Yvette Keller

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  • P.S. Newman: The WXR Tribe – How Introverted Writers Turned Into Social Butterflies

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    It will be a little while before I can process my own bloggerish thoughts, feelings, and ah-ha moments from the Writing Excuses Retreat (WXR). Technically speaking, it was only 18 days of my life, but it encompassed Cruise, Castle Tour, and Cronies Take Worldcon adventures, any one of which might inspire dozens…hundreds? Of stories. In the meantime,…

  • Final Narration Techniques

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    The last bit of The Body in The Bathtub is happening this week and I’m also recording industrial training narration. The corporate narration is great because the clips are short and I get feedback immediately. I still get to practice all of the tips I’ve written about before here, and here (plus two new ones at…

  • Competence Strikes Again!

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    One year ago I wrote the following content. Now that I have a bona-fide website and blog, I am revising and sharing it here. I am feeling a little competent about something and want to share: For each character I “voice” (meaning I change my voice slightly in some way to distinguish between characters) I lay…

  • Santa Barbara Writers Conference Outcomes

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    Some people go to conferences to study specific topics, focus on particular things. The 2017 SBWC didn’t hold any targeted interest for me. I don’t have a manuscript to pitch, a Work In Progress (WIP) Novel to workshop, or even something I think I’m terrible at that needs rectifying. All I need is practice. So my…

  • Practicing (ONLY) Six Techniques

    Practicing (ONLY) Six Techniques

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    Recording for The Body in The Bathtub is well underway. With each book I record, I sincerely try to get better at the process. Farther away from mediocre. More on that later. As I’ve written, before I started this latest book, I asked for some coaching from Kathy Garver. From her feedback, I picked six (of…

  • FILE NOT FOUND (Oh, FFS!)

    FILE NOT FOUND (Oh, FFS!)

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    My last post was too long ago, and in it, I bemoaned broken hardware. But my Ortho Surgeon friend fixed my microphone, and I was back at recording two weeks ago, not knowing more troubles were on the horizon. While I was away at the Santa Barbara Writer’s Conference I allowed my IT Dept. (husband)…

  • All dressed down in my recording duds…

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    And nowhere to go tonight, because: 1. My hardware is broken. This screw that holds the thingie that holds my shock mount that holds my mic is busticated. Unclear how that happened. I *JUST* adjusted it, for the first time in…over a year…on Sunday. Hmmmm. When I got into the studio today the mic was flopped…

  • Tenacious Accountabillibuddies Build Empires

    Tenacious Accountabillibuddies Build Empires

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    Say This Three Times Fast: “Tenacious Accountabillibuddies Build Empires!” by Silver Webb   They say, “do what you love and the money will follow.” Well, some people say that. My mother says, “You should get a job at the bank and work your way up to manager.” I am here to affirm that it is…

  • Team Momentum

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    Available now on Amazon, a book workshopped in my writing group! If you enjoyed The Laundry Files novels by Charles Stross, you’ll enjoy this new book by Richard Hein. Richard’s work is darkly hilarious and his plot twists surprising. It was fun reading the draft and I’m impressed by his polishing. Here’s the Blurb (I helped…

  • Cuisine & Confessions: 7 Fingers of the Hand

    Cuisine & Confessions: 7 Fingers of the Hand

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    Watching Cirque isn’t normally my bag (I will not say circus. There is zero resemblance to Barnum or Bailey here). I saw a deeply traumatizing Cirque du Soleil show in San Jose once, and have avoided the performance style ever since. So when I tell you that Cuisine & Confessions by 7 Fingers of the Hand cirque troupe…