If you’re in the vicinity of Libertyville, IL on March 5, join us!

Oooh, this was such a great story to narrate! “Dedicated Amateur” by David Stephen Powell on the @talestoterrify.bsky.social podcast.

Still waiting for the call that says, “Sorry, there’s been a mistake…” because I absolutely did not expect to win a #SOVAS award Sunday night in Beverly Hills. So grateful. So happy for author Debbie Miller, the team at Twin Flames Studios, and engineer Adam Hassel.

Happy birthday, Jane Austen! 250 never looked better. This is my favorite part (Wentworth’s letter to Anne Elliot) in my favorite Austen novel (Persuasion). #JA250

Are you a Janeite?

The answer is…Emma! Again, thank you, @carenoutloud.bsky.social , for your lovely read. Have you seen/heard a musical adaptation of Emma? Specifically the one by Paul Gordon? #JA250 #JaneAusten250

Name that Austen novel! This is the last in our little series brought to you by our little group of audiobook narrators. This excerpt read by the lovely @carenoutloud.bsky.social . Answer posted tomorrow. #JA250 #JaneAusten250

And the answer is… #MansfieldPark ! Was there anyone in your life who encouraged you to read a classic? We could all use someone like Megan. Or — we could be like Megan and encourage someone else to read! Thanks again for your lovely, Regency-y read, @daniellercohen.bsky.social !

Name this Austen novel. Look how adorable @daniellercohen.bsky.social is! Answer tomorrow. #JA250 #JaneAusten250

The answer is … #Persuasion ! My fav. Thanks again, Lianne Walker, for your lovely read. #JA250 #JaneAusten250

Name this Jane Austen novel. Read for you by Lianne Walker. I’ll post the answer tomorrow. #JA250 #JaneAusten250

The answer to yesterday’s question is …Pride and Prejudice. Thanks again, Marie Andrascik, for your lovely read. And have you seen the Baker-Jacobs musical adaptation of P&P? #JA250 #JaneAusten250

Name this Jane Austen novel! Today’s quotation is read by Marie Andrascik, who has a birthday today! Happy birthday, Marie! I’ll post the answer tomorrow but this one is super easy. I think. #JA250 #JaneAusten250

The answer to yesterday’s question is…Sense and Sensibility! It was read by my colleague Lianne Walker. Isn’t this edition of S&S cute? #JA250 #JaneAusten250 More quotations coming! Stay tuned as my audiobook narration colleagues and I celebrate Austen’s 250th birthday.

The answer to yesterday’s question is… Northanger Abbey! Anyone else love this book? Stayed tuned for more Jane Austen-y things as we celebrate her upcoming 250th birthday on December 16. #JA250 #JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten

Name this Jane Austen novel. Some of my audiobook narration colleagues and I are celebrating Jane Austen’s works in the run up to her 250th birthday. This excerpt is read for you by Lianne Walker. #JA250 #JaneAusten250 #JaneAusten 🎉

This is the opening of which Jane Austen novel? Throw your guess in the comments. Answer coming tomorrow. Celebrate the run up to Jane Austen’s 250th birthday on Dec 16 with me and my colleagues Marie Andrascik, @daniellercohen.bsky.social, @carenoutloud.bsky.social, and Lianne Walker. #JA250

Aw, pshaw, Jenn!! Thanks! (*blushes)

From the short story “What if the Whole Camp of Kids Learned How to Liquefy?” by Maria Kelson. Published in @lightspeedmagazine.com in Nov 2022. Full vid on IG and TT. #humanvoicesonly

From DAUGHTER’S FORTUNE: MAYBE A PIRATE by Cheryl LG Trent. #humanvoicesonly Full vid on IG and TT.

From SCIENTIFIC DRAGONS by Dom Magwili #humanvoicesonly Full vid on IG and TT.

From THE STAINED ANGEL by @bornangelauthor.bsky.social #humanvoicesonly

Genre hopping?

