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Can’t sing nor dance but I recently stepped out of my booth (and comfort zone) to participate in a music video directed by www.tessholbrook.com for the latest song from www.natemottmusic.com. Film prep is very much like getting an audiobook ready to record but with tons more people and a dress code.

A black T-shirt with the word Narrator printed in it in white.

Since my Book 0001 (I'm feeling optimistic) just went up on Audible, will ACX send me this tshirt automatically or do I have to ask?

Author Kaliane Bradley and the cover of her debut novel, The Ministry Of Time

Came across Kaliane Bradley’s Ministry Of Time and by the end of page 1 was reading it aloud to myself (that’s right, working for free!) because it was so much fun. George Weightman & Katie Leung narrate, providing a textbook example of how a great audio performance adds to the reading experience.

Look what just came in the mail! Just as pleased today about completing this class as I was in May, and still miss those monthly chats. Thank you again, @sppresents.bsky.social

Absolutely!

a black and white photo of a man standing next to a radio Alt: a black and white photo of a smiling man standing next to a reel-to-reel tape machine, tapping it in rhthym.

Rain? Bah, humbug. I have audio to edit and text to prep so it's still a beautiful day.

The Kitchen Cafe, Brewster, MA.

A delicious golden brown flat bun made with goatcheese and baked with an egg in the middle.

The Classic, Lucky's signature breakfast sandwich, consisting of bacon, egg, and cheese on a spinach-feta biscuit.

I’m on vacation this week. This means posts over the next few days will all be variations on the theme of “What Is Michael Eating Now?” Today, I'm at Lucky's Coffee Garage, in Lebanon, NH

Looking at the cover art for audiobook #0001, now in final review at ACX, and it’s weird to see my name there but I’m quite proud about it, too.

Taking a confident and optimistic view of my future narrating career, I’ve decided to number my audio projects with four-digit numbers. Coincidentally, Project 0002 is ready for editing.

Spending a large chunk of this day in the recording booth and loving every moment of it.

Going to add “Minor plumbing repairs” to my resume after this weekend. It’s the same hourly rate, after all.

Lots of driving today means lots of listening to Grover Gardner. I'm very okay with that.

Today’s Adventure In Audiobooks is learning how to make (on a Windows pc) a decent-looking epub out of the public domain book I just finished recording. Tips from the School Of Hard Knocks gratefully accepted.

It’s a recording day for me so of course I have to go to the dentist first (2nd time in a week!) and then to our excellent mechanics for an oil change. I will not mention the necessary yardwork in hopes of avoiding doing the necessary yardwork.

WE’RE SO EXCITED!

Join Ana Clements and me for a 2-day online audiobook narration workshop (Aug 3rd & 9th).

FOR MORE INFO: tinyurl.com/54dz85y5
Email: seanpratt@comcast.net  or voice@anaclements.co.uk  
Subject line: “August Workshop”

Am I watching Dept Q on Netflix? Sure. Am I reading, at the same time, Jussi Adler-Olsen’s The Keeper Of Lost Causes, the basis of Dept Q? Of course, who wouldn’t? And, also at the same time, am I listening to Erik Davies read The Keeper of Lost Causes? Well, why not, that’s not weird at all.

I may not make a dime from it but I will always be intensely proud, both of the book and all the work that went into getting this far;
I’m really pleased to get to this point, look forward to doing the next book, and, if I’m lucky, meeting up with my fellow narrators eventually.

I sought out coaching from an experienced narrator, listened carefully to each lesson, and learned as much from the lessons that I flopped in as I did from the ones that went well (thank you, @sppresents.bsky.social);

It’s in a category I have enjoyed all my life and hope to read in professionally;
It’s my first book but will not sound like it because of the fifty-plus projects I did as volunteer work that came before it;

This week I finished recording my first official book. I still have to edit and master it but:

It’s not AI-generated;
I chose this title to do because I wanted to do it, not because I had to;
It’s not a “practice” title for figuring out how to record audiobooks;

Until I get my official narrator tshirt, I’m happy to wear these (from from the folks at Libro.fm) while I record my first “under-my-actual-name” book.

#audiobook, #voiceactor, #audiobooks, #narrator, #narration, #audiobooknarrator, #NarratorLife

Did you know that 28% of all revenue from independent bookshops immediately recirculates in the local economy—compared to 17% with Barnes and Noble and less than 4% with Amazon?

Just saying 🤷‍♀

Congratulations!!

Picture shows a tall beer in a dark bottle next to a ready glass.

A perfect end to a fun day in the booth.

I love having a project: I love prepping a project, I love doing all the recording, proofing and editing, and I love being in my tiny booth.

But I suck at starting projects.

Not today, though: not only do I begin a project today, it has at least three sequels to keep me busy this summer.

oprah winfrey is holding a microphone and saying `` you get a block '' while standing on a stage . ALT: oprah winfrey is holding a microphone and saying `` you get a block '' while standing on a stage .

For me, the first step on the road to Narrator Happiness is to block anyone who says reading nonfiction is easy.

I caught the sore throat going around my day job and I had this deep, raspy, breathy voice. A good voice for a horror novel, noir detective, or a fun children’s ghost thriller. But how do you book such a job when you don’t know when that voice will come back and you have to be sick to do it?

Congratulations!

BORDER PATROL: “Are you an 🇺🇸 citizen?”

🔥 NATIVE AMERICAN WOMAN: “FIRST ONES. We didn’t cross the border, the border crossed us… what are you? You’re not first born. You’re not from this f*ckin’ land. Punk-as* b*tches.”