Audiobook Connection - Behind the Scenes with the Creative Teams

AC-T-77 Challenges with Memoirs – Tips

Do you have a story to tell? Is your own story pushing its way to get out into the world? Be prepared to tell it successfully when you hear what Host Becky Parker Geist, a successful author, audiobook producer, publisher, and entrepreneur has to share about overcoming the challenges to getting your memoir into a storytelling format to reach the hearts of others who might benefit from hearing about your experiences.Looking at it from different perspectives, Becky illustrates sound technical and aesthetic reasons for making your choices, and the advantages and disadvantages of each choice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AC-I-76 Interactive Children’s Books an Interview with Brad Pohl

Listen in as Host Becky Parker Geist discusses with innovative Children’s Book author Brad Pohl the exciting new way he is bringing his content out to the world, creating an experience for children to have more control, thus teaching them self-discipline, accelerating the learning process, and teaching children ways to take care of the earth’s environment. Brad alerts us all to conservation problems and solutions.  You may find inspiration in discovering what got Brad started writing children’s books, how he turned a mindless doodling habit into a career he enjoys, and why he likes it! To get a complimentary copy of Fernando Invents Socks, go to https://tadpohl.com/product/fernando-ebook/ and use the coupon code: proaudiovoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AC-I-75 Recording your own audiobook in partnership with a pro narrator – Interview with Laura Davis

Host Becky Parker Geist discusses with Memoir author Laura Davis the advantages and disadvantages of collaboration between an author who narrates her own audiobook and (with) a professional narrator’s consistency in playing some of the characters. As an author narrating – making the best choices and discovering what really matters. How sharing a memoir - a very intimate, personal account - with others feels and what purpose it serves for herself and for her listeners. Learn about the skills necessary to be able to have increased insight into characters and to infuse the character’s distinguishing traits into the narration, to focus on the craft of writing and attaining new levels of writing skill to create a richer telling of the events and to bring the story alive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AC-T-74 Sounds as Symbols

Sounds and sound effects can appeal to us on a vicarious rather than a conscious level, connecting the listener with the author’s intended message in a deeper way in our understanding and emotions than words. This brings immediate clarity to the message and can join everyone in enjoying the author’s tale.Host Becky Parker Geist invites us to join her in diving into the idea of sounds replacing symbols in an audiobook, and the ability to use different contexts to bring your story to life! Let Becky fire your imagination and creativity with a few interesting examples to inspire you to to play with this concept to create more lively, dynamic, and active relationships with your story and characters.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AC-I-73 Interview with Melyssa Barrett

In this interview with Melyssa Barrett, Host of the JALI Podcast, you’ll discover the fascinating journey of one woman who turned her husband’s profession of telling the stories that need to be told, along with her passion for connecting and engaging with people, into an inquiry to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion through her successful podcast series. Host Becky Parker Geist asks questions that bring forth and generate ideas that can inspire all of us to reach deep within ourselves to connect with others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AC-T-72 Speech by any other Pronunciation is NOT the Same

Host Becky Parker Geist dives into the things you need to know about pronunciations, from names and that are real or fictional to regional pronunciations. Should foreign words be pronounced as someone from that country or as someone from the narrative voice? Where should you look for valid pronunciations? And when does the author need to provide them? So much about such a simple thing—or is it as simple as it seems? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AC-T-71 Yikes!

What to do when you miss a deadline or make a mistake or something unexpected throws you off? Host Becky Parker Geist offers some gentle techniques and tips to help us all move on in a positive way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AC-I-70 Adapting Screenplays and Theatre Scripts into Audiobooks - Interview with Jerrilee Geist

In this interview with Director of Pre-Production at Pro Audio Voices Inc., Jerrilee Geist, you’ll learn more about the conversion from Screenplay or Theatre Script into the Audiobook format. Find out how to approach film shots and stage directions, just how narrative to make your script, how the difference in the visually-oriented scripts best translate into a great auditory experience. Tips on directions your actors need—and don’t—and what helps your listeners fully engage without distractions. They also discuss how to integrate music and sound effects in these types of full cast projects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AC-T-69 Building Your Tribe

Are you tired of living and working in a dog-eat-dog business world? Is the frustration adding to your stress level and robbing you of the pleasure of doing what you love to do while serving others?  There are a number of ways you can change that situation without moving to and setting up shop in the Bahamas, Jamaica, or the Pacific Islands.  (Although these spots are tempting to visit.)Host Becky Parker Geist puts forth some ideas and suggestions to help you transform your business and client relationships and ways to attain your goals of increasing your audience following, easing the strain of competition, and finding again the joy you first imagined when you began your business. Join us to find out how! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AC-T-68 Character Voices

Calling all those wanting to express their characters audibly! Do you want to know how to best bring your story alive with your characters’ voices? Voice characterization is very subjective. Learn about this kind of character representation and interpretation, differentiation of characters voices, when it matters, when it doesn’t, and more!  Join Host Becky Parker Geist on a fun and productive journey into new ways of expression. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices