Sci-fi author Ingrid Moon and voiceover wizard Scott Allen join your host, Mookie Spitz, for an unfiltered ride through the making of audiobook for Biohunter—a post-apocalyptic sci-fi love story between a deadly alien tracker and a teenage human target. They talk shop about audiobooks, content repurposing, and self-publishing in the age of AI.
Ingrid reveals how the novel began as a pseudonymous writing challenge—complete with a mystery book cover and fake name—and ended as a full-fledged sci-fi saga complete with morally conflicted characters and actual emotional stakes (imagine Dances with Wolves meets The Most Dangerous Game, with fewer buffalo and more cloning). Mookie compares notes on the struggle of doing bad German dominatrix accents while reading his own fiction out loud. Scott shares war stories from behind the mic—including the horror of accepting a voice gig before reading the manuscript, only to find out midway that it goes full weird.
They deep-dive into audiobook production (hint: color-coded dialogue and wrestling with audio files), the psychological toll of switching voices like a caffeinated sociopath, and what it’s like to hear your own writing read back to you in someone else's voice—better than you imagined but also slightly unsettling, like hearing your dog say your name.
Then it gets existential. AI narration, KDP’s soulless “Read Now With a Robot” button, and the philosophical death spiral of bots making content for other bots. Can real emotion survive a whispering LLM? Do the robots stutter convincingly yet? Does anyone really read anymore, or are we all just huffing 10-minute audio chunks while reheating lasagna?
It’s a heartfelt, hilarious, and occasionally unhinged conversation about storytelling, collaboration, and fighting for human creativity in the face of algorithmic mediocrity. Perfect for writers, listeners, aspiring voice actors, and anyone terrified that their next favorite novel might be written—and narrated—by Skynet. Spoiler: Ingrid and Scott are still human. For now. And Mookie remains bald. Surprise!
The Author
Ingrid Moon is an author, editor, and science teacher. She currently has four science fiction novels, three audiobooks, and three science reference books for worldbuilding, with more on the way. Ingrid is a Southern California native who can't surf because she spent most of her youth navigating mountains and watching sci-fi television, all of which inspired her writing career.
Her Resources
book website: https://bit.ly/biohunter
author website: https://ingridmoon.com
Sign Up for Newsletter: https://bit.ly/moon-news
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