THE WIVES OF LOS ALAMOS by TaraShea Nesbit Read by Tavia Gilbert Nesbit’s well-researched novel looking back to the years 1943-45 and the creation of the A-bomb is made even better by Tavia Gilbert’s energetic, upbeat narration. The author takes a risk by making her narrator a collective “we.” Having no individual character to connect…
I admit that I’d completely forgotten about this interview, until Recorded Books Tweeted a link to me this afternoon. It was a pleasant surprise to find that the conversation had been published on the Book Reporter blog, the last in their series of narrator talks in honor of “June is Audiobook Month,” the audiobook community’s annual…
Yesterday was a long and discouraging day, trying to get my studio up and running. I urgently need to get back to work — well, I urgently needed to be back at work a few days ago — but I’m not recording yet. It’s never seamless to move a studio. Despite considering in the month…
Where I am tonight: Coming up against my limits. There are still things left on my list of things to do. First priority is finishing an audiobook before I leave for New York, and I realize that’s not going to happen. My voice is tired, my body is fatigued, my eyes are burning. I’m going…
Today I said goodbye to still more Portland friends. (I’ve had more coffee dates, lunch dates, and dinner dates in the last month than in the last two years, as I’ve been getting ready to leave full-tine life in Maine.) My conversations have been interesting and heart-felt, and two of the talks I had with…
As you all know, I record book after book after book after book in my little recording studio, and I work to make every project something that I’d want to listen to. That’s the best way I know to keep my standards and expectations of my own craft high. But I don’t always have high…
Here’s a complete listing of all the narration-track sessions planned for the 2013 Audiobook Publishers Association Conference at the Javits Center in New York, May 29. Register here. It’s going to be a great year! 9—9:45: Director Diagnostics — Are you totally new to the game and want feedback about all you’ve been practicing and…
Ever since I voiced the magnificently written Little Century, the story of a young woman making her way in turn-of-the-century Oregon, I’ve wanted to highlight the debut novelist Anna Keesey. I deeply admire Anna’s writing — her clearly drawn characters, the undercurrent of tension and yearning throughout the narrative, the richly realized sense of place…
You surely know of Paul Meier‘s outstanding International Dialects of English Archive, but did you know the site has recently been completely redesigned? Paul — one of the most innovative, expert, and generous voice acting professionals I know, and someone I count as a friend — never fails to impress me. The newly launched IDEA…
Like most of you, I have found the summer heat to be a great challenge. My productivity in the studio has dropped in the last couple months. Even though I’ve done my best to keep to my schedule, it has been uncomfortable and difficult to work in my four by five foot booth recording booth…