review crew! It&#8217;s easy and you can win a cool prize, too.</p>
<p><strong>WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO?</strong></p>
<p>1. Write and post a review for <em>Chewed Up by the Jungle</em> with Amazon, Goodreads, Kobo, Barnes &amp; Noble, Apple, the local newspaper, a truckstop bathroom stall door, mass fliers dropped from an airplane, etc&#8211;you get the picture.</p>
<p>2. Email me a link to your review (<strong>or</strong> send a copy of it) <strong>and your mailing address</strong>. Be sure to let me know where you left the review. <strong>Send it to:</strong> <strong><a href="mailto:AnnCharlesAuthor@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AnnCharlesAuthor@gmail.com</a> with BOOK REVIEW in the Subject line.</strong></p>
<p>3. Go out and share the review on another platform and send me that information, too. <em>You can throw your hat into the ring multiple times for the prize drawing. (See the image above for some of the prizes to be won.)</em></td>
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<h2>November&#8217;s recipe:</h2>
<h3>Chicken and Noodle Soup</h3>
<p>Here&#8217;s a recipe from the Ann Charles <em>MOON THE COOK</em> cookbook, with recipes compiled by Mark and Michelle Davis.</td>
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<h4>Enjoy this recipe courtesy of Claire, Kate, and Ronnie&#8217;s mom (from the Jackrabbit Junction Mystery series).</h4>
<p><strong>*****</strong></p>
<h3>More recipes are available in my past newsletters&#8230;</h3>
<p>This cookbook sold out in 2020, but you can access some of the recipes via my <a href="https://anncharles.com/category/newsletters/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="172331812793615927">newsletters</a>.</td>
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<h4><strong>FOR NOVEMBER&#8217;S NEWSLETTER PRIZE&#8230;</strong></h4>
<h4><strong>I&#8217;ll drew ONE winner this month for a chance to win six holiday PRINT books.</strong></h4>
<h4>To enter your name for the December prize drawing sign up for the montly newsletter:</h4>
<p><a href="https://anncharles.com/connect/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://anncharles.com/connect/</a><br />
<strong>Congratulations</strong> to last month&#8217;s winners: Mary Robinson, Melissa Hogan, and Diana Zorick!</td>
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<h2><em>One Liners &#8230;</em></h2>
<h3><strong><em> </em></strong></h3>
<h3><strong><em>Chewed Up by the Jungle </em>(Dig Site Book 3) is available in ebook and PRINT (with a bonus chapter if you buy the print book from me)</strong><em>&#8230;</em></h3>
<p><strong>If you <span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a href="https://ann-charles-company-store.myshopify.com/products/chewed-up-by-the-jungle-dig-site-mystery-series-book-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="172331812798858811">order the print book version from my Ann Charles online store</a></span>, I&#8217;ll include a BONUS chapter when I ship the book to you!</strong></p>
<h3><strong> </strong></h3>
<h3><strong>2026 Traveling with Ann calendars are available&#8230;<br />
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<p><strong>Find <span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a href="https://www.zazzle.com/2025_traveling_with_ann_charles_wall_calendar-256424616024553102?tc=emc_ProductCreationForStore&amp;emid=&amp;utm_medium=Email&amp;utm_source=ProductCreationForStore&amp;utm_content=productImg" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="172331812803053118">WALL calendars on Zazzle</a></span>.<br />
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<p><strong>Find <span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a href="https://ann-charles-company-store.myshopify.com/products/2026-traveling-with-ann-desk-calendar" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="172331812810393155">DESK calendars at my online store</a></span> (only a few left).<br />
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<h3>More YouTube Fun to come&#8230;</h3>
<p><strong>Head on over to <span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@AnnCharlesAuthor" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="172331812815636041">YouTube and SUBSCRIBE to my channel</a></span>&#8211;to follow me, it&#8217;s free, and I&#8217;ll continue to add more video content this year and next! <em>(I just need 240 subscribers and then I can go &#8220;live&#8221;. That will open up even more online fun possibilities.)</em></strong></p>
<h3>Patreon is growing and I&#8217;m doing monthly book club Zoom meetings open to ALL members now&#8230;</h3>
<p><strong>Come on over to Patreon (you can join for FREE or as a PAYING member) as I keep finding different ways to entertain you at </strong><a href="http://patreon.com/AnnCharles" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="172331812820878924"><strong>Ann Charles Alpha Club on Patreon</strong></a><strong>. </strong></p>
<h3><strong> </strong></h3>
<h3><strong>Catch up with you in December!<br />
Ann</strong></h3>
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<h1>Escape to the Jungle!</h1>
<p>It&#8217;s a done deal. Thank the Maya gods!!</p>
<p>The third book in the Dig Site Mystery series, <em>Chewed Up by the Jungle</em>, is now available as an ebook on all major retailers. Yay! <span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a href="https://anncharles.com/book_cat/dig-site/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="168985011020629161">Head on over to my website for links.</a></span></p>
<p>For those of you who would like the print book version &#8230; it&#8217;s coming. I just received the proof in the mail today and the book looks great.</p>
<p>Before the print book goes live anywhere else, I&#8217;m going to have an online book signing in November through my <span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a href="https://ann-charles-company-store.myshopify.com/products/chewed-up-by-the-jungle-dig-site-mystery-series-book-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="168985011024823469">Ann Charles store</a></span> to celebrate the release.</p>
<p>Stay tuned for the date when you can get an autographed copy for your bookshelf!</p>
<h3>On to the goodies in this newsletter&#8230;</h3>
<p><em>* Escape to the jungle for some fun with the Dig Site crew</em></p>
<p><em>* Join my review crew</em></p>
<p><em>* Check out another great recipe</em></p>
<p><em>* Sign up to win the October prize</em></p>
<p>Happy New-Book Dancing,</p>
<p>Ann</td>
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<h4>Dig Site Mystery Book 3</h4>
<h2>Chewed Up by the Jungle</h2>
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<p><strong>Whatever lies in wait in the jungle isn’t just history &#8230; it’s hungry!</strong></p>
<p><em>&#8220;Don’t miss this spooky romp through the jungle with Ann Charles’ unique blend of humor, romance, and edge-of-your-seat excitement.&#8221;</em> ~Kristy McCaffrey, Award-winning Author of the Pathway Adventure Series</p>
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<h2>October&#8217;s recipe:</h2>
<h3>Drop Biscuits covered with Chocolate Gravy</h3>
<p>Here&#8217;s a two-part recipe from the Ann Charles <em>MOON THE COOK</em> cookbook, with recipes compiled by Mark and Michelle Davis.</td>
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<h4>Enjoy this recipe courtesy of</h4>
<h4>Ol&#8217; Man Harvey!</h4>
<p><strong>*****</strong></p>
<h3>More recipes are available in my past newsletters&#8230;</h3>
<p>This cookbook sold out in 2020, but you can access some of the recipes via my <a href="https://anncharles.com/category/newsletters/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="168985011081446601">newsletters</a>.</td>
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<h2><em>One Liners &#8230;</em></h2>
<h3><em> </em></h3>
<h3>2026 Traveling with Ann Calendar Contest Winners &#8230;</h3>
<p><strong>Head over to my website to see <span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a href="https://anncharles.com/2026-traveling-with-ann-calendar-contest/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="168985011086689483">which photos won the most votes</a></span> and will be included in my 2026 Traveling with Ann Calendar.</strong></p>
<h3><em>Hip Deep in Bad Company</em> (Deadwood Undertaker #5) is now available as an audiobook &#8230;</h3>
<p><strong>Purchase the audiobook via</strong><em><strong> <a href="https://ann-charles-company-store.myshopify.com/products/hip-deep-in-bad-company?variant=41932222922831" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="168985011091932366">our Ann Charles online store</a> </strong></em><strong>and escape to the Old West for another exciting adventure narrated by Jason Culp.</strong></p>
<h3>This month&#8217;s spotlight author was <a href="https://www.facebook.com/louisawestauthor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Louisa West</a>.</h3>
<p><strong><a href="https://anncharles.com/connect/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="168985011096126672">Click here</a> to subscribe to the newsletter for next month&#8217;s featured author and free book.</strong></p>
<h3>Ann&#8217;s Alpha Club on Patreon is growing&#8230;</h3>
<p><strong>Come on over to Patreon (you can join for FREE or as a PAYING member) as I keep finding different ways to entertain you at </strong><a href="http://patreon.com/AnnCharles" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="168985011101369553"><strong>Ann Charles Alpha Club on Patreon</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p>
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<h3><strong>Next up from Sam and my keyboards &#8230;</strong></h3>
<p><strong>Deadwood Undertaker series Book 6 and Jackrabbit Junction Mystery series Book 7.</strong></p>
