Input needed! Audiobook listeners! And you, too!

[rolanni]

Have you always wanted to ask an audiobook narrator a question?  Curious about details of their work, the background that prepared them to be narrators, the favorite ice cream flavor of audiobook narrators?  Now is your chance!

If you have a general question about the process, or a specific question for a specific narrator, I'd love it if you would post your question(s) here.  Steve and I will doing special interviews with each of the narrators of the Liaden books and we'll try to incorporate as many of your questions as we can.

Small print:  Courteous questions only, of course; we cannot promise that we will use your question, particularly, or even all the questions posted.  Thank you for your understanding and your interest.

Once again, the narrators are!

Crystal Soldier, Crystal Dragon, Balance of Trade:  Kevin Collins

Local Custom, Scout's Progress, Mouse and Dragon:  Bernadette Dunne

Agent of Change, Conflict of Honors, Carpe Diem, Plan B, I Dare:  Andy Caploe

Fledgling, Saltation, Ghost Ship, Dragon Ship:  Eileen Stevens

Comments

narrators

[catherine ives (from livejournal.com)]

An expert on audiobooks told me a while back that a narrator must have a professional voice....an actor would be best although I remember you saying that Michael Shanks wasn't up to the task for one of the Liaden books. So I don't know where that leaves us. Good luck,
C.

Re: narrators

[elbales]

Didn't Mr. Shanks's problem crop up because he had no Weird Words list? Or have I totally misremembered that story?

Re: narrators

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Indeed, Mr. Shanks' difficulty arose from the fact that the pronunciation list did not reach his hands.

He also did confess in an interview, after the book was done, that he had been very uncomfortable reading the sex scenes outloud.

Re: narrators

[elbales]

Oh dear. Poor guy. Actually, I'd be in the same boat.