Today marked an ending. Or a beginning. It marked both closure and a new chapter. Today, I got a beautiful cover up tattoo that was twenty plus years in the making. In the Spring of 1992 I was living in London as an exchange student, a longtime dream of mine that almost didn’t happen. When…
Last Friday I hurt myself in Crossfit. It wasn’t as dramatic as it sounds; it didn’t happen during a heavy lifting session or on the pull up bar or anything fancy like that. It was actually quite pedestrian…one of those “dumb” injuries. I was jumping. That’s it. Just jumping. I landed wrong and oh my…
Thoughts on S I L E N C E There is so much chatter these days. The constant chatter of social media. Of news. Of communication that is instant and incessant, our unavoidable reachability. I long for silence. Soft and lush. Tranquil. The antidote to my madness. To our collective scramble. I am working on…
So you’ve read Part 1 of Breaking Into Audiobooks and you’re still interested? Great! Now that you know the recipe for a successful narrator, here’s a list of eleven practical things you can do to get started! Take “The Test”: This suggestion was originally offered up by colleague Sean Pratt in his excellent blog post “So…
I receive inquiries from enthusiastic folks all the time asking how they might be able to break into audiobooks. It’s becoming such popular field, and though I try to answer everyone individually, lately it just isn’t possible, so I thought I’d write a post about it instead, with some tips and insight into how to…
Last year I started writing a post about Prince. I had been thinking of publishing it on his birthday, but somehow it rambled and morphed and triggered memories that stretched far and beyond what seemed appropriate for the occasion. I couldn’t quite put my finger on why I was writing it, where it was going or how it belonged…