<h3><strong>Thank you for your support and I hope you enjoy my newest book!  </strong></h3>
<p><strong>(Oh, and don&#8217;t forget that <span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00SWJO1Z6/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00SWJO1Z6&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=anncha01-20&amp;linkId=HWRNYEZ2LQGORV3H" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="168985011106612435">LOOK WHAT THE WIND BLEW IN is on sale</a></span> until the end of October on Amazon.)</strong></p>
<h3><strong>Ann</strong></h3>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s almost jungle time! I shipped Dig Site Book 3, Chewed Up by the Jungle, to my wonderful Beta team today! What does that mean in non-author speak? It means this baby is almost ready to share with all [...]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s almost jungle time!</p>
<p>I shipped Dig Site Book 3, <em>Chewed Up by the Jungle</em>, to my wonderful Beta team today!</p>
<p>What does that mean in non-author speak?</p>
<p>It means this baby is almost ready to share with all of you readers. Yay!</p>
<p>I spent this month catching up on bookkeeping, (groan, curse, kick and scream), shipping out the <em>Hip Deep in Bad Company</em> audiobook to the Kickstarter supporters (with Sam&#8217;s help&#8211;woo hoo!), and reading through the first two books in the Dig Site series to make sure my final editing round on Book 3 would make the story sparkle like a disco ball (and keep you binge-readers happy-spappy).</p>
<p>Next month is going to be busy with awesome treats and no tricks!</p>
<p>I can&#8217;t wait to share Quint and Angelica&#8217;s latest adventures in the Mexican jungle with you all.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Such an amazing story! I loved Chewed Up by the Jungle and I’m confident everyone else will too!&#8221; ~Vicki H., First Draft Crew</em></p>
<p>And wait until you hear Jason Culp&#8217;s narration of <em>Hip Deep in Bad Company</em>! He really knocked it out of the park for the Deadwood Undertaker crew&#8217;s last adventure!</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll have BUY and PRE-ORDER links soon!</p>
<h3><strong>On a home life note:</strong></h3>
<p>* Chicken Noodle took her first flying lesson and LOVED it. I&#8217;m not sure my heart can handle what comes next, but her future looks to involve flying high.</p>
<p>* Beaker is working, working, working, and saving his money to buy his first car.</p>
<p>* Sam just made a gorgeous flagstone path from our back door out to my office that makes me feel like playing hopscotch when I go back and forth between the house and &#8220;work.&#8221;</p>
<p>* I went clothes shopping for my next Deadwood-related event and am so glad that Macy&#8217;s has mirrors in the dressing rooms that make you look taller and thinner. Lordy, I loathe clothes shopping &#8230; unless it&#8217;s for more work clothes (aka pajamas).</p>
<h3>On to the goodies in this newsletter&#8230;</h3>
<p>You have THREE chances to win something fun this month. Check out the details below and grab your FREE ebook from Angela Roquet along with a yummy recipe. Find out what&#8217;s happening on the book front at the tail end of this newsletter.</p>
<p>Enjoy the last of September,</p>
<p>Ann</p>
<p>BIG TAKE OFF! SEE IT HERE: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GNm6XptZU3Q">Chicken Noodle&#8217;s first flight!</a></p>
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<p>Two more months of a free ebook with Freebie from a Friend!</p>
<p>September free book was from:</p>
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<h2>Angela Roquet</h2>
<p>USA Today bestselling author Angela Roquet is a delightfully macabre weirdo. She lives in Missouri with her irresistible BFF husband, their sweet, clever son, and a majestic marshmallow of a Great Pyrenees in a house stuffed with books, toys, skulls, owls, and glitter-speckled craft supplies. Angela is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association, as well as the Four Horsemen of the Bookocalypse, her epic book critique group, where she’s known as Death. When not swearing at the keyboard, she enjoys playing with her family and reading books that raise eyebrows.</td>
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<h2>September&#8217;s recipe:</h2>
<h3>Chocolate Molten Lava Cake</h3>
<p>Another recipe from the Ann Charles <em>MOON THE COOK</em> cookbook, with recipes compiled by Mark and Michelle Davis.</td>
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<h4>Enjoy this recipe courtesy of Mark Davis himself!</h4>
<p><strong>*****</strong></p>
<h3>More recipes are available in my past newsletters&#8230;</h3>
<p>This cookbook sold out in 2020, but you can access some of the recipes via my <a href="https://anncharles.com/category/newsletters/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="166161844111672963">newsletters</a>.</td>
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<h2><em>Wrap Up &#8230;</em></h2>
<p>The third book in the Dig Site Mystery Series, <em>Chewed Up by the Jungle</em>, is out with the beta team for the next week. Yay! That means we are getting very close to a new story being in your hands just in time for autumn. We will be releasing the ebook <strong>first</strong> through our online store at a discount for a week. Then we will upload it to the rest of the online retailers. I&#8217;ll be sending a newsletter with links when the ebook is available, so stay tuned!</p>
<p>Deadwood Undertaker #6, <em>Blow Your Hat Off</em>, is moving along on one chapter at a time. Go, Sam, go! More adventures with Boone, Rabbit, Clem, and Hank (and Uncle Mort) are coming your way!</p>
<p>I&#8217;m going to be reading back through the Jackrabbit Junction series in early October and getting started on the 7th book in that series. Natalie, Cooper, and Harvey will be heading back south to Arizona to hang out with the Jackrabbit crew for more fun on the pages. Get ready for lots of laughs and cringes.</p>
<h3>Kickstarter&#8230;</h3>
<p><strong>Thank you to those who supported our first Kickstarter project for the audiobook of <em>Hip Deep in Bad Company</em>! </strong>All of the cool rewards have been shipped and/or emailed, and the audiobook has been sent to your BookFunnel libraries. If you have any issues with receiving your reward, let me know. We&#8217;re going to be running another Kickstarter campaign in the future for the audiobook of Dig Site Book 3, <em>Chewed Up by the Jungle</em>, and we hope you&#8217;ll want to back the project for more great rewards.</p>
<h3>YouTube&#8230;</h3>
<p><strong>Remember to head on over to YouTube and subscribe to the </strong><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@AnnCharlesAuthor" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="166161844116915848">Ann Charles YouTube channel</a>. </strong>There are more video adventures planned for your entertainment over there in YouTube land plus weekly check ins on what&#8217;s happening on the writing front.</p>
<h3>Patreon&#8230;</h3>
<p>I hope to see you over on Patreon <strong>(you can join for FREE or as a PAYING member)</strong> as I keep finding different ways to entertain you at <strong><a href="http://patreon.com/AnnCharles" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="166161844121110155">Ann Charles Alpha Club on Patreon</a>. </strong></p>
<p>Note: If you sign up for the <strong>Bighorn Billy&#8217;s or Maria&#8217;s Mess Tent</strong> tiers, YOU CAN HANG OUT with me once a month via an online Zoom where we&#8217;ll talk about books, characters, etc., and you will get the latest ebook release FREE before it goes live.</p>
<p>If you sign up for the <strong>Bighorn Billy&#8217;s tier</strong>, YOU CAN READ current work-in-process stories chapter by chapter as I write the story!</p>
<h3><strong> </strong></h3>
<h3><strong>Happy September!<br />
Ann</strong></h3>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>What Was That? Sam Lucky at the keys &#8230; Things have been happening around here lately, a passing breeze, a flash in the corner of my eye when glance behind me in an attempt to catch sight of [...]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>What Was That?</h2>
<p>Sam Lucky at the keys &#8230;</p>
<p>Things have been happening around here lately, a passing breeze, a flash in the corner of my eye when glance behind me in an attempt to catch sight of the blur and quiet flurry that moves about in the house. Papers flutter on my desk in its wake, curtains sway. Occasionally, if I listen carefully, there is a faint buzzing, or cheeping, maybe a yatter, at the edge of my senses as the phenomenon occurs. It reminds me of the Star Trek episode in which a group of aliens commandeers the Enterprise to use as a vessel to take them home, wherever that is. The aliens move so quickly that Captain Kirk and his crew can’t see them, they only hear buzzing, as if insects have invaded the ship. It’s like that. It was distressing for them, and it’s disconcerting to me.</p>
<p>It’s Ann, of course, busting her butt to finishing up the third book in her Dig Site Series, <em>Chewed Up by the Jungle</em>. It wouldn’t be such a brouhaha but for the fact that we are also preparing to set sail for Deadwood for a few book signings and talks. You can catch her there on Thursday, September 21st, at the Rapid City Public Library; then Friday, September 22nd for a History on the Lawn talk at the Adam’s House – <u><a href="https://www.deadwoodhistory.com/press/history-on-the-lawn-undertaking-a-history-of-coffin-joints/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="163008944180037056">Undertaking: a History of Coffin Joints</a></u>, then Saturday the 23rd for a book signing at Chubby Chipmunk Hand Dipped Chocolates (YES, it happens to be her birthday and NO, it’s not just by chance). I just realized she already put the schedule in down below. Scroll down to see the whole thing.</p>
