AuDHD Festival Goer
Latitude Vibes I never thought I would go to a festival, four nights of sleeping in a tent, shared toilet and shower facilities, four days of non-stop activity, not to mention ALL THOSE PEOPLE. As an introverted, slightly odd teenager I watched my siblings go with a mix of fear and awe, wondering if there…
I Don’t Know
The pain of waiting and the joy of creating I am currently in a state of waiting. In my work life I am waiting for literary agents to review the latest draft of my novel, “Portia” and I am waiting to see how the seeds I have sown in my audiobook narration career develop. My…
Book Review!
As well as the books I am narrating I usually have two other books on the go; one a non-fiction title that I read in the mornings, after meditating; and the other a novel that I read at night before going to sleep. And yes, I am a little addicted to books… Lately I’ve read…
The One Voice Conference and Me … 2022
Where do I start with my One Voice experience, the first time I have managed to make it to the conference and the first time I have been nominated for an award? Do I start with my nervous application for an Audiobook Award? Do I start with my realisation that I had been nominated? Do…
January Blues?
How is it that January has both flown by and also seemed to have 985 days in it? I am not one for launching into the new year all guns blazing. I take my cue from the trees who are still waiting to emerge from winter slumber. That is not to say that January isn’t…
Before you retrain as a teacher, have you thought about Audiobook Narration?
Ten Steps for Actors to Become Audiobook Narrators “Why don’t you train as a teacher? Then you’ll always have a back-up…” the plaintive, protective cry of every parent who ever had a child who wanted to become an actor, as they imagine their cherished child starving in an unheated, filthy flat or worse, drinking their…
How I won an Earphones Award for Exceptional Audiobook Narration
In the middle of August in this exceptionally odd year of 2020 I was winding down, ready for a holiday I had barely dared to believe could happen, when I received an email telling me I had won an Earphones award from AudioFile Magazine for my part in the narration of “Lost Girls of Devon.”…
What Can Audiobooks Offer Actors?
Who’d be an actor now? COVID-19 has been a grim time for actors. Theatres across the world have closed, with no real certainty on when they may open up again. Film and television sets have closed down and have only recently begun to re-open, with limitations imposed to control the spread of the virus. On…
Featured in The Pramshed
Sharing my thoughts on being a parent in business! Thank you Clare for the opportunity.
Why story matters?
We all love to hear a good story, and our friends who tell the best or funniest stories are often held in a very special place in our hearts. But stories are more than that. Neuroscientists have shown that humans are story-making creatures. We use stories to make sense of our world, our life and…
A selection of poems, prayers and passages
Whether it’s a poem, the words to a song, a prayer or a few lines from the bible, words can be extremely powerful and reach out to people when they are most vulnerable. Keep the Faith picked up the news of ‘poetry prayers and prose‘ that I have been busy recording, driven by requests from…
Thrive Global
While the world is getting to grips with a pandemic that has seen epic shifts in the way so many of us, work, live and communicate, a more creative, simpler, grateful way of life can offer us grounding and perspective. My musings can be found here. Thanks to Thrive Global for publishing my piece.