Interview Ann Crawford Author of Fresh Off The Starship
Give a warm welcome to Ann Crawford, author of Fresh off The Starship!
Pull up a chair, grab a drink of your choice from the cooler, a Chocolate Chip or Peanut Butter cookie from the plate, and let’s find out a little about Ann and Fresh Off The Starship. Pssst… Don’t forget to enter the Rafflecopter giveaway below! Ann Crawford will be awarding a $25 Amazon or Barnes and Noble GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour.
What defines you as an author? As a person? Are they one in the same?
What a great series of questions! My books are deep, high, and all points in between—plus very rich. They’re usually very funny, uplifting, and thought-provoking. I like to say that I’m a high-flying, deep-diving, world-traveling author…I can fly a plane(high) and go scuba diving (deep), and I’ve been to 70 countries (very enriching experiences). I also do improv, which means I’m good with taking risks and putting myself out there. So what defines me as a person and as an author are pretty much one in the same.
What makes you laugh out loud?
My husband. Every. Single. Day. He would’ve been George Harrison, the quiet Beatle. But he has an amazingly playful, offbeat sense of humor. His first wife didn’t get his jokes at all, just like my first husband didn’t really appreciate me in some ways, either—especially my laughing, which I do a lot and which my current husband adores. Well, we all can use a warm-up marriage…so when the really right one comes along, we can appreciate it even more.
Just FYI and a fun fact about us, we met through eHarmony and were engaged 2 days after we met. It was really love at first sight. That was 13 years ago and it’s only gotten better, deeper, higher, richer (there’s a theme here).
Did you tell friends and family that you were writing a book? Or did it take a while to come out and tell friends and family you were a writer?
When I first started writing a book, I practically shouted it from the rooftops. I’d wanted to be an author since I was a toddler and my mom read to me. She wanted to be a writer herself, but was very sick for years and died when I was a senior in college. I started out college as an English major, but then tried turning off that whole part of me. A few years after graduating with a degree in business (whaaaaaat?) I took a grief workshop. Through that amazing process, the block to being a writer was lifted, gone, vamoose. So when that desire came back and the first idea came flooding in, I was elated.
Do you see yourself in your characters?
Oh, yes. Every heroine has a LOT of me in her. And I have a lot of different kinds of heroines, to outright strong and powerful to loopy to droopy…so they show all sides!
What do you want your readers to take away from your books?
I love how books open new worlds and new ideas. I’d love readers to put my books down feeling happier from all that laughing, more in love with life, lifted up, romanced and in love, more powerful, and wiser.
SPEED ROUND FOR A LITTLE ADDED FUN:
Speed Round (one word only answer): Yep, I know torture for a writer!<evil laugh>
Favorite movie: Casablanca
Favorite book: The DaVinci Code
Last book read: The Awakening—Fate in Motion, by Suzanne Boisvert
Favorite color: watermelon pink
Stilettos or flipflops: flipflops
Coffee or tea: coffee
Ebook or audiobook or paperback: ebook
Pencil or pen: pen
Favorite song: “You’re the Best Thing that Ever Happened to Me”
Streak or not: streak
Favorite dessert: gooey chocolate cake with lots of vanilla buttercream icing and roses on top
Favorite junk food: those big, fat chocolate chip cookies you get at truck stops on road trips
Favorite thing to do to relax: sit on the balcony overlooking the ocean (on vacay)
Champagne or gin: champagne
Paranormal or Historical: either
Wonder Woman or Top Model: Wonder Woman
Favorite TV show: Grey’s Anatomy. Outlander if cable is allowed.
Hot or cold: hot
POV: any which way
I’d die if I don’t have: love
Review or Not: review
Tell us a little about Fresh Off The Starship!
Love to laugh? You’ll enjoy this feel-good tale.
A starbeing skyrockets to Earth from the other side of forever with a specific assignment: to help steer humanity away from the collision course it’s on. But we all know how travel can get drastically diverted–instead of landing in Washington, D.C., where she could assist on a grand geopolitical scale, she ends up in…Kansas!