<p>I’d better go, the buzzing is back.</p>
<p>Sam</p>
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<h2>Anyway &#8230; here is August&#8217;s lowdown:</h2>
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<li><strong>Ann&#8217;s &amp; Sam&#8217;s schedule for Deadwood in August 2025</strong></li>
<li><strong>A FREE Ebook from Michelle Pillow</strong></li>
<li><strong>A chance to win one of TWO prizes this month</strong></li>
<li><strong>And &#8230; another recipe from <em>Moon the Cook</em></strong></li>
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<p>Happy Jungle-filled August!</p>
<p>Ann &amp; Sam</p>
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<h2>Fun with Ann &amp; Sam: Deadwood 2025</h2>
<h3>August 21st-23rd (plus August 28th Sioux Falls Event)</h3>
<p><strong>Thursday, August 21st</strong>&#8212;<strong>Rapid City Library from 5:30-6:30pm <em>–</em> </strong>Join Ann for a book signing and talk titled, &#8220;New Tricks in a Wild Publishing World&#8221; (including a reading from her new book).</p>
<p><strong>Friday, August 22nd&#8211;History on the Lawn: <em>Ann Charles &amp; Sam Lucky –</em></strong> Bring a lunch and a chair and enjoy the Historic Adams House lawn; 12:00 p.m.; free for members and $5 for non-members. In case of rain, the lecture will be moved to the Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center (HARCC). The talk is titled: &#8220;Undertaking: A History of Coffin Joints.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Saturday, August 23rd from 11am-2pm </strong><strong><em>–</em></strong> Book signing and chocolates galore at Chubby Chipmunk Hand-dipped Chocolates (on Ann&#8217;s birthday&#8211;yay!)</p>
<p><strong>Thursday, August 28th</strong><strong>&#8211;Siouxland &#8220;Downtown&#8221; Library in Sioux Falls, SD, 6-7pm</strong> <strong><em>–</em> </strong>Join Ann for a signing and talk (including a short reading) on the eastern side of the state.</p>
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<p><strong>NOTE:</strong> &#8220;Kool Deadwood Nites&#8221; will be going on during this week in Deadwood with daily free bands in town, classic cars, and so much more.You don&#8217;t have to stay in Deadwood if hotels are hard to land. You can stay in neighboring towns and drive in for the events in Deadwood.</p>
<p><em>REMEMBER: I will be back in western South Dakota at the end of September for the <a href="https://sdhumanities.org/festival-of-books/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="163008944192619979">2025 South Dakota Festival of Books</a> (set in Spearfish this year). So, if August doesn&#8217;t work out for your visit, September is a beautiful time to visit the Black Hills!</em></td>
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<h2>Win Win Win</h2>
<h3>Every month, I&#8217;ll be offering chances to win great prizes.</h3>
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<h2>August&#8217;s recipe:</h2>
<h3>Fruit Salsa &amp; Cinnamon Chips</h3>
<p>Another recipe from the Ann Charles <em>MOON THE COOK</em> cookbook, with recipes compiled by Mark and Michelle Davis.</td>
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<h4>Enjoy this recipe courtesy of Mark Davis himself!</h4>
<p><strong>*****</strong></p>
<h3>More recipes are available in my past newsletters&#8230;</h3>
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<h2><em>Wrap Up &#8230;</em></h2>
<p>The third book in the Dig Site Mystery Series, <em>Chewed Up by the Jungle</em>, is in the books, or in parlance that Ann would use, she has reached the top of the mountain (typed the words ‘The End &#8230; for now’). Next begins the descent. The post production phase of publishing a novel, and what a phase it is. Editing editing, eat a little, sleep a little, editing, words, growls, editing. What is she writing next? She’ll be happy to tell you.</p>
<p>Deadwood Undertaker #6 is moving along, more slowly than I would hope. So many things call to me from the wilds of the back yard. Did I tell you I’m building an old west town back there?</p>
<h3>Kickstarter&#8230;</h3>
<p><strong>You can still get in on <em>Hip Deep in Bad Company</em> at the discounted rate</strong>&#8211;Click over to <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hipdeepaudiobook/its-a-doggone-audiobook-hip-deep-in-bad-company" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="163008944261826021">Kickstarter to PRE-ORDER the newest Deadwood Undertaker audiobook</a> and get a bonus interview available only to our Kickstarter backers!</p>
<h3>YouTube&#8230;</h3>
<p><strong>Remember to head on over to YouTube and subscribe to the </strong><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@AnnCharlesAuthor" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="163008944268117480">Ann Charles YouTube channel</a>. </strong>There are more video adventures planned for your entertainment over there in YouTube land.</p>
<h3>Patreon&#8230;</h3>
<p>Ann hope&#8217;s to see some of you over on Patreon <strong>(you can join for FREE or as a PAYING member)</strong> as she keeps finding different ways to entertain you at <strong><a href="http://patreon.com/AnnCharles" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="163008944274408939">Ann Charles Alpha Club on Patreon</a>. Note: YOU CAN READ current work-in-process stories chapter by chapter if you sign up for the Bighorn Billy&#8217;s tier at $7/month, plus there are other benefits, too, including the ebook FREE before it even goes live!</strong></p>
<h3><strong> </strong></h3>
<h3><strong>Happy August!<br />
Sam (&amp; Ann)</strong></h3>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Writing, writing, writing! I&#8217;m going to keep this puppy short and sweet, because I&#8217;m almost to the big exciting moment near the end of Chewed Up by the Jungle (Book 3 in the Dig Site Mystery series), and I want to [...]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>Writing, writing, writing!</h2>
<p>I&#8217;m going to keep this puppy short and sweet, because I&#8217;m almost to the big exciting moment near the end of <em>Chewed Up by the Jungle</em> (Book 3 in the Dig Site Mystery series), and I want to get back to the jungle with the Dig Site crew before I miss out on what happens next.</p>
<h3><strong>Want to keep up on what&#8217;s going on here in my writing land in just a few minutes each week?</strong></h3>
<p>One of the easiest ways to find out what I&#8217;m doing in story-writing and story-marketing land is to &#8220;Subscribe&#8221; to my Ann Charles YouTube page and watch for my weekly Write-On! check-ins that are only 3 minutes long (or less).</p>
<p>There is NO COST to subscribe to my YouTube page and watch my videos. You only pay for YouTube IF you want to watch videos without commercials.</p>
<p>Me? I just use those commercial breaks to do what we used to in the old days when we had just 3 channels to watch &#8230; run to the kitchen and grab some chips from the cupboard.</p>
<p>Below is one of my latest Write-On! videos (only about 3 minutes long) where I show you some of the books I&#8217;m reading/using for research for the third book in the Dig Site Mystery series. Oh, and one of our cats makes an appearance.</p>
<p>Click on the video below to watch.</p>
<p><a title="Watch my YouTube video" href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/f0dpzpjz6mo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">My video is here!</a></p>
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<h2>Anyway &#8230; onto July&#8217;s lowdown:</h2>
<p>I have some great free stuff in store for you this month.</p>
<p>Next month, I am thinking I&#8217;ll split the newsletters in two, sending one in early August and another in late August, diving up the content so that the newsletters are shorter and quicker to read through.</p>
<p><em>If you have any thoughts on that, feel free to reply to this newsletter and let me know.</em></p>
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<li><strong>Ann&#8217;s &amp; Sam&#8217;s schedule for Deadwood in August 2025</strong></li>
<li><strong>A FREE Ebook from the hilarious Robyn Peterman</strong></li>
<li><strong>A chance to win one of TWO prizes this month</strong></li>
<li><strong>And &#8230; another recipe from <em>Moon the Cook</em></strong></li>
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<p>Happy Jungle-filled July!</p>
<p>Ann</p>
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<h2>Fun with Ann &amp; Sam: Deadwood 2025</h2>
<h3>August 21st-23rd (plus August 28th Sioux Falls Event)</h3>
<p><strong>Thursday, August 21st</strong>&#8212;<strong>Rapid City Library from 5:30-6:30pm <em>–</em> </strong>Join Ann for a book signing and talk titled, &#8220;New Tricks in a Wild Publishing World&#8221; (including a reading from her new book).</p>
<p><strong>Friday, August 22nd&#8211;History on the Lawn: <em>Ann Charles &amp; Sam Lucky –</em></strong> Bring a lunch and a chair and enjoy the Historic Adams House lawn; 12:00 p.m.; free for members and $5 for non-members. In case of rain, the lecture will be moved to the Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center (HARCC). The talk is titled: &#8220;Undertaking: A History of Coffin Joints.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Saturday, August 23rd from 11am-2pm </strong><strong><em>–</em></strong> Book signing and chocolates galore at Chubby Chipmunk Hand-dipped Chocolates (on Ann&#8217;s birthday&#8211;yay!)</p>
<p><strong>Thursday, August 28th</strong><strong>&#8211;Siouxland &#8220;Downtown&#8221; Library in Sioux Falls, SD, 6-7pm</strong> <strong><em>–</em> </strong>Join Ann for a signing and talk (including a short reading) on the eastern side of the state.</p>
