Do you listen to audiobooks?
Do you know what an audiobook is? (Oh, I’ll hear about that one, I bet!)
My first introduction to an audiobook was Stephen
King’s The Mist…and it wasn’t an
audiobook. It was a dramatization of the
novella, and a pretty good one at that!
I remember thinking that if all audiobooks are
dramatization, they’re pretty cool! So,
I found a few more: dramatizations of
Louis L’Amour titles. Yes, I’m a big fan
of L’Amour’s western novels. I liked
them, too! The voice acting was great,
and they were like listening to old radio shows.
I did a bit more research, which wasn’t as easy as
it is today, and I heard about what was called “Books On Tape”, which were
primarily aimed at the blind. Someone
with a good voice would record a book on tape so that the blind could listen to
and enjoy books, too. Early in my radio
years – and we’re talking early eighties here – I entertained the idea of
trying to use my voice to do some of that…but, I had no idea where to go to
find out more information. It was pre-internet
times back then, and our local small-town library didn’t have any ideas,
either.
Nowadays, from what I understand, recording books
is a simple process, provided you have a proper home studio.
And I no longer want to do it.
Some of my oldest friends have asked me why I didn’t
record my own audiobooks. I have the
ability to do voices (my Looney Tunes voices, and my Bullwinkle voice are
best), and I’ve been told that I have a good radio voice. I actually entertained the idea for a while.
But…somehow, it didn’t seem right to me to do my
own work. It seemed – at least to me – a
bit self-centered. I’m probably full of
fertilizer on that, but it’s my feeling, right or wrong.
So, I’ve managed to pull together a good group of
people that can perform my stories well.
Scott O’Neill, Patrick Peterson, Meagan Cunningham, Jasmin Rhea, and David
Fischer. These people with all of their
great talents have brought my stories to life, and I’m proud to be associated
with all of them! Below is a list of
each of my narrators, and the work that they’ve performed with links to
Audible.com:
Meagan Cunningham: If
You Could Read My Mind – A Nicholas Turner Novel
Scott O’Neill: Jackie
Blue – A Justice Security Novel
Jasmin Rhea: Hot
Child In The City – A Short Story
David Fischer: Gold
– A Short Story
Patrick Peterson: The
Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald – A Short Story
Do me a favor, and check them all out!
Audiobooks are to be enjoyed either driving in
your car, or at home with headphones and eyes closed.
And, whether you listen, or whether you read, just…
Keep reading!
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