26 July 2009

Karen’s narration of this entry Nothing lasts forever. The most unforeseen circumstances will swamp you and baffle the wisest calculations. Only vitality and plenty of it helps you. –WASHINGTON A. ROEBLING Washington Roebling’s name may not be familiar to you. He’s not in the voice-over industry. In fact, he has nothing to do with voice-over […]

21 June 2009

Life has intervened to keep me away my blog this last month. Two weeks have passed since I started writing this little story from my recent cruise, which is relevant to voice talent. Drew and I were sitting in lounge chairs on the promenade deck one evening when another man and his wife sat next […]

20 May 2009

5 April 2009

The numerous new-age, Law of Attraction books that I have read all state that you have to detach from the outcome if you want your desires to be fulfilled. Recently, I read about the Law of Paradoxical Intent and had an epiphany concerning the progress of my voiceover career. In her brilliant, thought-provoking book Secrets […]

28 March 2009

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind. — Dr. Seuss This year marks 3 important anniversaries in my life: 10 years as a professional voiceover artist 20+ years as a loving wife to Drew 25+ years as a hard-working employee of […]

25 February 2009

If you follow me on Twitter (and if you don’t, what are you waiting for?), you might have seen these 2 recent tweets about restaurants and not realized they could contain significance to you as a voice-over talent: Drew and I eat out several times a week. When I find something I like at a […]

4 February 2009

18 January 2009

2 January 2009

1 January 2009

Talented and witty UK voice talent Philip Banks posted a blog article yesterday titled Success and the new (or not so new) Voice Actor in which he listed 10 steps for success as a voice actor. I particularly liked #9: You practise failure or success by the day so ensure that you do something every day […]