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<p><strong>NOTE:</strong> &#8220;Kool Deadwood Nites&#8221; will be going on during this week in Deadwood with daily free bands in town, classic cars, and so much more.You don&#8217;t have to stay in Deadwood if hotels are hard to land. You can stay in neighboring towns and drive in for the events in Deadwood.</p>
<p><em>REMEMBER: I will be back in western South Dakota at the end of September for the <span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a href="https://sdhumanities.org/festival-of-books/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="160755724177114381">2025 South Dakota Festival of Books</a></span> (set in Spearfish this year). So, if August doesn&#8217;t work out for your visit, September is a beautiful time to visit the Black Hills!</em></td>
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<h3>July&#8217;s featured author is one of my amazing friends!</h3>
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<h2>Robyn Peterman</h2>
<p>NYT and USA Today best selling author, Robyn Peterman writes because the people inside her head won’t leave her alone until she gives them life on paper. She writes snarky, sexy, funny paranormal and snarky, sexy, funny contemporaries.</p>
<p>Her addictions include laughing really hard with friends, shoes (the expensive kind), Target, Coke (the drink LOL) with extra ice in a Yeti cup, bejeweled reading glasses, her kids, her super-hot hubby and collecting stray animals.</p>
<p>A former professional actress, with Broadway, film and T.V. credits, she now lives in the south with her family and too many animals to count. Writing gives her peace and makes her whole, plus having a job where she can work in her sweatpants works really well for her.</td>
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<p><strong>Congratulations</strong> to last month&#8217;s winners of the audiobook copies (CD-Rom) of Book 2 and 3 of the Deadwood Undertaker series: <em>Karen Evans and Kaite Rian</em>!</p>
<p>All the details for my prize drawings are included in my monthly newsletter: https://anncharles.com/connect/</p>
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<h2>July&#8217;s recipe:</h2>
<h3>Pumpkin Bars</h3>
<p>Another recipe from the Ann Charles <em>MOON THE COOK</em> cookbook, with recipes compiled by Mark and Michelle Davis.</p>
<h4>Enjoy this recipe courtesy of Mark Davis himself!</h4>
<p><strong>*****</strong></p>
<h3>More recipes are available in my past newsletters&#8230;</h3>
<p>This cookbook sold out in 2020, but you can access some of the recipes via my <span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a href="https://anncharles.com/category/newsletters/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="160755724238980375">newsletters</a></span>.</p>
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<h2><em>Wrap Up &#8230;</em></h2>
<p>I&#8217;m almost done with Book 3 of the Dig Site Mystery series, <em>Chewed Up by the Jungle</em>. I hope to put up a pre-order button in August for a release in late September. I&#8217;ll include a link to that here in my newsletter in August.</p>
<p>Deadwood Undertaker #6 is twisting and turning in ways that you guys are going to really dig (no pun intended regarding the other book in the works). Sam and I hope to have that available later this fall. Fingers crossed!</p>
<p>We will also have the audiobook for <em>Hip Deep in Bad Company</em> (Deadwood Undertaker Book 5) available early this fall through our Ann Charles store. Stay tuned for links.  (And THANK YOU to all of you who backed our Kickstarter campaign and helped bring this baby to life!)</p>
<p>I&#8217;m going to start reading through the Jackrabbit series again as soon as I ship Dig Site Book 3 off to my editor in August. I can&#8217;t wait to dive back in to Jackrabbit Junction and hang out at The Shaft with the Morgan sisters!</p>
<h3>Kickstarter&#8230;</h3>
<p><strong>You can still get in on <em>Hip Deep in Bad Company</em> at the discounted rate</strong>&#8211;Click over to <span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hipdeepaudiobook/its-a-doggone-audiobook-hip-deep-in-bad-company" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="160755724250514713">Kickstarter to PRE-ORDER the newest Deadwood Undertaker audiobook</a></span> and get a bonus interview available only to our Kickstarter backers!</p>
<h3>YouTube&#8230;</h3>
<p><strong>Remember to head on over to YouTube and subscribe to my </strong><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@AnnCharlesAuthor" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="160755724261000474">Ann Charles YouTube channel</a>. </strong>I have more video adventures planned for your entertainment over there in YouTube land as soon as I finish the 3rd book in the Dig Site series.</span></p>
<h3>Patreon&#8230;</h3>
<p>I hope to see some of you over on Patreon <strong>(you can join for FREE or as a PAYING member)</strong> as I keep finding different ways to entertain you at my <strong><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a href="http://patreon.com/AnnCharles" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="160755724271486235">Ann Charles Alpha Club on Patreon</a>. Note: YOU CAN READ my current work-in-process story chapter by chapter if you sign up for the Bighorn Billy&#8217;s tier at $7/month, plus there are other benefits, too, including the ebook FREE before it even goes live!</span></strong></p>
<h3><strong> </strong></h3>
<h3><strong>Happy July!<br />
Ann</strong></h3>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>This old dog needs your help to pull off my newest trick!</h2>
<p>Last fall I went to a conference where I met some amazing authors who gave me all sorts of ideas on new ways to have fun with readers.</p>
<p>One of the intriguing discussions I sat in on was about Kickstarter campaigns and opportunities to offer cool rewards for fans.</p>
<p>When I came home, Mr. Lucky and I began talking about what we could offer in one of these campaigns.</p>
<p>An idea began to take shape&#8211;an audiobook <strong>PRE-ORDER</strong> option for fans of the Deadwood Undertaker series!</p>
<h3><strong>BEST OF ALL&#8211;A way to offer ownership of the actual audiobook files!</strong></h3>
<p>&#8220;Ownership&#8221; would allow you to load the audiobook on any device you own, no matter if it&#8217;s a product from Amazon, B&amp;N, Apple, Samsung, or whatever. You can put it on your cell phone or your computer or wherever else you can listen to audio files.</p>
<p><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hipdeepaudiobook/its-a-doggone-audiobook-hip-deep-in-bad-company" target="_blank" rel="noopener">This Kickstarter campaign</a></span> would also help us to pay for a HUMAN narrator for the 5th Deadwood Undertaker book, as in JASON CULP, who narrated the previous 4 books (rather than a much cheaper AI voice version of the story).</p>
<p><em>Note&#8211;Human talent is expensive, but we feel it&#8217;s worth every penny!</em></p>
<h2>HERE&#8217;S WHERE &amp; HOW I NEED YOUR HELP&#8230;</h2>
<p>We had to set a financial goal for the campaign ahead of time: $3000 in one month seemed like a reasonable goal.</p>
<p>So far, we are at 64% of this goal!</p>
<p>Yay!!! (Thank you to all who have stopped by and supported this new venture of ours!)</p>
<p><strong><em>HOWEVER, if we don&#8217;t make our goal, the whole project is cancelled and we go back to zero.</em> </strong></p>
<h2><strong>THERE ARE SOME AMAZING REWARDS AND DISCOUNTS for this project! </strong></h2>
<p><strong>Please</strong> head over to our <span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hipdeepaudiobook/its-a-doggone-audiobook-hip-deep-in-bad-company" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kickstarter campaign</a></span> and consider pre-ordering the audiobook of <em>Hip Deep in Bad Company </em>so we can hit our goal.</p>
<p>Also, check out the <strong>discounted deals</strong> on other audiobooks in the Deadwood Undertaker series and in the various reward tiers.</p>
<p>AND consider sharing news about our Kickstarter project with any friends who you think might love listening to the Deadwood Undertaker crew on their wild adventures!</p>
<p><em><strong><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper">*** <a href="https://youtu.be/7q1IA4drpmY?si=oige84Bn906Cy_KQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Check out the video </a></span></strong>below that Sam and I made for more information.***</em></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q1IA4drpmY" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q1IA4drpmY</a></p>
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<h2>Anyway &#8230;</h2>
<p>We&#8217;re really starting to cook here in Arizona, so it&#8217;s time to hole up in my writing cave and finish a book. YAY! Let the clackity-clacking on the keyboard begin!!</p>
<h3>Onto this month&#8217;s lowdown &#8230;</h3>
<p>I have some lovely stuff in store for you this month:</p>
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<li><strong>PRE-ORDER the audiobook for <em>Hip Deep in Bad Company</em> for just $20 via our </strong><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hipdeepaudiobook/its-a-doggone-audiobook-hip-deep-in-bad-company" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Kickstarter campaign</strong></a></span><strong>.</strong></li>
<li><strong>Ann&#8217;s &amp; Sam&#8217;s schedule for Deadwood in August 2025</strong></li>
<li><strong>A FREE Ebook from the amazing Jane Hinchey</strong></li>
<li><strong>A chance to win one of TWO prizes this month</strong></li>
<li><strong>And &#8230; another recipe from <em>Moon the Cook</em></strong></li>
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<p>Happy start of summer!</p>
<p>Ann</p>