Wrong place, right time? Join our shero on this whimsical journey as she pursues her purpose as well as discovers the beauty of life and love on Earth.
Buy link; Amazon
A peek between the pages of Fresh Off The Starship!
Ohhhhhhhh—what a strange place this is! Loud noises, awful smells, strange beings looking at me.
The woman struggles to lift her hand just a few inches off the bed, clearly shocked to see it. Oh. Right. I’m one of those strange beings now.
She stares up at the group staring down at her.
This is odd. Do humans just stare at each other?
“Well, you’ve had a very, very long journey back here,” the doctor says.
You’re not kidding.
“We should give you some time,” the doctor continues.
When can I go back in the other direction?
“Don’t push her,” the doctor emphasizes to the other three humanoids. “Give her lots of time and space.”
Time and space. Oh, you have no idea.
“Where am I?”
The group, obviously ecstatic that she can talk but dismayed by her question, turns to the doctor.
“Missy, yer in a hospital room. You had a terrible accident a few months ago, and we thought we lost you at one point. But yer a tough survivor and fought yer way back here.”
That’s truer than you know.
“Perhaps we should just let her sleep some more,” the doctor tells them. “That’s when most of the body’s healing takes place.” She ushers them out of the room. “Amnesia can be a strange, strange thing,” the doctor starts to say. “The brain—” But she shuts the door and the voices are muffled.
Ohhhhhhh, I have a feeling I’m not in the Andromeda galaxy anymore.
About the author:
I’m a fun-loving, world-traveling, high-flying, deep-diving, and living-to-the-max author of eight books. When I’m not flying planes, scuba diving, climbing every mountain (on the back of my husband’s motorcycle) or riding the world’s fastest roller coasters, you can find me in my writing nest with a view of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains out the window. I’ve lived all over–from both oceans white with foam, to the prairie, and now to the mountain. Yes, a little backwards, but what the hey.
My bestselling and award-winning novels go as high and deep as I do—they’re profound yet funny; playful although poignant; heart-opening and heart-lifting; thought-provoking and inspiring; and edgy while universal. I’m also a screenwriter and award-winning filmmaker and humanitarian.
Social Media & Book Links
Website
https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00GMPORX8
https://www.facebook.com/anncrawfordauthorspeaker/
https://twitter.com/ann_crawford1
https://www.instagram.com/anncrawford509/
https://www.pinterest.com/anncrawfordauthor/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ann-crawford-546053a/
Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00GMPORX8
Goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7847944.Ann_Crawford
The book will be on sale for only $0.99.
It was wonderful having you with us today. Please feel free to stop by anytime. Good Luck with Fresh Off The Starship! Join the tour at Goddessfishpromotions. The more you comment at each tour stop, the better your chances to win!
Views: 532
Posted in Authors' Secrets Blog and tagged Ann Crawford, Fresh Off The Starship, Humor, Women's Fiction by Tena Stetler with 15 comments.
Thanks for hosting!
My pleasure!
Thank you so much for taking time to bring to our attention another great read. I enjoy these tours and finding out about many terrific books.
I’m glad you are enjoying the tour and finding fun authors and good reads.
Who is your favorite character from your book?
Thanks for stopping by!
Bernard, I’ve been answering your questions in my general comment — I hope you’ve been getting the answers!
Happy Friday, thanks for sharing the great post 🙂
Sounds like a good book.
What authors do you enjoy reading?
Caryl, I love reading Dan Brown and Kathleen McGowan most. If Jean Auel writes another book, I’ll be first in line for that.
Hi, wonderful everyone — thanks for all the great comments. Tena, thanks for hosting. Bernard, my favorite character is Missy, the main character. She was prepared for another assignment on Earth, and woke up in a completely different place and body where she couldn’t let on that she wasn’t who they thought she was. Help was slow in coming, but she still managed herself with great aplomb…and a lot of humor for us who are old hats at this being-a-human-thing.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
You are very much welcome.
Would you ever like to see your book turned into a movie?
How long did it take you to write your book?