JANUARY 2017

Finished narrating Democracy's Right by Christopher Nuttal for Podium RELEASES: Steven Spielberg: A Life In Films by Molly Haskell for Tantor Media The Big Bad Book of Bill Murray by Robert Schnakenberg for Tantor Media The Coaster by Erich Wurster for Blackstone Audio Began Narration of Democracy's Might by Christopher Nuttal for Podium Completed Narration...

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FOR THE HELL OF IT VOL. 9 NO. 1

  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...

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FOR THE HELL OF IT VOL 8 NO. 6

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...

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FOR THE HELL OF IT  Vol 8. No. 5

  2016 – A YEAR IN REVIEW By Johnny Heller November 23, 2106 2016 will go down in history as a year neatly sandwiched between 2015 and 2017.  It seems that, however, only scratches the surface of its true nature.  Dickens wrote “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times”...

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FOR THE HELL OF IT VOL. 8 NO. 4

  ON COACHING   10/12/16 By Johnny Heller “Hey I just got hired to do my first audiobook!” “That’s wonderful. Congratulations!  …where are you going?” “I’m off to teach an audiobook class!” Aaaaaaah!  It reminds me of the old joke musicians like to tell. A guy goes to a teacher to learn bass guitar. He has...

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FOR THE HELL OF IT VOL. 8 NO. 3

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...

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FOR THE HELL OF IT

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...

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JULY 2016

Narrating: The Kolchak Mystery Series (The Nightstalker) - Cry of Thunder, Kolchak in the Lost World, The  NightStalker, The Night Strangler for Blackstone A Time for War by Ronald Wheatley for Listen 2 A Book Planning Whispering Pines RI retreat for Oct.28-30 (more info by clicking the CLASSES tab. A new 4-week Audiobook Workshop...

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FOR THE HELL OF IT VOL.8 NO.2 July 26, 2016

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...

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FOR THE HELL OF IT VOL 8 NO. 1

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...

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