“Grinding”, if you aren’t familiar with the term, refers to doing something repetitive, tedious and laborious over an extended period of time with the intent of achieving something more, something greater. In gaming, that’s often gaining enough XP to reach […]
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Livermead Audio and Hardcopy
We’ve all been there. University assignments, daily chores, moving house. Whatever it is, you think you’re at the end, there’s nothing more to do because you’ve nutted out the main problem, fixed all the issues, sorted the things that need […]
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Audiobooks on super-dooper special
You like audiobooks, I know you do. But not just any audiobooks. Victorian ghost-hunting? You got it. Octopus detective? You got it. Rogue orphans on an epic adventure? You know you’ve got it. Existential explorations involving a lump of lead? […]
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A Cellar Filled With Words
Back at the old house, I had made what passed for a respectable audio-booth. Sure, it wasn’t 100% sounds proof. It wasn’t entirely comfortable and it sure as heck wasn’t pretty, but it worked. All of my audiobooks to date […]
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OMG it’s an Octopus!
We all need a bit of love, and octopuses are no exception. What with all them hearts tucked away inside them, there’s a case to be made that they need MORE love! You know what I’m talking about… Tedrick Gritswell, […]
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Cover Decisions
It’s almost ready! But I can’t get ahead of myself. There’s more work to be done. In a previous post, I explained the differences between eBook, Hardcopy and Audiobook covers and how it makes it a lot easier if you […]
Read moreTracking Tedrick
The first thing that hits you when you start doing Audiobooks is how bizarre it is to have someone read something you wrote. When I did the Audiobook stint with the Paranormology series, I had to deal with hearing my […]
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Atlas, Published
Quick one – It’s UP! The Audiobook version of Atlas, Broken is up and out and on Google Play and Chirp and all of those places! Well, it is not up on Audible yet, but that seems to take a […]
Read moreAtlas, Submitted.
The past few weeks have been cold. Bloody cold. OK, not Canada cold, so I can’t complain so much, but there’s something to be said about doing voice work when you’re chilly. I have to rug up in layers, of […]
Read moreGiving Atlas a Voice
It was a tough book to write. Henry Ludlow, that sorry excuse for a protagonist, never stood a chance. It was unfair. He didn’t get much of a character arc. George Abbot said something like, in the first act, your […]
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