Category: Narration Projects
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Notes from The Studio Audience: Audiobook Redshirts
The Viola Roberts Cozy Mysteries tend to have a few audiobook “Redshirts” in them; characters who show up in a scene as part of the setting and are never heard from again. Most of the time, they are a fun opportunity to do something (reasonably) outrageous, or more difficult for my voice, because I don’t have…
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Fictional Characters Who Walk Into The Real World, a.k.a. Cosplay
Viola Roberts went to Seattle to promote two new audiobooks released in February: The Body in The Bathtub and The Venom in The Valentine. Well. Viola’s VOICE went (Psssst! That’s me). Her creator was there as well, author Shéa Macleod. This is us, having a blast after not seeing each other for over 2 years!…
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Over 500 Copies Sold!
It’s Celebrate a Milestone day! Over 500 audiobooks sold! To thank you for supporting me and my work, each person who sends me a note of congratulations before the end of February will be entered to win a free audiobook code! Listeners are happy, check out some of the recent reviews: Kelly from Edmonton, Canada…
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New Release: The Body in The Bathtub!
Happy Friday! Have a new audiobook! The Body in The Bathtub written by Shea Macleod and narrated by Yvette Keller is now available! Bunco night seems like a safe bet, until someone finds a dead body in the bathtub. With her friends in shock and topping the local detective’s suspect list, Viola Roberts decides…
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The Speed of Narration
Forums are such an interesting place to hang out (when you have the time). This week I participated in an interesting thread about listeners who speed up their audiobooks. It’s a good topic for me to think about as I edit The Body In The Bathtub, due out at the end of this month. Some…
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Competence Strikes Again!
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…
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Practicing (ONLY) Six Techniques
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…
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My Audiobook Producer Anniversary
It has been one year since I uploaded my first audiobook files: I admit, I am tearing up with joy. You are all invited to celebrate with me as my dreams come true in real-time: I uploaded audiobook files I’m working on and received this feedback from my “rights holder”: “OMG, that sounds GREAT! I…
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The Stiff in the Study is Available!
Book 2 of the Viola Roberts Cozy Mysteries, The Stiff in the Study, is available now!
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The Top 10 Things I Love About Viola Roberts
When you narrate multiple books–“play” a character over and over–you feel like you know them. It is different from just reading a novel and archiving it off your kindle. Some months (like say, April, May, June), I’m living with Viola Roberts during every waking moment: recording her voice, hearing her thoughts, embodying her attitude. Best…