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How to Embed a Soundcloud Sample in a WordPress Blog

With more voice artists sharing their recordings on Soundcloud, I thought it might be helpful to share some steps for embedding the Soundcloud player in a WordPress blog. First, go to the user’s profile on Soundcloud. Click the Share button (circled below) on the track or playlist that you want to embed. On the next […]Read More
10 Things I Learned About Speaking at a Conference

On Friday, 10 October 2014, I presented the topic “Setting Sail In Audiobooks” at the Georgia Romance Writers’ (GRW) annual Moonlight and Magnolias Conference. Although I gave a polished talk with a fabulous multimedia presentation, the overall experience is not one I want to repeat any time soon. I’ll be honest — before yesterday, I had […]Read More
How To Become An Audiobook Narrator

Are you thinking about getting into voiceover work? You’ll want to read this article that is devoted to that topic. If you’re specifically interested in becoming an audiobook narrator, read on! As you probably know, audiobooks have become mainstream entertainment. Consequently, many voiceover talent, screen and stage actors, and people in other fields are eager to […]Read More
The Story Behind The Story Part 1: Illustrations

In July, I published the Kindle edition and audiobook of Edna Ferber’s classic coming-of-age story Fanny Herself: A Passionate Instinct. On the surface, the task of publishing new editions of a public domain work might seem simple. After all, the author has done the hard part of actually writing the text. As you’ll discover in a […]Read More
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 alligator Lana, of course! 🙂 It’s not the first time that Harriet has been at a wedding when a murder occurs. The first time […]Read More
TDIMH — Maybe When I Retire

This Date In My History is an ongoing series of blog posts taken directly from my private journal entries written at least 10 years ago.  I decided to make it a little more obvious that these journal entries are not current after the last article in this series caused a few people to think I was […]Read More
Livin’ La DIVA Loca

When we last left our hero and heroine (also known as Drew and me), they were leaving Memphis, TN and headed down 78 Highway to Holly Springs, MS. If you’ve never heard of Holly Springs, you obviously haven’t heard one of the Dixie Diva Mysteries audiobooks that were written by Virginia Brown and narrated by […]Read More
Hangin’ with Harley Davidson

Has a character in a book ever inspired you to visit a place? After narrating 2 series of books written by Virginia Brown, I decided it was time to visit the 2 cities she described with such love and detail:  Memphis, TN and Holly Springs, MS. Of course, my main goal for the trip was […]Read More
Winter 2014 Audiobook Releases

I’ve got several recent releases to post, so you might want to get a cup of coffee and relax! Earlier this year, I published The Heart of the New Thought by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, one of the leaders in the New Thought movement in the early 20th century. This short book was first published over 100 years […]Read More
Do You Feel Like Giving Up?

This Date In My History  is an ongoing series of blog posts taken directly from my private journal entries written at least 10 years ago. TDIMH — Friday 16 April 2004 1:20pm Sometimes I just feel like giving up. No, I don’t mean on my life — just on this whole voice-over dream. I allow […]Read More
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