Audiobooks with Ana

Part of our Prose & Convs series, narrator Rosemary Cline brought along author, Kelly Brakenhoff to discuss their project.

They talked about their meeting and working together

Rosemary shared her passion for narration and the other projects she is involved in

Kelly shared her books, her love of all things creative and her incredible experiences with Sign Language

Kelly Brakenhoff

https://www.facebook.com/kellybrakenhoffauthor/

Clifton Strengths

https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/253715/34-cliftonstrengths-themes.aspx

Kelly’s website

https://kellybrakenhoff.com/product/cassandra-sato-mystery-series-audiobook-bundle-books-1-4/

Episode 24 recorded Dec 2024

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Another of our Prose and Convs sessions Audio in Color is a nonprofit grant program helping independent romance authors fund and create their first self-published audiobook.

We are joined by Andi Arndt and Nan Malone to talk about funding debut audiobooks and championing New Voices in Romance.

They talked to us about how they met, about STEAMY Lit

and we are joined by

Nana Malone, Author, promoter, mentor and life lover

Andi Arndt, Narrator, Coach, Owner of Narrator.life

Katie Robinson (Lyric Audio) PRODUCTION

Ronyelle Baker - application form, JUDGES

Ann Rachelle Jones organised the FALL INTO ROMANCE auction

Also Gabrielle Redmond (CPA) treasurer

Amy Oliveira can speak to the grantee experience

As a community we value diversity and we need to share the importance of championing it.

TO BE WELCOMED IS TO BE SEEN

https://audioincolor.org

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Join Your Publishing BFF our Editor in residence, Dayna talks with us about life and the why of editing

Their job as a Feature writer for local newspapers for 14 years - copy editing

Interviewing families and centenarians. Their lives and their stories. Burn out - retraining in Fiction editing and starting Your Publishing BFF

Their work, authors and their lives. The importance of hearing people’s stories and of representation.

Book reading - romance & children’s books  

Book writing - inclusive, representation

The different types of editing: ARC and plot threads 

Line and Copy editing

Proof reading Character work and their story throughout the book

How to find someone you trust: referrals from other authors & asking for samples

ACE’s and EFA (editor membership)

CIEP Chartered Institute for Editing and ProofReading - Ranked membership

Dayna is Chair of CRW Contemporary Romance Writers and their Online Accessible Conference

Writing Contests: Stiletto awards with narrators!!

Also on committee for Northern Hearts (Toronto) writing conference NHC

Dayna gives us a take on independent author conferences. How the different angles of approach allow narrators to understand viewpoints. Formats/schedules can give you new perspective and an openness to the industry

Understanding how authors tick allows us to be empathic and more in tune

Re-writing your Demo script. Abridging. 

Dayna also LOVES working on website copy! So ,reach out!

https://www.yourpublishingbff.com

This was recorded June 2024

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Join us as we chat with Tim Pabon.

Born in Madrid, Spain he talks to us about his life on the East Coast of America. He talks us through his MFA Programme, life as an actor … his theatre company and becoming a steward of your own stories.

His introduction and commitment to audiobooks.

His work as an acting coach and working with Andi Arndt on 3rd person narration at Narrator.Life

www.TimAPabon.com

Trigger Warnings:

Mentions of Cancer, therapy and recovery

Join us to talk to BRAD SHAW, the owner of WONDERLAND VO

Brad shared his career highlights and inspiration for WONDERLAND VO ⁠www.wonderlandvo.com⁠⁠

In December 2023, Brad launched a charity audiobook as a podcast, sharing "Alice Through The Looking Glass" one chapter at a time.

Every donation to Cancer Research UK gets us one step closer to our goal.  CRUK to help save lives. 

