My very talented and humorous friend Jason Wilkins, playwright, librettist, composer, musician, and librarian extraordinaire, has an eclectic and interesting new podcast called Periodic Mood Swings, and he was kind enough to interview me for the 2nd episode. Before the interview, Jason had heard that in the @SpeakingofAudio Listener’s Poll, my narration of the paranormal romance…
DetailsI’m so pleased to have been invited to narrate stories from Joyce Carol Oates‘ collection, Black Dahlia & White Rose, for Harper Audio (to be released on 9/11/12). Oates is a prolific and powerful writer, and I can’t wait to read her stories closely. One of the wonderful things about being both a writer and a voice…
DetailsYou know the feeling of hearing the voice of someone you love? For me, it’s a wonderful, intimate, comforting warmth, a fondness and appreciation for the person who sounds so much like themselves. That’s what is so powerful about the love affair between audiobook listeners and the actors who tell the stories — the listener…
DetailsJohnny Heller and Jo Anna Perrin interviewed me about audiobooks last April on their very funny blog, Abbreviated Audio. Please rest assured that the contents of my refrigerator, while similar to those listed in answer to the audiobook-centric question, “If I looked in your refrigerator right now, what would I find?,” are not the very…
DetailsThe Audiobook Publisher’s Association Conference in New York is always a very pleasant gathering of friends, colleagues, and new members of the audiobook community. The 2012 conference was particularly memorable. It was an honor to have been asked to speak about my work as a narrator and a producer in a conversations facilitated by the inestimable,…
DetailsThis June, in honor of June is Audiobook Month 2012, Robert Fass managed to produce thirty videos featuring audiobook professionals, including narrators, publishers, publishers, and others. It was an impressive accomplishment, and I hope Robert rested after all the work he put in to highlight what dozens of members of the audiobook community are excited…
DetailsIt was quite amazing to see my name in print in The New York Times for the first time on June 6, 2012. Hopefully it will not be the last! Congratulations to my friend and devoted listener, Teri Hamilton Garrett, for making the biggest splash of the night, along with the other wonderful actors highlighted in…
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