Happy release day for PETER PULASKI MUST PAY by @jenlancaster.bsky.social with these amazing narrators: @tanyaeby.bsky.social (that’s Tanya in the audio sample), Daniel Henning, @kelatonin.bsky.social, and @timcampbellvo.bsky. Thanks to director Kate Winslett and Jonathan Pennock at Brilliance!

I wrote my first short story and submitted for consideration for a mystery anthology. Of course I hope it’s accepted but I’m just so jubilant at finishing it by the deadline. This makes me an unpublished author, right? 😊

Happy release day for MISTLETOE AND MAYHEM by Janice Thompson and published by Oasis Audio! It's less than a week until Christmas in Mabank, Texas, and just a few days away from RaeLyn and Mason's wedding on Hadley ranch.

New release! KITTY’S PEOPLE by Susan Barrett Price. Beautifully written and thoroughly researched for historical accuracy, this is a fictional account of Price’s family.

June is Audiobook Month! What a perfect time to re-introduce myself:

We remember, Uncle Raymond. Raymond J. Comer, 1922-1944.

Sometimes weird things come out of your mouth…

Very compelling article I find completely relevant to the argument decrying AI-generated audiobook narration. “… Big Tech has arrived at the wrong conclusion about art, treating it as just another "problem" to be solved.” Thank you, Philip Miller. open.substack.com/pub/socratic...

Thanks, @sincnational.bsky.social !

My latest Substack is an interview with sci-fi author Robert Kroese: annemarielewis.substack.com/p/back-from-...

I’m at my first Malice Domestic. It’s quite a lot! They had an auction to benefit KEEN Greater DC and I offered to narrate a mystery up to 60k words as an auction item. Didn’t go as expected.

“Oyogaseru” by Samir Sirk Morató. I’m so honored to perform this deliciously unsettling horror short story for you on @talestoterrify.bsky.social. Episode 689. A discontented teen. A distant mother. A missing girl. And water. Drops today.

Today is the final day to apply! The Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color Award is an annual grant of $2,000 for an emerging writer of color. Submissions are accepted through today! www.sistersincrime.org/page/Eleanor...

Free on release day (hopefully April 1) the audiobook and ebook of FOOLS, FROGS AND FOLKTALES. #American #shortstory #anthology Grab a copy. Leave a review. 6 narrators and me: John Hopkinson, Meg Runyan, Amanda Stribling, Todd Menesses, JM Wood and Justin Price.

Agreed!

Thanks for the shoutout, @spokenrealms.com! Mystery writer #MaryRobertsRinehart, the “American Agatha Christie,” was also a WWI correspondent who reported from the front. KINGS, QUEENS & PAWNS is a valuable historical record from of the atrocities of war. #WWI #warcorrespondent #history

#femmeaudiotakeover today!

#femmeaudiotakeover today!

#femmeaudiotakeover today!

#femmeaudiotakeover today!

#femmeaudiotakeover #fato #TheDarkestNight by @ashleywillowwrites.bsky.social This is the abridged snippet. To see the full snippet go to my IG or TT account.

AUTHORS: protect your audio rights by claiming your book on ACX even if you have no plans for audio. This will further strengthen your case if you are pirated. However, this particular situation is insane! I hope author Jordan Lynde can get this sorted soon.

Happy audiobook publication day to👑 THE TUDORS IN LOVE: Passion and Politics in the Age of England's Most Famous Dynasty, by acclaimed Biographer, Historian, and Broadcaster for @tantoraudio.Baku.social @audible_com sample: bit.ly/4gUpxWy #thetudorsforever

Fellow authors, as an audiobook narrator, I beg of you to include at least one vowel in the names of recurring characters.

Celebrating this recent release! www.audible.com/pd/When-the-...

A family member asked me how my audiobook career was going. I said, “As well as I could hope given my circumstances. I wish I could do it full time.”“Why don’t you?” this person asked. Since my narration colleagues are crunching their numbers for 2024, I crunched mine to answer that question (1/4):