Category: Narrator
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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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FILE NOT FOUND (Oh, FFS!)
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)…
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All dressed down in my recording duds…
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…
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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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Recording (closet) Studio
“Hot Ash” colored carpeting was installed in my closet and office on Monday morning. It is the thickest of the thick, the plushest of the plush. The store was having a deal on a free carpet pad upgrade, which will really be nice at my standing desk and when I stand to do my narration.…
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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…
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Reading Aloud: Tips Prepared for The Braille Institute of Santa Barbara
As part of the Library Week Open House, I’ll be speaking at the Braille Institute of Santa Barbara about being an audiobook narrator. The interview and discussion are open to the public, and if you’re at loose ends Thursday afternoon, please drop by! The institute asked me to write up three tips for…
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For Fun or Money. Often Both.
Happy Career Milestone! This month, new book releases have provided me with my first editing credits. When I was asked recently to do “real” editing, I was hesitant. Should I accept payment for providing a service that I am not “trained” nor “licensed” to provide? I mean, Me? Edit!? No way…I barely remember what a…
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The Venom in the Valentine
In the spirit of full disclosure, I provided developmental editing for this installment of the Viola Roberts Cozy Mysteries. Even seeing it in its raw form, this is my favorite read so far in the series. Shea MacLeod has climbed to new writing heights with her unique way of mixing of the hilarious with the…