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Brick by brick…
Read more: Brick by brick…Back in April, around the time most of the US was going “Funk… Did I finish my taxes??” The president signed a bill into law that was designed to help stop sex trafficking and exploitation on the internet. Depending on where you’ve been spending time online you may have not noticed, you may have been…
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Loss, Pain, Swearing and Suicide. Adieu Tony.
Read more: Loss, Pain, Swearing and Suicide. Adieu Tony.My morning has been totally thrown off-kilter after hearing on CNN that perhaps my most beloved modern commentator/writer/adventurer Anthony Bourdain hung himself last night in his hotel room in France. For all the pain in my own heart, I can only stretch out my most aching condolences to his friends and family, Eric Ripert, Zach…
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Audies 2018 – Nominees
Read more: Audies 2018 – NomineesThe nominations for the 2018 Audie awards (The Oscars of audiobooks) are in! SO excited for my colleagues, and so thrilled to see these amazing works. Am I bummed not to be on the list? Naturally, but the industry is really exemplified by people like this. THRILLED to provide you with the collection of the…
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Amazing recognition of Amazing colleagues…
Read more: Amazing recognition of Amazing colleagues…So, Audible is celebrating their 20th anniversary with a bang… By inducting 21 of my colleagues into their new “Narrator Hall of Fame” I’m thrilled at this list… tho there are a couple of names I think are missing from it (*cough* like Kate Reading *cough*) BUT… that’s not to diminish the AMAZING work…
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Conflicted over conflict…
Read more: Conflicted over conflict…I’m going to open this with saying simply: Thank you, veterans of the U.S. Armed Services for your service and dedication. That is the EASY part. It’s a “well, duh” moment in my book. The second? Is to remind those veterans who may be suffering alone that YOU DO NOT HAVE TO. Reach out. Ask…
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On the Beauty of Stories: An Open Letter to Chris Fogg of ListenUp audio.
Read more: On the Beauty of Stories: An Open Letter to Chris Fogg of ListenUp audio.(At present, ListenUp is one of the only audio houses who do not have a SAG/AFTRA Union contract, and are not presently paying their narrators a wage that allows them to perform and meet their financial needs. Members of the industry are taking this moment to encourage ListenUp to sit down with the union and…
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Wednesday Blog (9/6/17)
Read more: Wednesday Blog (9/6/17)I hope everyone who gets to read this is safe, and that your loved ones are safe. Man, this is a scary MF’ing time… I don’t know what to say other than to be prepared for both self-reliance, and to lend a hand. Emotional, physical, financial. We all have so much going on, and so…
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Culture Shock (Wednesday Blog 8/16)
Read more: Culture Shock (Wednesday Blog 8/16)Some vacations recharge you, some inspire you. Some exhaust you, and some confuse you. I’ll say that this vacation was largely exhausting and confusing, and leave it at that… but frankly it all pales in comparison to what I came back to. Emerging from 2 weeks in a tent, and spending time out of the…