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<h3>August 21st-23rd (plus August 28th Sioux Falls Event)</h3>
<p><strong>Thursday, August 21st</strong>&#8212;<strong>Rapid City Library from 5:30-6:30pm <em>–</em> </strong>Join Ann for a signing and talk titled, &#8220;This Old Dog Needs to Learn New Tricks (Darn It!)&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Friday, August 22nd&#8211;History on the Lawn: <em>Ann Charles &amp; Sam Lucky –</em></strong> Bring a lunch and a chair and enjoy the Historic Adams House lawn; 12:00 p.m.; free for members and $5 for non-members. In case of rain, the lecture will be moved to the Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center (HARCC).</p>
<p><strong>Saturday, August 23rd</strong>&#8211;Book signing and chocolates galore at Chubby Chipmunk Hand-dipped Chocolates (on Ann&#8217;s birthday&#8211;yay!)</p>
<p><strong>Thursday, August 28th</strong><strong>&#8211;Siouxland Library in Sioux Falls, SD</strong> <strong><em>–</em> </strong>Join Ann for a signing and talk on the eastern side of the state.</p>
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<p><strong>NOTE:</strong> &#8220;Kool Deadwood Nites&#8221; will be going on during this week in Deadwood with daily free bands in town, classic cars, and so much more.You don&#8217;t have to stay in Deadwood if hotels are hard to land. You can stay in neighboring towns and drive in for the events in Deadwood.</p>
<p><em>REMEMBER: I will be back in western South Dakota at the end of September for the <span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a href="https://sdhumanities.org/festival-of-books/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2025 South Dakota Festival of Books</a></span> (set in Spearfish this year). So, if August doesn&#8217;t work out for your visit, September is a beautiful time to visit the Black Hills!</em></td>
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<p>Hi there!</p>
<p>I&#8217;m Jane, crafting tales of paranormal cozy mysteries sprinkled with urban fantasy romance. Between sips of coffee and dodging my mischievous cats, I immerse myself in stories where magic meets everyday life.</p>
<p>Once known as Zahra Stone in the world of urban fantasy, I&#8217;ve now merged those fiery tales under the Jane Hinchey banner. Off the page you&#8217;ll find me binging on true crime documentaries or sneaking in a power nap.</p>
<p>Snuggle in to your favorite reading spot, grab a cup of something delicious and join me. Let&#8217;s escape into a world where the extraordinary is just around the corner.</td>
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<h3>Every month, I&#8217;ll be offering chances to win great prizes.</h3>
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<p><strong>Congratulations</strong> to last month&#8217;s winners of the two-month&#8217;s worth of gift membership to my fun club over on Patreon (<span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a href="http://patreon.com/AnnCharles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ann&#8217;s Alpha Club</a></span>). Instead of three winners, I decided to giveaway FIVE gift memberships! Yay!</p>
<p><em>The MAY winners were: </em><em><br />
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<p><em>Terri Shepard, Debbie Johnson, Anna Lindh, Cheryl Primeau, and Donna Legat.</em></p>
<p><em>I forgot to mention in my last newsletter that the APRIL prize winner was: Melinda Gagnon.</em></td>
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<h2>June&#8217;s recipe:</h2>
<h3>Key Lime Pie</h3>
<p>Another recipe from the Ann Charles <em>MOON THE COOK</em> cookbook, with recipes compiled by Mark and Michelle Davis.</td>
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<h4>Enjoy this recipe courtesy of Wheeler&#8217;s Diner (from the Jackrabbit Junction Mystery series)</h4>
<p><strong>*****</strong></p>
<h3>More recipes are available in my past newsletters&#8230;</h3>
<p>This cookbook sold out in 2020, but you can access some of the recipes via my <span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a href="https://anncharles.com/category/newsletters/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">newsletters</a></span>.</td>
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<h2><em>Wrap Up &#8230;</em></h2>
<p>I&#8217;m still plugging away on Book 3 of the Dig Site Mystery series. I hope to put up a pre-order button in the next month when I figure out the estimated release date.</p>
<p>Deadwood Undertaker #6 is coming along, too. Mr. Lucky is building a fence around our back yard early each morning before the day gets too hot, and then he spends the afternoons inside at the keyboard hanging out with Rabbit, Boone, Hank, &amp; Clem (and all of the other fun characters in that series).</p>
<p>Oh, and we&#8217;re tearing apart our old back deck a little each week and trying to decide how much to rebuild. The Morgan sisters pop into my thoughts every time I look at the torn up deck. Their 7th book is next on my to-write list, so I&#8217;m getting inspired.</p>
<h3>Kickstarter&#8230;</h3>
<p><strong>BEFORE JUNE 30th</strong>&#8211;Click over to <span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hipdeepaudiobook/its-a-doggone-audiobook-hip-deep-in-bad-company" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kickstarter to PRE-ORDER the newest Deadwood Undertaker audiobook</a></span> and get a bonus interview available only to our Kickstarter backers! Check out the other fun reward tiers available, too!</p>
<h3>YouTube&#8230;</h3>
<p><strong>Remember to head on over to YouTube and subscribe to my </strong><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@AnnCharlesAuthor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ann Charles YouTube channel</a>. </strong>I have more video adventures planned for your entertainment over there in YouTube land.</span></p>
<h3>Patreon&#8230;</h3>
<p>I hope to see some of you over on Patreon <strong>(you can join for FREE or as a PAYING member)</strong> as I keep finding different ways to entertain you at my <strong><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a href="http://patreon.com/AnnCharles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ann Charles Alpha Club on Patreon</a>.</span></strong></p>
<h3><strong> </strong></h3>
<h3><strong>Happy June!<br />
Ann</strong></h3>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>The cats are out of control at our house. They&#8217;ve hidden the TV remote. It&#8217;s all out war now!</h3>
<h3>But in the meantime &#8230;</h3>
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<h1>What now, Ann?</h1>
<h4>Well, since you asked &#8230;</h4>
<p>One of the slightly wacky experiments I wanted to try my hand at this year is Read On! videos over on my <span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@AnnCharlesAuthor" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="155046228830193179">Ann Charles YouTube channel</a></span>.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that these are not professionally made.</p>
<p>Nope.</p>
<p>But they are freshly created with an &#8220;Abby Normal&#8221; brain right here in Sam and my Mad-Mad Scientist Laboratory.</p>
<p>Also, I&#8217;m not professional narrator.</p>
<p>That being said, we thought it would be fun if I read from our stories to Sammy the Skeleton, and then we could make graphic-novel-like videos of the story to play in the foreground.</p>
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<h2>Anyway &#8230;</h2>
<p>We have two kids graduating this month&#8211;my daughter from high school and my son from junior college. YAY! Let the partying begin!!</p>
<h3>Onto this month&#8217;s lowdown &#8230;</h3>
<p>I have some fun stuff in store for you this month:</p>
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<li><strong>Check out my </strong><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@AnnCharlesAuthor/shorts" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="155046228841727519"><strong>YouTube Channel</strong></a></span><strong> for short weekly &#8220;Write On!&#8221; check ins</strong></li>
<li><strong>Sam and my schedule for our trip to</strong><strong> Deadwood in August 2025</strong></li>
<li><strong>A FREE Ebook from the amazing Heather G. Harris (<em>and a chance to sign up for her awesome Kickstarter project</em>)</strong></li>
<li><strong>A chance to win one of THREE <u>two-month</u> gift memberships in Ann&#8217;s Alpha Club on Patreon (available for US </strong><strong>&amp;</strong><strong> International folks!)</strong></li>
<li><strong>And &#8230; another recipe from <em>Moon the Cook</em></strong></li>
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<p>Enjoy the last of May!</p>
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<h2>Fun with Ann &amp; Sam: Deadwood 2025</h2>
<h3>August 20th-23rd (plus August 28th Sioux Falls Event)</h3>
<p><strong>August 20th</strong>&#8211;(We&#8217;re still planning this day&#8217;s event)</p>
<p><strong>August 21st</strong>&#8211;Rapid City Library (A one hour book talk/book signing)</p>
<p><strong>August 22nd</strong>&#8211;History on the Lawn at the Historic Adams House in Deadwood (one hour talk)</p>
<p><strong>August 23rd</strong>&#8211;Book signing and chocolates galore at Chubby Chipmunk Hand-dipped Chocolates (on Ann&#8217;s birthday&#8211;yay!)</p>
<p><strong>August 28th</strong>&#8211;Siouxland Library in Sioux Falls, SD</p>
<p>&#8220;Kool Deadwood Nites&#8221; will be going on this week in Deadwood with daily free bands in town, classic cars, and so much more.<em>You don&#8217;t have to stay in Deadwood if hotels are hard to land. You can stay in neighboring towns and drive in for the events in Deadwood.</em></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><em>NOTE: I will be back in western South Dakota at the end of September for the 2025 South Dakota Festival of Books (set in Spearfish this year). So, if August doesn&#8217;t work out for your visit, September is a beautiful time to visit the Black Hills!</em></p>
