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Summer/Fall 2012 Audiobook Releases

16 October 2012

My audiobook work has continued steadily all year, and I’m blessed and grateful to report that more are coming! In addition to the narration, I did the complete production of each of these books in my stunning soundproof studio. I am so fortunate that Drew directs me on my audiobooks. He is exceedingly good at […]Read More
4 Ways to Find Happiness When You Hate Your Job

25 September 2012

Does this paragraph sound like you: I’ve had tremendous anxiety and stress on my job for over a year. Actually, I’ve been stressed out for much longer. Lately, I feel like I’m “on the edge”; I’m about to go crazy. Or what about these comments: I worked 13 hours today…. I have been exhausted all […]Read More
Going Public for Audiobook Month and Some Pronunciation Info

29 June 2012

June is Audiobook Month, and this is Audiobook Week! To celebrate, a number of audiobook narrators are posting short recordings today in the Going Public project. This audio project is the brainchild of narrator Xe Sands. Each Friday, new audio is offered  for free download. Xe describes the project as pieces recorded purely for the […]Read More
Power of “I AM” in Maintaining a Positive Attitude

23 June 2012

A positive attitude is one thing that people always advise you to have when starting or pursuing a voice-over career. You probably even think you have one. I thought I did….until I realized just how pervasive our negative thoughts and words really are. For instance, in one of the on-line voice-over forums, we were discussing an […]Read More
Where does the time go?

31 May 2012

As the excellent voice-over talent says in this Staples commercial, “in a small business, it’s all you.” I laugh each time I see this ad because I relate a lot to Dave these days! The past 2 months have been wonderfully busy. I’ve done full production on 3 audiobooks; the finished time of each ranged […]Read More
Recent audiobooks

27 March 2012

The new year has started off with a burst of audiobook work! I’m excited to report that 2 books I narrated are now available for digital download on Audible, Amazon, and iTunes. It’s Never Too Late To Be What You Might Have Been This audiobook is actually the perfect title for this exciting, new phase […]Read More
What’s holding you back?

11 March 2012

This post will be short, but it contains one of the powerful lessons I’ve learned. It has taken me a long time to realize that Read More
Are you looking for a mentor in voiceover?

22 February 2012

Just about every week, I receive email from someone who is interested in starting a career in voiceover. Lately, I’ve noticed that more and more people are writing to me and asking for a mentor to help them get started. While it’s certainly a flattering request, whenever the word mentor is mentioned in an introductory email, […]Read More
To voice Royalty-Share Audiobooks… or not. That is the question.

20 January 2012

Many new audiobook publishers are only offering a royalty-share model of payment. In this model, the narrator is not paid anything up front and is instead paid a percentage of royalties based on the sales of the audiobook. Is a 50-50 split on royalties right for you?   Some people would get irate at the […]Read More
8 Things I Learned About Voiceover From Ted Williams

13 January 2012

At the end of each year, I review my journals to see what I accomplished. In doing this exercise for 2011, I found some comments that I want to share with you. Just over a year ago, the media was in a feeding frenzy with news about a voiceover talent who seemingly became an overnight […]Read More
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