My First Narrator Performance Is Available Now On Audible

Well, after all these months of posting about making an audiobook, it's finally happened... I am now the newest voice actor over on Audible!

To be honest, the reality of it is still kind of sinking in for me. We got the word on Tuesday, the day before Helen's and my 31st wedding anniversary. And it just seemed so perfect in so many ways. As you all know Helen wrote "Forever's Too Long" as her first solo novel, and she had me do the artwork for the cover. We've always been a team and we've always support each other in so many ways, so seeing this culmination of her writing skills, combined with my penchant for voices become a reality on the eve of our wedding anniversary just seemed so appropriate.

To be honest, I'm still in shock over here. The idea of being the voice for an audiobook had been simmering in my mind for about a year or two before I actually tried it. A co-worker of mine who knew and loved our Para-Earth books kept telling me I'd be a great reader for audiobooks. Then about a year later, just before Helen completed "Forever's Too Long" we put together a trailer for her book (which you can see by clicking the link just below) where I supplied the voice of the lead character. 

This trailer got even more people enthused and asking for an audio version of the book. I was still hesitant though, but then we held an online book release party where I went into character again (because the entire book is told from the protagonist's point of view) and did some live reading from the book. The result was everyone insisting we should turn it into and audiobook and that I should supply the voice(s) for the entire thing. Helen was already keen on the idea, but this was the final tipping point for me.

From there I did a LOT of research about how to create an audiobook (which you can all read on this blog site). Just type the words "Adventures In Audio Recording" (don't use the parenthesis) in the search function at the top of the blog and you will be given the entire list of all the entries covering equipment, technical requirements, etc. I'll also be creating a separate page just for those entries here on the blog sometime soon. 

I've still got more tips and learning experiences about creating the audiobook to share with you all. But just knowing that I did things right and that I "made the cut" with Audible, has been a real achievement and a thrill for me.

You can listen to a sample of the book both at Amazon and at Audible. The cost is 1 credit for Audible members, or $14.95.

AMAZON LINK: Forever's Too Long - Audio

AUDIBLE LINK: Forever's Too Long - Audible