Long time, no post. Yes, I say that a lot. Yes, that should probably be the new title of Pointed Sqiuggle, I say it so much. And while this might have been my longest gap between entries, that doesn't change this very familiar sentiment
But it feels especially awkward today. The difference this time is that I'm at the New Media Expo or NMX (formerly Blog World), surrounded by people who are experts at blogging and new media. Since I break probably all of the rules when it comes to successful blogging, I'm feeling a little sheepish. Tomorrow I'm doing a presentation here, and it occurred to me that some of the attendees could check out my blog, so I should probably post something more current than the hot weather entry from four months ago.
And lots has happened since August. I'm now narrating audiobooks full time! It's been very exciting, but somewhat stressful since the deadlines have been tight. I've worked on a wide-variety of great books, each of which has had its own joys and challenges. I'll be sure to let you know about them, when they are released.
And that's what's led me to NMX! My experience with podcast fiction has resulted in a career in audio book narration. It's pretty darn wonderful how things have worked out, and I look forward to sharing what I've learned tomorrow in my session.
Here's a link:
Tone and Emotion: The keys to compelling podcast fiction narration
The best part of being here is that I'm getting to meet some of my podcast fiction friends in person for the first time! I've loved hanging out with Abbie Hilton, the Dunesteef guys (Big Anklevich and Rish Outfield), Bryan Lincoln (who is doing the presentation with me), and Lauren "Scribe" Harris. Marshal Latham (also doing the Tone and Emotion presentation) arrives today. What a great group! Abbie, Big, Rish, and Lauren's session is also tomorrow and covers comedy in podcast fiction, which is difficult to do successfully, but so effective! Here's a link:
Using Comedy to Humanize Characters and Hook Listeners
Scott Sigler is here as well! He has a "Super Session" tomorrow called The Art of Podcast Storytelling. Unfortunately, it's in the morning before my session, but I'm planning on attending most of it.
I think it's fabulous that NMX is featuring podcast fiction this year! I feel honored to be a part of it.
And now my blog isn't so embarrassingly out of date!
More...okay I won't say "soon"...but eventually!
3 comments:
This was great, thanks! I have even greater appreciation for podcasts now I know how much is involved in the narration/acting and production.
I'm hoping it would be ok to download this onto our school network as a student resource? We have some interest amongst our pupils for creating audio and video content and I think this couldbe really useful for them (and me!)
Yes, definitely! It took me a bit to figure out what you want to download, but it's the audio from the presentation, right? I'm going to do a new blog entry with the link to the audio.
If you or your students have any questions, feel free to contact me. I'm happy that this could be helpful for you guys!
Yes, sorry: I did mean the audio! I'm organising some of our diploma students (16-18) to try and design a simple sound booth, they're pretty keen so I'll see how it goes!. One question, what mike and audio recording/ editing software do you use?
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