15 April 2026

On the wonderful Audiobooks at Sea cruise yesterday, narrator Jess Moran gave a detailed and inspiring presentation demonstrating how she intentionally and thoughtfully develops things to share on social media without making life’s work out of each post. Someone asked how to store and catalog all the assets that you create. Our fabulous host Joel […]

18 March 2026

Ideas love speed…or do they? It was 5 years ago today — 18 March 2021 — that I first heard about the situation that inspired my forthcoming book.

6 February 2026

I document my book progress each day in my journals. I've been digitizing those entries and will re-purpose them into a blog when I launch the book's web site. Transcribing parts of journals led me to finally embarking on my long-held dream of digitizing my journals! I outlined my process in this article.

14 January 2026

After 20+ years of narrating books written by others, I’m thrilled to announce that I am writing my first book!   I’ll share more as I continue with this project.

1 January 2026

I can vividly remember feeling discouraged, angry, and upset about things — especially career objectives — that didn’t happen when or how I hoped they would, or even at all. I know I wasted incredible time and energy during my IRS years of desperately wanting the life I now have and feeling extremely frustrated about […]

6 August 2025

Updated 1/3/26   I’ve been a proud member of the Professional Audiobook Narrators Association (PANA) since its inception. The organization offered its first convention PANAcon last month.   When I was asked earlier this year to speak at the first PANAcon on a panel about self-producing your work, I couldn’t say “yes!” fast enough! If […]

7 June 2025

I receive a lot of questions in general and especially about Public Domain (PD) books since I've created a boatload of info about them. I realize the process can be overwhelming and/or confusing! Therefore,I wanted to write this article to provide a clear set of repeatable actions which you can use as a checklist in creating your public domain audiobook.

9 April 2025

Updated 12/31/25 A reader asked me for tips for finding newspapers and short stories in the Public Domain.

3 April 2025

Last updated 1/28/26   I received an email this week from a narrator who is considering making an offer to license the audio rights of a book. They asked me what an industry-standard offer would be. It seems like a simple question, but it doesn’t have a simple answer. In 2008 when I first wrote […]

7 December 2024

  Since we’re fast approaching the end of 2024, I thought it might be helpful to share my activities to organize and prepare for the start of a new year.