Ask Andrew - Audiobook Narrators
Dear Andrew,
I was wondering how you choose the narrator for your audiobooks. I know there is a list of “golden voices” of narrators for many of the audiobooks out there. Do you use a list as a reference? How do you know if the narrator will convey the tone or inflection the way you envisioned when you were writing the book initially?
Mary Dear Mary When choosing the narrator for my audiobooks, I listen to the voice of the narrator very carefully. At the start of the process they provide an audition sample and I listen to all of those. Sometimes you get lucky and a narrator will sound just like one of the characters in my head, but that doesn't happen very often. What I really look for is a mellow voice that sounds interesting and one I would like to listen to for 6 to 8 hours and one that fits the overall tone of the story. I chose a younger sounding narrator for Organic Chemistry than I did for Inside Out. The thing that I need to keep in mind during this process is that we are producing a narration, not a theatrical production of the story. As for the tone of the narration, I try to listen for the major characters in the audition to make sure they sound good. After that, it can be a little like a leap of faith. (I need to add here that for those of you who don't know, I am the audiobook coordinator for Dreamspinner Press) As for a list of Golden Voices, there isn't one necessarily. There are narrators that we have a history of working with and we often return to them because the quality of their work is known, but there are new narrators working all the time with great, energetic voices that are wonderful to hear. What I'd like to know is what you as a reader listen for in a narrator. Comment here or on the Facebook post. Hugs and LoveAndrew
Ask Andrew is your chance to ask questions of a gay romance author. The questions can be about the writing process in general, writing sex scenes, gay men, sex, characters in romance, characters having sex... okay you probably get the picture. I promise to answer your questions as frankly and with as much humor as I possibly can.
So if you have a question, please send it to andrewgreybooks@comcast.net. This is different from my usual email so your questions don't get lost. I will answer one question a week.
Please remember this is meant to be all in fun. (I was going to say good, clean fun, but who wants that.) So send me your questions and let's see what mischief we can get into.
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I was wondering how you choose the narrator for your audiobooks. I know there is a list of “golden voices” of narrators for many of the audiobooks out there. Do you use a list as a reference? How do you know if the narrator will convey the tone or inflection the way you envisioned when you were writing the book initially?
Mary Dear Mary When choosing the narrator for my audiobooks, I listen to the voice of the narrator very carefully. At the start of the process they provide an audition sample and I listen to all of those. Sometimes you get lucky and a narrator will sound just like one of the characters in my head, but that doesn't happen very often. What I really look for is a mellow voice that sounds interesting and one I would like to listen to for 6 to 8 hours and one that fits the overall tone of the story. I chose a younger sounding narrator for Organic Chemistry than I did for Inside Out. The thing that I need to keep in mind during this process is that we are producing a narration, not a theatrical production of the story. As for the tone of the narration, I try to listen for the major characters in the audition to make sure they sound good. After that, it can be a little like a leap of faith. (I need to add here that for those of you who don't know, I am the audiobook coordinator for Dreamspinner Press) As for a list of Golden Voices, there isn't one necessarily. There are narrators that we have a history of working with and we often return to them because the quality of their work is known, but there are new narrators working all the time with great, energetic voices that are wonderful to hear. What I'd like to know is what you as a reader listen for in a narrator. Comment here or on the Facebook post. Hugs and LoveAndrew
Ask Andrew is your chance to ask questions of a gay romance author. The questions can be about the writing process in general, writing sex scenes, gay men, sex, characters in romance, characters having sex... okay you probably get the picture. I promise to answer your questions as frankly and with as much humor as I possibly can.So if you have a question, please send it to andrewgreybooks@comcast.net. This is different from my usual email so your questions don't get lost. I will answer one question a week.
Please remember this is meant to be all in fun. (I was going to say good, clean fun, but who wants that.) So send me your questions and let's see what mischief we can get into.
Visit Andrew on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andrewgreybooks and you can join Andrew's fan group All The Way With Andrew Grey.
Follow him on Twitter: @andrewgreybooks
Visit Andrew's web site: www,andrewgreybooks.com
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