Audiobook Connection - Behind the Scenes with the Creative Teams

AC-T-88 Full Cast - Creating a WOW Audiobook

Ever considered getting your book or script into audio with a full cast of actors to bring it to life? Host Becky Parker Geistshares several samples from full cast projects produced by Pro Audio Voices and describes some of the differences. She discusses the rationale behind decisions made for each unique project. If an audiobook with multiple voice actors, music and sound effects is something you’re considering, here’s your chance to learn more about—and hear samples from—this genre of audiobooks that is on the rise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AC-T-87 Oh the Possibilities! Samples from Children’s Books

Join Host Becky Parker Geist in reviewing highlights of four different children’s stories recorded as audiobooks, with various music and sound effects emphasizing aspects of each story, delightfully adding depth and meaning to educating children, and ourselves, about diverse facets of life on our planet and with a serious yet lighthearted hopefulness bringing awareness to issues confronting individuals, groups, and the planet itself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AC-I-86 Interview with Maggie Newcomb

Have you ever wondered what mental illness is like up close and personal? What is it like to live with this debilitating condition, and what effects does it have on the family? Is it a curse? Or can it be a blessing? Is a mental health condition set in stone? Can people heal and live a positive life? If so, how? What tools assist in the process of healing? Join Host Becky Parker Geist as you listen in on a frank discussion of this timely topic on mental health with Maggie Newcomb, author of Chocolate Pudding in Heaven, The Intriguing Journey of My Bipolar Mind. Witness the courage the author exhibited in putting out in the world this thought-provoking, different kind of story about mental illness and the technical challenges of recording her book, and in her own voice, as well.   See what we can learn from this inspiring, courageous, and true story of a young person and her family living with and recovering from this condition and overcoming the stigma of mental illness by sharing her journey with the world.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AC-T-85 Play Script to Audiobook: A Conversation with Trinacria Theatre Co.

Do you find the legaleze surrounding copyrights confusing and frustrating? The nuances of meaning and interpretation, what’s legal, ethical, and moral to do and not to do regarding copyrights. You want to be fair, as you want to be treated fairly yourself. What about the definitions, boundaries and limits set up and imposed upon you and your artistic, creative endeavors by people who may appreciate music yet not be creative types themselves ? In the realm of music, these questions can dim the sound of the celestial music with their harsh uncompromising din, quashing the creativity of the music makers with the harsh bang of the gavel that brings the pleasant sounds to a screeching halt, depriving your audience and you of the magic and imagery that music brings into our lives. Host Becky Parker Geist discusses with musician and author Dan Miller these concerns in depth enough to put you on the right track to orchestrate your audiobook with the music of the angelic spheres! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ACT-T-84 Be a Leader by Being a Follower

Are you struggling to get yourself and your work known? Do you feel alone straining to make progress against the incoming tide?  Do you feel the weight of the world on your shoulders? Are you trying to single-handedly furnish all the content for your genre for all the readers and listeners in the world?  Wouldn’t you feel relieved to know that you are in good company, that you are working with other authors (or related roles) rather than against them? Wouldn’t that feel like a safer world?  Are you at a loss for ideas of how to connect with your colleagues, who might be able to help you when you help them? Isn’t it a rewarding endeavor to reach out to help others, without an agenda, and perhaps receive the same benefits for yourself in return? What a nice surprise that would be!  Host Becky Parker Geist gives some ideas of how to begin your quest by asking some pointed questions and giving suggestions to guide you in unfolding your own path of discovery and to garner the support you feel you need, to become a Leader by Being a Follower.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AC-T-83 What Kind of Impact Do You Want to Have?

What kind of impact do you want to have? As authors, we often think about sales and discoverability and reaching our audience. Host Becky Parker Geist walks with us down the path of considering all this from the angle of impact, helping us focus on specifics that can enable us to achieve our goals, share our message, and increase our influence and sharing with others. We all want to be seen and heard, to know that we make a difference in our lives and in the lives of others, in our community, and in our personal and business worlds. It is a bonus when we have the opportunity to see and experience the consequent ripple effect we have on others and can use marketing effectively.Consider why are we creating this content in the first place? Getting clear on our intentions is step number one in creating a plan to make an impact—or increasing our impact. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AC-T-82 Dingbats, Icons, Symbols & Spaces

Do you have dingbats or icons or other repetitive visual indicators in your print book? Wondering what to do about those for the audio? Host Becky Parker Geist will help clarify why you might consider not just ignoring or omitting them and some creative ways to help your listener with things like “aural dingbats.” Find out when the best approach is to just leave a differentiation silence and when you might want to help the listener with clues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AC-T-81 Podcasting Your Audiobook

Are you wondering or have questions about whether or not to podcast your finished Audiobook? What are the reasons for doing so? What are the consequences of taking such an action? How do you turn your Audiobook into a podcast and enrich your listener’s experience, and what kind of podcast would be best for your purposes? Host Becky Parker Geist gently leads us into the world of podcasting your Audiobook with ideas with which you can increase your impact with your content, and perhaps increase your audience as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AC-T-79 The Listener Experience - How to Review Your Audiobook Files with Your Listener in Mind

You might think that the best way to review your audiobook files is with your text in hand and your analytic scrutinizer turned up full volume. Host Becky Parker Geist shares a different approach—one that will better help you provide the best listening experience for your audience. Find out why and how to review your audiobook effectively, do it with less stress, and deliver the best product for your listeners! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AC-T-78 Following Clues to Success

“Success leaves clues” Tony Robbins tells us. Figure out what a successful person does and model it, even improve on it, but learn their steps, specifically regarding your marketing.  Host Becky Parker Geist helps fill the gaps in our understanding of effective marketing with ideas, techniques and strategies that we may not have imagined are effective. She gives us encouragement to find out what successful authors are doing and suggests how to follow up on that information and use what works to promote our book and audiobook sales.   What is marketing? Other than the part of your business of “doing what you love” that is distasteful, disgusting, and to be avoided at all costs. We hear buzzwords: “keywords” “hashtags” and other terms that make no sense. Yet we’re told they’re critical to our success in business. Join Becky as she clears up this confusion with simple, straightforward definitions, examples, and steps you can take to help get you following the clues to success on your path. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices