Recently, I had the opportunity to record an excerpt from Crossroads for a new podcast called Authors Read, where you guessed it, authors read excerpts from their works. I think it’s a really cool concept, and I was excited to be selected to be featured. I’ve always toiled with the idea of trying to record an audio book version of Crossroads in my own voice, since the narrative of the story is essentially told through my point of view and with my own personal speech patterns and quirks.
Luckily, I have a friend who has his own podcast (One Hour Wasted), and has a nice setup for recording. Even better still, he was willing to assist me with recording my reading. I read two chapters, and it took three hours of recording/editing before my thirteen minute segment was completed. The recording quality was top-notch. My performance on the other hand…yikes. Overall it was a great learning experience, and the episode was just released! You can follow the link here to find the podcast and here for the website. I’m hoping to follow-up with a reading from Crossfire once it’s released, so stay tuned for part 2!
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