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It Happened in a Strip Mall at Wellington & Clark
I don't know when exactly it was that I first thought maybe we should do audio versions of these books. A few years back? Likely.
There were some false starts with the idea. I micromanaged at least one budding actor. A friend gave the recording a shot but editing proved daunting. A few proposals were left to the dust.
Anyway. So. I think it was during Read an Ebook Week 2012. I was at the UPS store, talking with the guys there. They're a great crew. There's this guy Travis, with curly hair. A tall guy named Mike (who's since moved on.) And Ryan, officious, effective, competent.
So. Travis and I were chatting about Read an Ebook Week because he's been with me through the entirety of this endeavor. He's sent most of the submissions to literary journals, weighed out the contest entries, and has made promotional materials.
We're friends, really. Because when I'm at my most vulnerable, handing the work over to the world, he takes it--offers a little assurance.
So. I brought up the idea of audio-books. He has some training in broadcasting, which was a surprise to me. More than that, Mike--who was standing right there, if I recall--is an audio engineer who's recorded such people as Bela Fleck.
Well. Okay. Now we're talking.
I got Mike's card, contacted him, read his thing on LinkedIN, and floated the idea to him--that we might really pursue it. Showed him the ACX website, where producers, narrators, and publishers put audiobooks together. And. That was it. We were off~!
I gave him a budget (completely arbitrary, having no idea what such a thing might cost) and he asked whether a man or a woman should do the voicework.
Well. I don't know. You know? Who knows? There's the case to be made for a female voice. And. There's the contrarian view as well.
Basically, he knew a guy who would do it.
That guy?
Was Ryan.
So. There you go. Thank God for store #0857.
When the work was done, I asked Mike if I should drop a check off for him at the store. Well. Guess what? He's been doing so well with the freelance audio work that he left the UPS store, has his own business now.
I remember hearing Kurt Vonnegut speak once. He said you should get out and go to the post office, buy your own stamps, talk to people.
He was right.
Here's what we came up with. The War is Language audiobook: http://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/The...
There were some false starts with the idea. I micromanaged at least one budding actor. A friend gave the recording a shot but editing proved daunting. A few proposals were left to the dust.
Anyway. So. I think it was during Read an Ebook Week 2012. I was at the UPS store, talking with the guys there. They're a great crew. There's this guy Travis, with curly hair. A tall guy named Mike (who's since moved on.) And Ryan, officious, effective, competent.
So. Travis and I were chatting about Read an Ebook Week because he's been with me through the entirety of this endeavor. He's sent most of the submissions to literary journals, weighed out the contest entries, and has made promotional materials.
We're friends, really. Because when I'm at my most vulnerable, handing the work over to the world, he takes it--offers a little assurance.
So. I brought up the idea of audio-books. He has some training in broadcasting, which was a surprise to me. More than that, Mike--who was standing right there, if I recall--is an audio engineer who's recorded such people as Bela Fleck.
Well. Okay. Now we're talking.
I got Mike's card, contacted him, read his thing on LinkedIN, and floated the idea to him--that we might really pursue it. Showed him the ACX website, where producers, narrators, and publishers put audiobooks together. And. That was it. We were off~!
I gave him a budget (completely arbitrary, having no idea what such a thing might cost) and he asked whether a man or a woman should do the voicework.
Well. I don't know. You know? Who knows? There's the case to be made for a female voice. And. There's the contrarian view as well.
Basically, he knew a guy who would do it.
That guy?
Was Ryan.
So. There you go. Thank God for store #0857.
When the work was done, I asked Mike if I should drop a check off for him at the store. Well. Guess what? He's been doing so well with the freelance audio work that he left the UPS store, has his own business now.
I remember hearing Kurt Vonnegut speak once. He said you should get out and go to the post office, buy your own stamps, talk to people.
He was right.
Here's what we came up with. The War is Language audiobook: http://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/The...