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<h3>May&#8217;s Feature Ebook from one of my amazing friends!</h3>
<p>This month&#8217;s featured ebook was <strong><a href="https://heathergharris.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Heather G. Harris</a>! </strong></p>
<h2><a href="https://heathergharris.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Heather G Harris</a></h2>
<p><strong>Urban Fantasy Writer and Mum</strong></p>
<p>Heather went to university in Liverpool. There she took up skydiving and met her future husband. Nowadays, she owns a Great Dane called Oscar who is the inspiration for the loveable side kick in her books, Gato.</p>
<p>When Heather’s not running around after her children, she is often plotting her next book. In her spare time she daydreams about vampires, dragons and kick ass heroines.</p>
<p>Heather would love to hear nice things or helpful critique from her fans, so feel free to email on her contact page.</p>
<p>Flames will be met with marshmallows.</p>
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<h2>EXTRA! EXTRA!</h2>
<h4>Heather&#8217;s rockin&#8217; Kickstarter is happening RIGHT NOW!</h4>
<p>Now is your chance to join other readers backing Heather&#8217;s project:</p>
<p><strong>A Fantasy Series Omnibus Deluxe Edition</strong></p>
<p><em> Bestselling contemporary fantasy</em></p>
<p>You get 800 pages of magic, mystery, a strong female private investigator, &amp; a swoon-worthy slow-burn romance.</p>
<p><strong>There are tons of great rewards!</strong></p>
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<h2>May&#8217;s recipe:</h2>
<h3>Momma&#8217;s Chocolate Butterscotch Cookies</h3>
<p>Another recipe from the Ann Charles <em>MOON THE COOK</em> cookbook, with recipes compiled by Mark and Michelle Davis.</td>
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<h4>Enjoy this recipe offered from Ol&#8217; Man Harvey (of the Deadwood Mystery series)</h4>
<p><strong>*****</strong></p>
<h3>More recipes available in my past monthly newsletters&#8230;</h3>
<p>This cookbook sold out in 2020, but you have access to some of the fun recipes via my <span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a href="https://anncharles.com/category/newsletters/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="155046228883670580">monthly newsletters</a></span>.</td>
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<h2><em>Wrap Up &#8230;</em></h2>
<p>I&#8217;m over the midpoint of Book 3 of the Dig Site Series. I have a crazy couple of weeks coming up with visitors and graduation parties, so I&#8217;m going to try to keep plugging along on the pages.</p>
<p><em>Next up &#8230; Jackrabbit Junction Mystery Series #7 </em></p>
<p>Deadwood Undertaker #6 is coming along, too. Mr. Lucky is juggling writing and celebrations and family fun, same as me.</p>
<h2><strong>GOOD NEWS! </strong></h2>
<h3><strong>Sam and I are building a fun and reward-filled Kickstarter project for the Hip Deep in Bad Company (Undertaker #5) AUDIOBOOK, narrated by the one and only Jason Culp. </strong></h3>
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<h2><strong>Finally!!!</strong></h2>
<p>I hope to see some of you over on Patreon (you can join for free or as a paid member) as I keep finding different ways to entertain you!</p>
<p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/AnnCharles?fbclid=IwY2xjawJt8xlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHnVx7p0cFDf5u_6QJ2dMphyBpcQL3IpGJsTw5TveScNGdIs9fhrui3tAJF-j_aem_03sr44wT-MsHL_G-60SUkg" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="155046228887864887"><strong>Ann Charles Alpha Club on Patreon</strong></a></p>
<h3><strong>Happy May!<br />
Ann</strong></h3>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>So, I did a thing &#8230; &#8220;What now, Ann?&#8221; you ask yet again. Well, it all started last year when I began getting frustrated because I couldn&#8217;t reach those on Facebook and Instagram who&#8217;d signed up to &#8220;Follow&#8221; me there [...]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>So, I did a thing &#8230;</h2>
<p>&#8220;What now, Ann?&#8221; you ask yet again.</p>
<p>Well, it all started last year when I began getting frustrated because I couldn&#8217;t reach those on Facebook and Instagram who&#8217;d signed up to &#8220;Follow&#8221; me there or hit &#8220;Like&#8221; on my author page. I&#8217;d write and share a post, but then behind the scenes, I&#8217;d receive a message from the Facebook &#8220;gods&#8221; that they had allowed only 50 of my &#8220;Followers&#8221; to see the post. HOWEVER, if I&#8217;d pay $100, $200, sometimes even $300 to &#8220;boost&#8221; the post, then they would show it to another 500 followers, maybe even 1000 of them.</p>
<p>Grrrr.</p>
<p>On top of that baloney sandwich, pile on the messages from the Facebook overlord saying things like, &#8220;Good job, Ann! You have been putting up quality posts. We&#8217;re going to reward you by showing the posts to another 50 of your followers for FREE!&#8221;</p>
<p>Double grrrr!</p>
<p>Then, about a month ago, news came out that Facebook had paid a book pirating site for millions of already stolen books, wanting to use them to build their AI model. They had decided that paying authors would cost too much. Now, I know there isn&#8217;t much you can do to stop the AI monster these days, but&#8230;</p>
<p>Triple grrrr!!!</p>
<p>The final pickle on the top of this crap sandwich? They want me to start using their little AI &#8220;Purple Pal&#8221; robot as a moderator in my groups to answer any questions readers/followers ask me and to interact more than I do. It will be my helper buddy, using the AI they built off stolen books.</p>
<p>Enough!</p>
<p>Now you know why I suddenly began building more on my <span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@AnnCharlesAuthor" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="151957122727282230">Ann Charles YouTube channel</a></span>. But I wanted to interact with those who were interested in more than just watching videos, so I started building over on Patreon, creating Ann&#8217;s Alpha Club. This will be a place where I can post fun stuff for fans of my books without having a middleman (aka Facebook, Instagram, etc) and their algorithm bouncers blocking the posts.</p>
<p>Below is a video (click to watch it) explaining a little more for those interested in joining me in <span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a href="http://patreon.com/AnnCharles" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="151957122732525111">Ann&#8217;s Alpha Club on Patreon</a></span>, which you can access from your computer, tablet, or phone. There are different tiers available there&#8211;you can join for free and interact on general posts, like how Facebook used to be. Or, you can join one of the paid tier levels, which cost either $5/month or $7/month. In the paid tiers, I&#8217;ll be sharing things from behind the scenes, like my books before they are published and more. I&#8217;m not out to get rich here, just build a place where I have more control.</p>
<p>To join: <span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a href="https://www.patreon.com/AnnCharles?fbclid=IwY2xjawJt8xlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHnVx7p0cFDf5u_6QJ2dMphyBpcQL3IpGJsTw5TveScNGdIs9fhrui3tAJF-j_aem_03sr44wT-MsHL_G-60SUkg" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="151957122737767992">Ann Charles Alpha Club on Patreon</a></span></p>
<p>Welcome video: <a title="Welcome to Ann Charles Patreon" href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SbJTATHYhGs?feature=share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Welcome to Ann Charles Patreon</a></p>
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<h2>Anyway &#8230;</h2>
<p>I hope your spring is going well and the change of seasons isn&#8217;t causing you too much allergy excitement! I&#8217;m sneezing more than usual, but &#8217;tis the season for sneezin&#8217;.</p>
<h3>Onto this month&#8217;s lowdown &#8230;</h3>
<p>I have some great stuff in store for you this month:</p>
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<li><strong>A new online club created for those who have wanted to be on the &#8220;inside&#8221; a little more&#8211;Ann&#8217;s Alpha Club over on Patreon (see above)</strong></li>
<li><strong>News about our plans for fan fun in the Deadwood area in August 2025</strong></li>
<li><strong>A FREE 3-Ebook starter pack from the fun-loving Renee George</strong></li>
<li><strong>A cool Prickly Pear Posee glass to check out over on my Zazzle store</strong></li>
<li><strong>A chance to win the Hardcover version of <em>Nearly Departed in Deadwood</em> plus a mystery gift</strong></li>
<li><strong>And &#8230; check out another recipe from <em>Moon the Cook</em></strong></li>
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<p>Thanks for sharing some April blooms with me!</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Fun with Ann &amp; Sam: Deadwood 2025</h2>
<h3 style="text-align: left;">August 20th-23rd (plus August 28th Sioux Falls Event)</h3>
