FOR THE HELL OF IT VOL 9 NO 5 July 23, 2017 Dwight wonders if rock climbing is a good decision By Johnny Heller ON MAKING CHANGES So, APAC is over and you are still fired up to take your audiobook narration career to the next level! Wonderful. But have you actually changed anything you are...
FOR THE HELL OF IT VOL 9 NO 4 May 2, 2017 ON APAC WEEK 2017, TIPS AND MORE! My good friend Tom Dheere has written a nice piece on the events of APAC week May 30-June 2, 2017. He mentions me quite a few times so I will return the favor: Tom...
ON APAC WEEK 2017 FEB. 2, 2017 By Johnny Heller KNOW YOUR NYC NEIGHBORHOODS Once again I have been asked to provide some background for those of you coming – or considering coming – to New York City for APAC Week. And it is a week. Last year, APAC was in Chicago, my home town,...
ON RESOLUTIONS BY JOHNNY HELLER Jan. 2, 2107 Welcome to a brand spanking new year! Full of possibilities and dreams and hopes. Of course, the year is new but it’s still the same old you so if anything is going to change, it’s going to have to come from you. The calendar...
FOR THE HELL OF IT VOL. 8 NO. 6 ON LEARNING THE CRAFT By Johnny Heller Dec. 18, 2016 Since my last blog was a less than loving goodbye to the year 2016, I thought it in the best interest of my reading public to return to a blog that is more voice-over...
FOR THE HELL OF IT VOL. 8 NO. 3 SEPT. 20, 2016 THE DANGEROUS BUSINESS OF AUDIOBOOK NARRATION By Johnny Heller Kafer. Kafer Brick. That would be my name if I was just starting out in the business today. (I might still use it if anyone ever wants me to do a dirty book where...
FOR THE HELL OF IT VOL. 8 NO. 3 August 23, 2016 ON REVIEWS By Johnny Heller The audiobook narrator sits in his or her solitary confinement, bent over an IPad and trying to say “fecund” without giggling and then wondering what “fecund” actually means and then deciding that it doesn’t really matter...
FOR THE HELL OF IT VOL.8 NO.2 July 26, 2016 EVERYBODY IS DOING IT! By Johnny Heller I need to write more blogs. I really do. On the plus side, I did a blog last month and here’s one this month so if it’s a monthly blog, it’s not so bad. But it...
APAC, WORKSHOPS, PARTIES AND HOT DOGS! BY JOHNNY HELLER CHICAGO, IL MAY 2016…. First, I apologize for not having written in quite some time. I’ve been busy – sure – but who hasn’t? If I’m going to write a blog then I need to write a blog! No more dilly-dallying. Well that’s enough for...
GOOD GOD – IS IT ALREADY FEBRUARY? Well here we are, we just put 2014 to sleep and greeted 2015 with a rousing “HUZZAH!” only to realize that we’ve done none of the things we said we were going to do to make this “our” year. What are the chances that we can...
