The Grand Canyon.

The power of books to materially impact someone’s life….
So I was narrating a reverse harem a couple of years ago, and as part of the plot, the main characters (one is a park ranger) hike the Bright Angel Trail, stay at Phantom Ranch, and romance and adventure ensue. As I was reading, I marked how incredibly

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I'm a writer now too

Somehow, improbably, I wrote two (very different) books in the last year, in addition to a full schedule of narrating, and a wholly unexpected, objectively major, health crisis. I was rounding 200 books narrated, and wanted to see if I could do something a little unique. When it turned out to not suck,

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Discord Basics

Discord is an app developed for gamers, that enables voice sharing, and also video (webcam) or screen sharing, and it's an exciting new forum for sharing narration. For narrators, it’s like reading to someone in the room again; for listeners, it’s a sneak preview and an intimate insight into the complexity of the narrator’s process.
Want to try it right now? Here's the walkthrough:

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Interview with an author: Linda Seed

I'll tell you why romance: I tried to write a literary novel, and it just went nowhere. I worked on that thing for years, and I could not breathe life into it. Finally, I got to the point where I couldn't write at all. Total block. This went on for years. So I thought, I'm going to write something that's pure fun, pure enjoyment, just as an exercise to see if it'll help me write again.

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Interview with an author: Jourdyn Kelly

“I find it incredibly satisfying to write strong women who don't find other strong women intimidating. Nor do they compete with each other. Instead, they lift each other up.”

I started writing my first book in 2002. I had written lyrics and little stories before, but didn't get serious about it until 2002. That's when I started Something About Eve. I had some pretty trying times in my childhood and my imagination is what kept me going. That's the thing that got me into writing.

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2020 vision

2019 was an interesting year for me: after weathering significant changes and challenges in my personal life, I got more organized, happier, and my health turned in the right direction.

Even though it might seem illogical while Australia is tragically in flames, and there is plenty to despair over, I continue to feel inexplicably optimistic about 2020. Good things may happen this year, all around our precious globe.

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Food for thought

Have you ever noticed how hard it is to turn off tracking on your phone?

First, you have to find where it is, in Settings. Location Services? Then, when you turn it off, it warns you that programs on your phone may not work if you opt out. Are you SURE you want to stop automatic tracking?

This was how Brett Frischmann's lecture, on Being Human in the 21st Century, began.

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"Production Pointers"

In May, I was one of six Audible Approved Narrators asked to contribute to an ACX blog post on production hints. It was quite an honor to be featured here along with these other fantastic narrators!

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