<p style="text-align: left;">Sam and I have been busy planning some fun for our visit to Deadwood this August. We hope that you can join us there for good food, book talk, cool classic cars, delicious chocolate, and more!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Wednesday, August 20th</strong>&#8211;(We&#8217;re still planning this day&#8217;s event)</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Thursday, August 21st</strong>&#8211;Rapid City Library (A one hour book talk/book signing)</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Friday, August 22nd</strong>&#8211;History on the Lawn at the Historic Adams House in Deadwood (one hour talk)</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Saturday, August 23rd</strong>&#8211;Book signing and chocolates galore at Chubby Chipmunk Hand-dipped Chocolates (on Ann&#8217;s birthday&#8211;yay!)</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Thursday, August 28th</strong>&#8211;Siouxland Library in Sioux Falls, SD</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">&#8220;Kool Deadwood Nites&#8221; will be going on this week in Deadwood with daily free bands in town, classic cars, and so much more.</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><em>Note: You don&#8217;t have to stay in Deadwood if hotels are hard to land. You can stay in neighboring towns and drive in for the events in Deadwood.</em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em>ALSO NOTE: I will be back in western South Dakota at the end of September for the 2025 South Dakota Festival of Books (set in Spearfish this year). So, if August doesn&#8217;t work out for your visit, September is a beautiful time to visit the Black Hills!<br />
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<h2>April&#8217;s Author Spotlight</h2>
<h2>Renee George</h2>
<p>USA Today Bestselling Author, Renee George writes paranormal mysteries and romances because she loves all things whodunit, Otherworldly, and weird. Also, she wishes her pittie, the adorable Kona, could talk. Or at least be more like Scooby-Doo and help her unmask villains at the haunted house up the street.</p>
<p>When she’s not writing about mystery-solving werecougars or the adventures of a hapless p</p>
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<p>sychic living among shapeshifters, she dons her superhero cape and rescues kittens. Okay, the kitten totally showed up one day and suddenly she’s got a new pet named Simon.</p>
<p>She lives in Missouri with her family and spends her non-writing time doing really cool stuff…like watching TV and cleaning up dog poop.</p>
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<h2>April Must-Have</h2>
<h3>Prickly Pear Posse Glass</h3>
<p>Drink from this beautiful glass while reading/listening to Ann&#8217;s Jackrabbit Junction books.</p>
<p>(Art by CS Kunkle)</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Every month, I&#8217;ll be offering a chance to win a fun-filled gift pack or two containing different books and goodies through my newsletter. Sign up here:  <a href="https://anncharles.com/connect/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Connect</a></h3>
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<h3>This month&#8217;s recipe:</h3>
<h2>Margarita Bars</h2>
<p>Another recipe from the Ann Charles <em>MOON THE COOK</em> cookbook, with recipes compiled by Mark and Michelle Davis.</td>
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<h4>Enjoy this recipe offered by Natalie from the Deadwood Mystery series.</h4>
<p><strong>*****</strong></p>
<h3>More recipes available in my past monthly newsletters&#8230;</h3>
<p>This cookbook sold out in 2020, but you have access to some of the fun recipes via my <span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a href="https://anncharles.com/category/newsletters/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="151957122783905349">monthly newsletters</a></span>.</td>
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<h2><em>Wrap Up </em></h2>
<h3><strong><em>And on the writing front &#8230;</em></strong></h3>
<p>Book 3 of the Dig Site Series is still underway. I&#8217;ve been moving a little slower as I shifted gears on the marketing front, but words are still flowing and I&#8217;m going to have this baby out this summer, dang it!</p>
<p>Deadwood Undertaker #6 is coming a little more every day. Mr. Lucky is juggling writing and working outside&#8211;building walls, making new stone pathways, and cleaning up around our property. <strong><br />
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<p>I hope to see some of you over on Patreon as I keep finding different ways to reach you and more new readers! <a href="https://www.patreon.com/AnnCharles?fbclid=IwY2xjawJt8xlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHnVx7p0cFDf5u_6QJ2dMphyBpcQL3IpGJsTw5TveScNGdIs9fhrui3tAJF-j_aem_03sr44wT-MsHL_G-60SUkg" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="151957122789148230">Ann Charles Alpha Club on Patreon</a></p>
<h3><strong>Happy April!<br />
Ann</strong></h3>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>This old dog&#8217;s latest new trick &#8230; &#8220;What now, Ann?&#8221; you ask, shaking your head. Happy March! I&#8217;m trying something new over on my Ann Charles YouTube channel. A way to interact with you in a new way that doesn&#8217;t require [...]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>This old dog&#8217;s latest new trick &#8230;</h2>
<p>&#8220;What now, Ann?&#8221; you ask, shaking your head.</p>
<p>Happy March! I&#8217;m trying something new over on my <span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@AnnCharlesAuthor" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="149439153782654313">Ann Charles YouTube channel</a></span>. A way to interact with you in a new way that doesn&#8217;t require me to pay Facebook and Instagram bunches of money just to reach you. Also, several of my friends have had their Facebook accounts hacked and locked up, losing the ability to reach their friends and readers there, so I want to open another path for you and me to connect in case this happens to me.</p>
<p>For starters, I&#8217;m doing short check-ins each week, filling you in on what I&#8217;ve been up to and what I might be up to next. But this is just the beginning of what I&#8217;m planning. I&#8217;m going to be adding more and more over here, so please head over and <span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@AnnCharlesAuthor" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="149439153786848619">SUBSCRIBE</a></span> to my channel.</p>
<p>Below is an example of a check in I recently shared. Click the red button to see it for yourself on YouTube.</p>
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<h2>Anyway &#8230;</h2>
<p>We&#8217;re on spring break here at the moment for both my son&#8217;s college classes and my daughter&#8217;s high school final year. Yay! My son is taking this time to work more hours (he&#8217;s saving to buy his own vehicle). My daughter is working on creative projects&#8211;her outlet for stress and anxiety. The three college classes she&#8217;s taking in high school are really piling on the work, but she only has 8 weeks left!!!</p>
<p>Onto my current obsessions &#8230; <span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@MartijnDoolaard" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="149439153793140079">Martijin Doolaard</a></span>, a photographer, filmmaker and travel writer from the Netherlands. Currently he is renovating and living in a remote stone cabin in the Italian Alps. Watching him on YouTube episode by episode as he brings this old cabin back to life is very relaxing. He&#8217;s truly an amazing filmmaker! I&#8217;m also watching a lot of videos about the Maya and archaeology. A really fun one I enjoyed recently is: <span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a href="https://youtu.be/jq0n2F8gSWA?si=Egiml-GG9fudGQc0" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="149439153796285808">Digging for the Truth: A Passage to the Maya Underworld by History.com</a></span>.</p>
<h3>Onto this month&#8217;s lowdown &#8230;</h3>
<p>I have some great stuff in store for you this month:</p>
<h4>News about our fun plans for our August 2025 visit to Deadwood (we hope to see some of you there!)</h4>
<h4>The incredible Yasmine Galenorn</h4>
<p><strong>A cool Maya Sun mug to check out over on my Zazzle store</strong></p>
<h4>And &#8230; check out another recipe from <em>Moon the Cook</em></h4>
<p>Thanks for sharing some March madness with me!</p>
<p>Ann</td>
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<h2>The Audiobook is AVAILABLE NOW!</h2>
<h4><strong><em>So much fun for your ears!</em></strong></h4>
<h3>Cops &amp; Clobbers in Deadwood (Book 14)</h3>
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<h2>Fun with Ann &amp; Sam: Deadwood 2025</h2>
<h3>August 20th-23rd</h3>
<p>Sam and I have been busy planning some fun for our visit to Deadwood this August. We hope that you can join us there for good food, book talk, cool classic cars, delicious chocolate, and more!</p>
<p>Here is what we have so far:</p>
<p><strong>Wednesday, August 20th</strong>&#8211;(We&#8217;re still planning this day&#8217;s event)</p>
<p><strong>Thursday, August 21st</strong>&#8211;Rapid City Library (A one hour book talk/book signing)</p>
<p><strong>Friday, August 22nd</strong>&#8211;History on the Lawn at the Historic Adams House in Deadwood (one hour talk)</p>
<p><strong>Saturday, August 23rd</strong>&#8211;Book signing and chocolates galore at Chubby Chipmunk Hand-dipped Chocolates (on Ann&#8217;s birthday&#8211;yay!)</p>
<p>&#8220;Kool Deadwood Nites&#8221; will be going on this week in Deadwood with daily free bands in town, classic cars, and so much more. Come celebrate with us during our first free August in almost two decades (now that both of our kids are finally high school graduates and we are free of school schedules).</p>
<p><em>Note: You don&#8217;t have to stay in Deadwood if hotels are hard to land. You can stay in neighboring towns and drive in for the events in Deadwood.</em></p>
<p><em>ALSO NOTE: I will be back in western South Dakota at the end of September for the 2025 South Dakota Festival of Books (set in Spearfish this year). So, if August doesn&#8217;t work out for your visit, September is a beautiful time to visit the Black Hills!<br />