Alice in Wonderland (175 voices) ⁠www.bradshawvoice.com⁠

Alice through the Looking Glass ⁠www.wonderlandvo.com⁠

#WonderlandChallenge2 #DonateForACause

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Thank you

Join us to chat with Steven Jay Cohen owner of the Cooperative Publishing model, audiobook producer and packager, Spoken Realms LLC, connecting storytellers from around the world to a modern production and distribution system with global reach. https://spokenrealms.com

Steven shares his story as theatre tech while at college to engineering NPR Selected Shorts.

He has a broad knowledge of the industry, writing, staging and producing off-off-broadway.

An MA in Education, his incredible blog posts

The importance of knowing your Imprints

Acquiring the distribution contract with Audible, programming, creating the system which became Spoken Realms

He talks to us about how Public Domain works

His Podcast: Yet another dating app YADA

We discuss his blog post, (my most suggested link) ⁠https://stevenjaycohen.tumblr.com/post/622987297644740608/proper-mic-positioning-in-11-steps-or-less⁠

His favorite emoji

Distribution - Exclusive vs non-exclusive

And his most requested piece of advice ...

https://stevenjaycohen.com

Recorded April 2024

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The prolific Joe Solari joins us to discuss the upcoming 2024 Author Nation and share his insights into the industry and a creative career. He shares his sense for where the business is headed and information & thoughts relevant to all creatives

Joe talks about how you can build a brand around your talent - the cumulative advantage: brand trust, is slow.

How to attract and be a good business partner. What’s the promise to the audience?

Joe does direct sales for his books and audio through his website and discusses the benefits to be had.

He speaks to narration and storytelling - As narrators we play at the edge of the subconscious

"Your website is the source of truth for what you are and what you stand for"

He talks about fans and signed editions - amazon can’t do that!

Your super-fans and patience, commitment and consistency!

You can find more about Joe at:

https://joesolari.com/

https://www.authornation.live/?r_done=1

https://www.youtube.com/@AuthorNationLive

This episode 18-2 was recorded live on Clubhouse in 2024

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Today we chat with Helen Lloyd about her life and career. She shares highlights and regales us with her stories.

We covered her journey through theatre and television to Audiobook Narration. She mentioned her London Book Fair experience and her new production company, Raconteurs https://raconteurs.co.uk

We covered her recent MA in Creative Writing and returning to University and I asked whether her MA changed the way she narrates.

Join us for a wonderful episode of stories, previously recorded in February 2024.

You can find Helen Lloyd at https://helenlloydaudio.com

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In our very first Prose & Convs episodes we meet author, Steven Guglich and narrator, Sean Pratt who worked together on converting Steven's Piercing the Veil into an Audiobook

Steven shared his story: how and when he began writing and the start of this journey with Sean into audio

The pair discussed the process of production, and their journey together into a Kickstarter: what that meant and how it worked, the research required and the result.

Steve shared the fortuitous name changes that occurred thanks to Sean's (mis) pronunciations and how sales worked out in the different formats, and distribution.

This Principal of the Year talked about the importance of maintaining a creative passion without it interfering with family life and impacting work.

Piercing the Veil is the first book in the Veil Saga

https://stevenguglich.com

This is the first in the intermittent Prose and Convs sessions where we talk to authors about the narrator they chose to work with to convert their written work into an audiobook 

audiobook please get in touch

Hannibal Hills came to talk all things Get Sleuthy https://getsleuthy.com/⁠ and we managed to hear about his celebrant life as a non-religious wedding officiator, his book ⁠https://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Celebrant-Handbook-Officiate-Professional/dp/0692634738⁠

His story of drama at Southampton, Theatre Director, anthropology, Banking, Switzerland, Spain, Scotland and now in the USA.

Audiobook narration - https://hannibalhills.com/

Production House - RoyalWave Media -  https://royalwavemedia.com/

GET Sleuthy!  https://getsleuthy.com/ filters your searches on Amazon to find you a list of books that have not yet been produced as an audiobook. This gives you the book details and your own personal list of books with info about reach outs.

He talks to us about how to spot the good sellers, the genres and the RS+ sellers

For coaching you can contact Hannibal through any of his websites

This conversation was recorded February 2024

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