Narrators Roadmap Pit Stop
🛣 Whether you dream of becoming an audiobook narrator or already one, NarratorsRoadmap.com is THE destination for audiobook narrators of all levels! Every other Wednesday, narrators who do more than narrate pull into the Pit Stop. Each guest's entrepreneurship and creativity is sure to inspire you to follow your interests and use all of your talents and gifts. It's your fortnightly midweek rest area to refuel your drive! ⛽️ New shows are recorded on alternate Wednesdays on Clubhouse and distributed to podcast applications the next week. Audiobook narrator Karen Commins owns NarratorsRoadmap.com and hosts Pit Stop. She's joined by fellow audiobook narrator Anne Flosnik as co-host. We hope you'll enjoy the ride! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Gina has narrated over 200 audiobooks (under several pseudonyms), continues to teach Zumba classes from her living room via Zoom, and now sculpts and sells her miniature clay creations online and at craft fairs. She attempts to meditate and practice gratitude daily. When she finds herself with a some rare time off, she enjoys playing with her dogs, catching up on with friends and family, and going to the beach.
Teri is an award-winning narrator of over 400 titles in 10 years between her own name and her pseudonym, Lynn Barrington (who narrates explicit romance). Before going full-time as an audiobook narrator and VO/on-camera actor, Teri spent 18 years as a freelance graphic designer and art director, and has been self-employed now for 25 years. After finding out that the Monarch Butterfly is the Texas state insect, she has since gone dow...
Andrew Tell is an actor and voiceover artist based in Los Angeles, California. He's narrated over 200 audiobooks in a variety of genres with an emphasis on Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Thrillers. Away from the mic, he roasts his own coffee like a real Mr. Fancypants, and enjoys painting, drawing, and wrangling his two kids. In a previous life, he was an Emmy award-winning graphic designer and animator for over 20 years. He also currently r...
With an extensive portfolio of over 200 audiobooks, Daniela is a born & bred American (Dual citizen Brit) who calls both California & London home. Daniela works from her fully equipped Home Studio w/authors, producers, and publishers including Tantor Audio, Hachette–UK, Harper Collins, Simon & Schuster, Brilliance, Deyan & Dreamscape. Daniela is a classically trained actress with a strong foundation in Stanislavski ...
Jorjeana Marie has narrated over 400 audiobooks. She’s won an Audie and SOVAS awards and has earned over a dozen Earphones awards for her audiobook performances. Jorjeana also is the Los Angeles Times bestselling author of Improv for Writers and a staff writer on the Emmy-nominated Tab Time with Tabitha Brown. She has voiced TV shows on Nickelodeon and PBS, and she is the magical rabbit “Trikini” on Disney’s Mic...
For over a decade prior to beginning work in audiobooks, Joe honed his acting skills as a referee in professional wrestling and inspired people as a National Academy of Sports Medicine certified personal trainer and endurance coach. Best known for his captivating, rich narrations and uncanny ability for pulling listeners into an immersive experience, Joe has entertained listeners with over 500 audiobooks. Joe currently lives in Hou...
Erin Bennett is a narrator, actress, singer, and voice-over artist whose passion for storytelling informs her love of narrating audiobooks. Winner of multiple Earphones and Audie nominations, her genres vary widely, with 500 titles ranging from contemporary fiction to mysteries, non-fiction to fantasy. She has performed in regional theatres on both coasts, and her voice-over work spans animation, radio plays, video games, and comme...
Amy is an award-winning audiobook director, producer, and narrator. Her Los Angeles-based production company, Mosaic Audio, has recorded and produced nearly 3000 audiobooks for major publishers. Amy casts and directs hundreds of books a year, specializing in directing authors and celebrities. Amy received her MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Hamline University, and her first ...
Chris is an award-winning audiobook narrator of more than 450 titles. Chris is also a TV and Film actor with credits in such shows at Castle and Gotham (he always seems to die), is a frequent video game voice actor, and can be heard voicing the Ultimate History Quiz on your nearest Alexa device for The History Channel/A&E. His production company Leonardo Audio has been producing quality audiobooks and interactive audio games si...