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<p>Includes a cool bookmark crafted by Ann herself. This will make your bookshelf look so spiffy! (for non-US shipping, email Ann for price)</p>
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<h2>Yasmine Galenorn</h2>
<p>New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestselling author Yasmine Galenorn writes urban fantasy and paranormal romance.</p>
<p>With over seventy-five books on the shelves, she wrote in traditional publishing for twenty years and now indie publishing since 2016. Make sure you don&#8217;t miss any releases by signing up for her newsletter at:</p>
<p><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a href="http://galenorn.com/newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="149439153817257339">http://galenorn.com/newsletter/</a></span></p>
<p>Yasmine lives in the Seattle WA area with her husband and is the mother of four cats.</td>
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<h2>March Must-Have</h2>
<h3>Maya Sun Mug</h3>
<p>Drink from this gorgeous mug while reading/listening to Ann&#8217;s Dig Site Series books as you wait for her to hurry up and finish book 3.</p>
<p>(Art by CS Kunkle)</p>
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<h3>BUNDLE LOVE 1:</h3>
<h3>The Deadwood Undertaker Series</h3>
<p>Books 1-5 plus the Catawampus Christmas novella</p>
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<h3>BUNDLE LOVE 2:</h3>
<h3>The Jackrabbit Junction Series</h3>
<p>Books 1-6 plus the Thanksgiving and Christmas novellas</p>
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<h3>BUNDLE LOVE 3:</h3>
<h3>The Deadwood Mystery Series</h3>
<p>Books 1-14 plus the five Deadwood Shorts books</p>
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<h3>This month&#8217;s recipe:</h3>
<h2>Cheesy Hash Browns</h2>
<p>Another recipe from the Ann Charles <em>MOON THE COOK</em> cookbook, with recipes compiled by Mark and Michelle Davis.</td>
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<h4>Enjoy this recipe offered by Natalie from the Deadwood Mystery series.</h4>
<p><strong>*****</strong></p>
<h3>More recipes available in my past monthly newsletters&#8230;</h3>
<p>This cookbook sold out in 2020, but you have access to some of the fun recipes via my <span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a href="https://anncharles.com/category/newsletters/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="149439153848714637">monthly newsletters</a></span>.</td>
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<h2><em>Wrap Up </em></h2>
<h3><strong><em>And on the writing front &#8230;</em></strong></h3>
<p><em>Type-type-sweat-curse-type</em> &#8230; this is me pretending to be in the jungle as I write book 3 of the Dig Site series. It&#8217;s so much fun to be back with this crew, even though the bugs are annoying and I don&#8217;t love sleeping in tents in the jungle.</p>
<p>Deadwood Undertaker #6 is coming. Mr. Lucky is also busy taking care of work around our property now that spring has sprung here.<strong><br />
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<p>I hope to see you over on YouTube as I keep growing my online channel.</p>
<h3><strong>Happy 2nd Half of March!<br />
Ann</strong></h3>
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<h5>Ann Charles, Author</h5>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Sometimes you just need to laugh January can be rough. After the festive music fades and the frosted cookies are history, all that is left is you, ten extra pounds, and the post holiday blues. So, how do [...]</p>
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<h2>Sometimes you just need to laugh</h2>
<p>January can be rough. After the festive music fades and the frosted cookies are history, all that is left is you, ten extra pounds, and the post holiday blues.</p>
<p>So, how do you get your mojo back? Do you make a list of resolutions and get to work on them? Take a vacation somewhere far away? Watch comedy movies? Read some of your favorite books? If you feel like hitting the reply button, go for it and let me know.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d like to tell you I get back to the business of writing eight hours a day like a good little author, but come on. We&#8217;re talking about me here. Sometimes I just have to find things to make me laugh. Tonight, that means funny cat and dog video compilations on YouTube. I&#8217;ll get back to hanging out with the Dig Site Mystery series crew down in the jungle tomorrow.</p>
<p>Oh, I&#8217;m thinking about doing an online book signing in February, but I&#8217;m not sure if you guys are into it. An online book signing involves me staring at you through the camera on my computer via YouTube and/or Facebook while answering questions coming in through the comments. All the while, I am autographing books to people who have purchased them through my online store during the week prior to the signing. Does that make sense? In the past, I have had alcohol during the process, but I have learned that it isn&#8217;t the best idea. <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f642.png" alt="🙂" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></p>
<h3>Onto this month&#8217;s lowdown &#8230;</h3>
<p>I have some smiles in store for you this month:</p>
<h4><em>Cops &amp; Clobbers AUDIOBOOK is available for PRE-ORDER</em></h4>
<p><strong>Grab your copy of <em>Nearly Departed in Deadwood </em>(Collector&#8217;s Edition)</strong></p>
<h4>And &#8230; check out another recipe from <em>Moon the Cook</em></h4>
<p>Thanks for sharing some January mojo with me!</p>
<p>Ann</td>
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<h3><strong>LISTEN!</strong></h3>
<p><strong>PRE-ORDER the Audiobook. Official release date is: February </strong><strong>25, 2025</strong></p>
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<h3><em>READ!</em></h3>
<h4><em>&#8220;Yet another great book! So many laugh out loud moments.” </em></h4>
<h4><em>~E. Boudreaux</em></h4>
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<h4><em>&#8220;And she&#8217;s done it again—AWESOME book, Ann! Absolutely loved it!!! ~D. Herzog</em></h4>
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<h3><em>Nearly Departed in Deadwood</em>: HARDCOVER Collector&#8217;s Edition</h3>
<p>Grab the perfect gift for yourself or someone you really, REALLY like!</p>
<p>The award-winning story you know and love has been polished, with a &#8220;deleted scene&#8221; thrown in as a bonus.</p>
<p><strong>This book is available through my online store</strong> (I can autograph it for you and throw in some fun swag). You can also purchase it through the usual book retail locations, including some international stores, too.</p>
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<h3>A FREE Ebook Every Month from some of my amazing friends!</h3>
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<h2>January featured author: T.M. Cromer</h2>
<p>T.M. Cromer is an award-winning, international bestselling author, who loves to craft wildly entertaining stories designed to keep you glued to your seat, turning the pages to find out what the hell happens next. She specializes in kickass heroines and the men who adore them.</td>
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<h2>The Thorne Witches (Book 1-3)</h2>
<h3>Paranormal Romance &amp; Magical Realism</h3>
<p>This award-winning series is a compelling blend of magic, family, and romance, with characters so real you&#8217;ll feel like a part of their coven. Whether you&#8217;re a fan of witchy tales or simply love a good story with strong, sassy female protagonists, these books are bound to cast a spell on your heart. Each book is a standalone that introduces new challenges, villains, and allies, ensuring that you remain engrossed from start to finish.</td>
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<h3><em>CONGRATULATIONS to the December Prize winner: Tracy Lucke from Divide, Colorado. I hope you enjoyed the Proof version of </em>Cops &amp; Clobbers in Deadwood<em>. ~Ann</em></h3>
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<h3>This month&#8217;s recipe:</h3>
<h2>Ground Beef BBQ Sandwiches</h2>
<p>Another recipe from the Ann Charles <em>MOON THE COOK</em> cookbook, with recipes compiled by Mark and Michelle Davis.</p>
<p>Enjoy this recipe of Butch&#8217;s from the Jackrabbit Junction series.</td>
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<h2>YUMMMMM!</h2>
<h3></h3>
<h3>More recipes available in my past monthly newsletters&#8230;</h3>
<p>This cookbook sold out in 2020, but now you have access to some of the great recipes via my <span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a href="https://anncharles.com/category/newsletters/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-id="143913118305617592">monthly newsletters</a></span>.</td>
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<h2><em>Wrap Up </em></h2>
<h3><strong><em>And on the writing front &#8230;</em></strong></h3>
<p>It&#8217;s going to be a busy year for me. While I can&#8217;t write a new book every month for you (I&#8217;m just not that fast of a writer), I plan on doing my best to keep telling stories that will bring you smiles, laughs, and a few cringes.</p>
<p>Next up, is Dig Site Mystery #3. Stay tuned for more supernatural mystery fun and heat under the jungle canopy. Sam is busy writing the 6th book in the Deadwood Undertaker series at the same time I&#8217;m down in fictional Mexico digging in the dirt.<strong><br />
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<p>Keep your fingers crossed that my family stays healthy and kicking, and I&#8217;ll do the same for yours.</p>
<h3><strong>Happy January!<br />
Ann</strong></h3>
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