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Audiobook Releases Summer 2014

Dirty Harriet Rides Again is book 2 in Miriam Auerbach’s Dirty Harriet mysteries. Once again, Harriet Horowitz has to kick some serious butt in Boca Raton….after consultation with her friendly local...

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How To Become An Audiobook Narrator

Audiobooks are becoming mainstream entertainment. As a result, many voiceover talent, actors, and others are interested in becoming narrators. As I wrote previously:   A good narrator will make the...

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Gary Terzza’s Advice for Newbie Narrators on ACX.com

On 11/18/14, ACX.com hosted a Twitter chat with UK voiceover coach Gary Terzza, who offered advice for newbie audiobook narrators on ACX.com.   I added the chat to a Storify page, which is embedded...

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Dual Gender Narrations in Audiobooks

An audiobook listener on Goodreads wrote recently: “I’m hoping the powers-that-be realize this (and care) and we’ll see more audiobooks being narrated by dual-gender narrators.   And I don’t mean...

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My Recommended Classes, Audition Criteria and Other Advice

Being interviewed makes me feel like a celebrity on the red carpet!       Earlier this week, audiobook narrator Wendy Pitts interviewed me on her blog A Girl and Her Microphone.   She asked 10 engaging...

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TDIMH — Identify With Excellence

This Date In My History is an ongoing series of blog posts taken directly from my private journal entries and are intended to help others along their path. I usually use an entry that is at least 10...

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10 Takeaways From Johnny Heller’s All Star Narrator Workshop

Some people go to fantasy sports camps where they learn from their favorite All Star players. Last week, I did something similar….except the members of my fantasy All Star team are all award-winning...

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Stray Post Roundup

  Howdy, pardner! Welcome to my first stray post roundup! I don’t always confine my writing to this blog, and some of my critters have wandered off hither and yon across the ‘Net. I thought I’d rein...

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6 Weeks of Showing My Work

On Saturday, 16 May, I read Austin Kleon‘s book Show Your Work: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered. He wrote: When I have the privilege of talking to my readers, the most common...

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Bly vs Bisland: The Story Behind the Story (Part 1)

Every now and again, we get a Divine whisper of an inspired idea. Such was the case about a very special and exciting audiobook I created and produced earlier this year.   In 1889, Nellie Bly and...

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3 More Networking Tips for Introverts

    After reading my article 3 Take-aways from APAC 2016 and 2 Networking Tips, a voice talent sent me a message. This introverted person is attending an upcoming convention in another industry and...

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I #LoveAudiobooks!

June  is Audiobook Month! To celebrate, the Audio Publishers Association (APA) kicked off a video campaign titled “A Good Audiobook Speaks Volumes” in which authors and narrators share why we...

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Upcoming Webinar on Acquiring Audio Rights

Since 2006, I’ve had the dream of publishing my own line of audiobooks. I partially fulfilled that dream in 2014 when I used works in the public domain to start Jewel Audiobooks, my audiobook...

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A DEAL You Can Get Any Day And Is Good All Year

The Monday after Thanksgiving is known as Cyber Monday, when lots of people are on their computers shopping for deals. Friends, have I got a DEAL for you!   I spent the morning searching for a special...

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Outsourcing From a Narrator’s Perspective

In 2013, I heard client attraction specialist Fabienne Frederickson talk about determining your “Quadrants of Brilliance”. It’s a thought-provoking and highly revealing exercise that requires some...

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20 Things Learned in Last 20 Years

  Happy 20th anniversary to me! I launched my voiceover business 20 years ago. Since my last post was about using my journal, it’s only appropriate that this one goes back to where it all began, my...

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