We celebrated the holiday week with another picnic. I was having difficulty starting development on the upcoming Evernote course, and co-host Anne Flosnik and the audience offered great tips! Plus, we had a terrific discussion about decluttering our physical and digital spaces. The transcript includes links to the resources we mentioned.
Audiobook narrator Karen Commins owns NarratorsRoadmap.com and hosts Pit Stop. She's joined ...
Tanya Eby is an award winning narrator of over 1,000 audiobooks, a USA Today bestselling writer and is now a Casting Director and Producer for Deyan Audio. Tanya ran Blunder Woman Productions, where she brought new work to audio. For fun, she likes to forage and mushroom hunt and she spends a lot of time cooking. She’s successful at it 87% of the time.
Audiobook narrator Karen Commins owns Narrators...
Jennifer Jill Araya is an Audie, Earphones, and SOVAS award-winning audiobook narrator who has been listening to audiobooks since she was a young child, and the fact that she now gets to narrate audiobooks for a living is a dream come true. In addition to narrating books in virtually every genre (and loving every second of it!), Jennifer also coaches other artist business owners, like herself, in creative entrepreneurship...
Travis Baldree is a New York Times Bestselling author, and a full-time audiobook narrator who has lent his voice to hundreds of stories. Before that, he spent decades designing and building video games like Torchlight, Rebel Galaxy, and Fate. He lives in the Pacific Northwest with his very patient family and their small, nervous dog.
Audiobook narrator Karen Commins owns NarratorsRoadmap.com and hosts Pit St...
Ann Richardson is an award-winning audiobook narrator working from her home studio since 2008. In addition to narrating for many of the “big” publishers, she coaches new narrators independently, through VoiceOne training academy in San Francisco, and also online with Narrator.Life. During the pandemic, she started Great Plains Audiobooks, an audiobook publishing and production company. She lives in Northern California with her...
Alison Larkin is a comedienne, audiobook narrator/producer and the founder of the Berkshire based audiobook company Alison Larkin Presents. She is also the bestselling author of The English American, an autobiographical novel about an adopted young English woman who finds her birth parents – and true love – in the United States, which sprang from her first one woman comedy on the subject. Her new autobiographical one...
With many people traveling to/from conferences this week, I decided to have a picnic! The audience brought their own topics. We talked about public domain books, demos, and more.
Audiobook narrator Karen Commins owns NarratorsRoadmap.com and hosts Pit Stop. She's joined by fellow audiobook narrator Anne Flosnik as co-host. We hope you'll enjoy the ride!
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Sarah is an award winning audiobook narrator of over 300 titles, and owner of production and publishing company, Pink Flamingo Productions. She started her career on ACX and although she does work with Publishers, she has built her career through finding her own work with Indie Authors. Sarah lives in Central Illinois and spends any time she isn’t working with her family.
Rich has been a storyteller since he was a kid. When he was around ten, he started reading to his family after dinner every night. Later in life, he learned that people actually liked having stories acted out for them. He’s been on stage in everything from Shakespeare to Damn Yankees to August Osage County, and he starred in the indie feature Acacia Flat, and now he’s acting out stories in front of a microphone. Rich created the ve...
Since her start in 2010, Andi Arndt has narrated over 600 audiobooks including Audie, Earphones and SOVAS award winning titles. She founded Lyric Audiobooks in 2014 and passed the torch to new owner Katie Robinson late last year. In 2020, she and a consortium of coaches launched narrator.life, which provides courses, coaching and community for audiobook narrators at all levels of their careers.
Melissa Moran is an accomplished audiobook narrator with over 300 titles and has been an Audie and Voice Arts Award finalist, and winner of an Audiofile Magazine Earphones Award. Before her narration career, Melissa enjoyed 20 years in the radio industry and has won a Country Music Award (CMA) and Academy of Country Music Award (ACM) for best on-air personality in a medium market. When she’s not behind the mic, you can find her on ...
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