Outsourcing From a Narrator’s PerspectiveIn 2013, I heard client attraction specialist Fabienne Frederickson talk about determining your “Quadrants of Brilliance”. It’s a thought-provoking and highly revealing exercise that requires some reflection about those things in your business that you like and excel at doing versus things that you don’t enjoy and/or don’t do too well.Read More4 Keys to Becoming a Successful ACX Audiobook ProducerLast updated 8/24/19 One of my friends is a well-established and highly successful audiobook narrator with years of experience working in commercial studios for traditional publishers. For the longest time, he had absolutely zero interest in setting up a studio and recording at home, largely because he is not comfortable with technology. I often […]Read MorePress PageLast updated 19 January 2024 To learn more about me, my narration, and audiobook production, please check out my comments and interviews on other sites: Narrators Cup of Joe with host Daniela Acitelli 1/18/24 If Not This, What Else? You Never Know How Close You Are To What You Seek! with […]Read MoreThe Christmas PresentMy super-talented and energetic narrator friend Xe Sands had this wonderful idea: December…the time to give thanks for those things that have sustained us through the past year. For narrators, a huge part of that is YOU, the listening community! As we wind down 2016, we want to give back to you, our listeners, who help […]Read MoreStop Complaining About NoiseIn a recent Inc. Magazine article titled 7 Ways Successful People Have Better Mindsets, this quote practically leaped off the screen at me: The biggest problem is thinking of problems as problems. Successful people know that when you focus on problems you have more problems, but when you focus on possibilities you have more opportunities. […]Read MoreA DEAL You Can Get Any Day And Is Good All YearAtlanta audiobook narrator Karen Commins was one of millions shopping for a particular deal on Cyber Monday. Narrators can pick up this deal for a low price, and it can be quite beneficial to their career throughout the year.Read MoreHow to use Karen Commins’s Audiobook Twitter listsYou can easily find other audiobook publishers, bloggers, narrators, and enthusiasts by signing into Twitter and subscribing to one or more of my 4 comprehensive lists of audiobook tweeps. I believe that I have developed the most thorough lists of audiobook folks on the Internet! I continue to update these lists as I learn of […]Read MoreA Place For Everything……and everything in its place. As you know, I do so love to be organized! In fact, many people have told me that I have an unusual talent for curating, organizing, condensing, and disseminating information that is relevant to them. With that point in mind, I decided it would helpful to list all of my audiobook-related resources […]Read MoreUpcoming Webinar on Acquiring Audio RightsSince 2006, I’ve had the dream of publishing my own line of audiobooks. I partially fulfilled that dream in 2014 when I used works in the public domain to start Jewel Audiobooks, my audiobook publishing company. However, I’ve always wanted to publish contemporary titles. I haven’t done so because I don’t know how to acquire […]Read MoreHow I Met the Love of My LifeA few weeks ago, Drew and I finished narrating the audiobook 125 Ways to Meet the Love of Your Life by Dr. Jan Yager. If I were single and hoping the meet the right person, I would buy this audiobook in heartbeat! Once we finished the production, we were inspired to create a 2:28 video to […]Read More