It’s Pride! It’s Audiobook Month! As a queer narrator, I love June. It’s like several bits of me & things I love get celebrated at the same time. Here’s a recently-released queer YA I narrated to kick off this month’s festivities. I looooved this one!

This is such a treat! Many thanks to @talestoterrify.bsky.social and @krystalhammond.bsky.social for bringing this little creepy spooky to life.

Did I fly across the country to Beverly Hills today? Yes I did. Did I spend part of my day at the Beverly Hills Public Library, because I’m both an introvert and a nerd? Yup. Did I also happen to find the print version of an audiobook I narrated that’s up for a major award tomorrow? Also yes. :)

Is it weird that I just realized that my hotel in LA is right next to the public library? It’s probably weird … 📕 🪱 🤩

Up waayyyyyy too early to fly to LA for the SOVAS awards. But here and happy and sooo looking forward to hanging with friends and celebrating the world of voice acting. :)

If you're a writer, wondering why you should bother writing with the world on fire. It feels like it's not important, I need you to understand that it is. Even if it is just because it keeps you moving forward? Even if it only brings YOU joy, that gives you energy to fight & survive.

Here I am in the booth, narrating this super tense scene, super into it, feeling like I'm on my A-game when ... The neighbor's car alarm goes off. Ughghghghghhhhh #narratorlife

I’m sooo happy to share that I’ve been nominated for two awards in this year’s Society of Voice Arts and Sciences (SOVAS) Awards!

Wtf. Seriously, wtf.

Grateful for my 2025 Audiobook releases and looking forward to 2026! Happy New Year, folx!! #audiobooks #audiobooknarrator

Just tried to pet the cat after applying lotion. He had OPINIONS. 🤣

Lawn mowers. I hate lawn mowers.

About two weeks ago, what is EASILY the most important book that I’ve narrated to date released. That book is COPING WITH CANCER IN EARLY ADULTHOOD by Cristina Pozo-Kaderman and Saul Wisnia, out from @simonandschuster.bsky.social This is the resource I wish existed when I was diagnosed.

Meant to post this earlier! Narrators spent most of our time working alone, so when we actually get together, it’s like a big group hug. Here is my latest “group hug” (aka group pic) on the last day of Johnny Heller’s New England Narrator Retreat.

INSIDE THREAT is coming! The sixth Rachel Peng book follows our heroine as she goes to New Orleans, finds domestic terrorists, accidentally adopts a dog, and gets extremely drunk with a sexy arms dealer. Also, murder. www.patreon.com/posts/inside...

Attending the New England Narrator Retreat this week! Eeek! So excited to see old friends and make new ones!

Today is the day I stop procrastinating, put on my nonbinary grown-up undies, and decide what I'm going to read for my coaching sessions at the New England Narrator's Retreat (NENR). Please wish breakage upon my legs. If you want. Maybe.

Welcome to episode 715. We have one tale for you this week, about a stray dog that causes otherworldly chaos (by @ericawatersbooks.bsky.social, read by @krystalhammond.bsky.social). talestoterrify.com/episodes/715-erica-waters

Manuscript prep day. Coffee, notes, and spreadsheets galore. :)

Jus’ a lil pic from a recent hike. I have no idea what these berries are, but that color is VIVID and I just couldn’t resist. :)

It’s not cancer camp without friendship bracelets. 🤣 (The bracelets say, “Hey cancer you are a fucking scourge.”)

I can’t speak more highly than I have at every chance about the cast in, and production of, the WHAT THE DEAD CAN DO audiobook. All just pure 🔥.

Ohhey! Happy belated audiobook birthday to WHAT THE DEAD CAN DO by @peterrosch.bsky.social I got to work with friends on this one! It’s a brilliant novel about a momma ghost who wants to murder her living child. I got to play a very smart, very jaded preteen. And loved every minute of it!

When the flight attendant references the “Emotional damage” meme and even says it with the right inflection ... 🤣

Happy audiobook birthday to EMPTY HEAVEN by Freddie Kölsch! This is a YA horror that follows a city girl who loves a small-town girl who becomes possessed by the local scarecrow god. And our city girl is determined to save her. The print and ebook editions will be out on August 26th!

