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Marginalia

Marginalia

Finding the Voice a Book Deserves: getting started with audiobook narration

Finding the Voice a Book Deserves: getting started with audiobook narration

Out of the booth I often find myself listening to other actor’s voices rather than to what they’re saying – a professional hazard for a narrator and voice coach, I suppose. As I do this, I invariably form an image in my mind of what the actor looks like. Usually if I meet them afterwards

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So You Want to be an Actor? We still have a problem.

So You Want to be an Actor? We still have a problem.

Every now and then, and this has happened for decades since I’ve been an actor and in the actor-training game, someone tells me they’re thinking of becoming an actor too. It usually comes with a hopeful look and the slightest wince, as if they’re waiting for me to deliver bad news gently. And yes, the

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Starting Up

The kind of day where you find yourself stuck to a keyboard in the thrall of technology as you decide — in a fit of madness — to change the template of your website. Oh yes, dear reader, that was me today. And, of course, the smart and shiny new WordPress template for which I

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