Happy publication day and audiobook birthday to THIS IS MY BODY by @lindsaykingmiller.bsky.social!! It’s a horror novel about a deconstructed Catholic who must return home to confront her past when her only child shows unmistakable signs of possession. It’s so. freaking. good. And SAPPHIC! 🏳️‍🌈 😍

Publishing hot take: traditional publishing is really hard, and self-publishing is really hard, and everyone deserves a sandwich and a nap.

I contacted a producer to ask permission to enter a book for consideration in one of the bigger VO awards competitions. It was a really special project, one that resonated with me pretty strongly. I got a response back. I couldn’t submit it. Because they already had. 🥹🥲😭

My fam took a vacation this past week, but of course I prepped a book while we were gone. This was my view while prepping my next narration project. Can’t complain. :)

Life is all about perspective. My 100-year-old grandmother just called a 65-year-old a “young man.” :)

Thanks to @krystalhammond.bsky.social for the lovely narration! I sometimes get Nervy about any of my stories written more than five minutes ago, but hearing it like new again, I could be like, "Yeah, still pretty good <3" Constantly impressed and grateful for all narrators and voice actors do!

"River Pearl" A random sketch that became a pile of scales last year

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*happy squee* I am also freaking stoked to let y’all know that I’m a finalist in the 2025 One Voice Awards! 1. Audiobooks - Best Performance - Fiction 2. Best Non-Binary Voiceover Performance Both were produced by the most excellent Brandy Lawrence over at Tantor Audio. ❤ #onevoiceawards2025

A gentle reminder to my mouth, after today’s recording session: It’s “Chef,” not “Shelf.” It’s “Kitchen,” not “Chicken.” If we could agree on that, this would go much faster. And yes, the outtakes were just as funny as you’re thinking 😜

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Thus far, this year’s Audiobooks at Sea cruise has been amazeballs. :)

Keep making art. Keep making art. Keep making art. Keep making art. Keep making art. Keep making art. Keep making art. Keep making art. Keep making art. Keep making art. Keep making art. Keep making art.

I swear. Writing is the only discipline where we make people feel like failures for practising. How many songs does a violinist learn that never wind up in recital? How many studies do painters do? Acting exercises. Tennis for fun. You're allowed to write without the intention of publishing.

Quote with the energy you bring to Bluesky.

American Jews are divided about Israel but united on free speech. This group says they find Mahmoud Khalil’s positions “abhorrent” but are furious and disgusted by his imprisonment. “Trump…is weaponizing the fears of the Jewish community to further an authoritarian agenda…We say: not in our name.”

Join Narrators and Coaches Scott, Billie, Suzanne, Andre, Ana, Ray, Sean, Joel and organisers Lynn and Jessica to talk about the Audiobook sessions at VOAtlanta With hosts Mandy and Emma on March 11th at Noon ET for AIC - Audiobook Industry Chat www.clubhouse.com/invite/N17IA...

I am honored to have lost to a good friend last night! CONGRATULATIONS to @andreonthemic.com for his win in the horror category for BURY YOUR GAYS by Chuck Tingle!!! This is MUCH deserved! If y’all haven’t listened to anything narrated by André yet, YOU SHOULD REMEDY THAT IMMEDIATELY. <3

dang buckaroos BURY YOUR GAYS is the winner of this years top horror audiobook at the AUDIE AWARDS. thank you to the producers and voice actors and authors who made this whole dang thing possible here is photo of buckaroos producer steve and @andreonthemic.com and @marawilson.bsky.social

Okay, y’all! Tonight’s the night when we celebrate the best in Audiobooks! If you feel like tuning in, here’s the link! Streaming goes live at 5pm EST. www.youtube.com/live/DZ6KZvP...

Today at APAC has been … fucking crazy. Surreal. Absolutely lovely. I’ve greeted old friends, welcomed new narrators into the community, and have been so honored by narrators that I have admired for years telling me that they listened to my Audie-nominated book & loved it. #apac2025 #audies2025

So … SWARM by Jennifer D Lyle has been named to the American Library Association’s YALSA 2025 Amazing Audiobooks Top 10 list! Tysm, @andreonthemic.com for DMing me about this!! And same to my wonderful producer, Ben Edwards at @blackstonepub.bsky.social! www.ala.org/yalsa/amazin...

It’s travel day! And also socializing day! On my way to NYC for the Audio Publishers Association Conference (APAC) and the Audie Awards Gala! Definitely looking forward to seeing my friends!