FOR THE HELL OF IT FEB 29, 2024 ON BALLY-HOO, BALDERDASH, & OTHER MALARKEY By Johnny Heller ON SOCIAL MEDIA How many times have you seen social media posts that are nothing more than “Hey Look at Me” messages? They ask for our attention without telling us why we should attend, why we should...
FOR THE HELL OF IT DECEMBER 2023 ON BLOVIATING BRAGGING BASTARDS & OTHER HOLIDAY THOUGHTS BY JOHNNY HELLER I was recently a guest on Ana Clements Clubhouse Room “Narrators Assemble”. If you don’t know Ana, you should. She’s a delight and a wonderful source of good things in a universe that is rapidly filling with...
FOR THE HELL OF IT ON A.I. BY JOHNNY HELLER Feb. 7, 2022 Well, it’s time to opine again. Some people wonder what makes me an authority on so many different subjects and the answer, of course, is – my world of experience, my being generally well read and my being reasonably...
FOR THE HELL OF IT JUNE 22, 2021 ON SIMPLE TRUTHS - by Johnny Heller DWIGHT PONDERS SIMPLE TRUTHS This is Audiobook month. Every June is Audiobook month - what happens is that narrators promote the industry. Publishers promote it as well. Apparently, the APA has “Infuencers” promoting the industry this year. Since I...
FOR THE HELL OF IT - On Reviews and Accolades By Johnny Heller February, 2021 I confess that I sometimes check out reviews on Audible of my work. I know the comments aren’t written by learned drama scholars with degrees in theater criticism. They are, for the most part, written by people who...
FOR THE HELL OF IT Planning for 2020 and More! By Johnny Heller 12.8.19 Facebook is brimming with people planning to come to NYC for APAC and Audie spectaculars. It’s also brimming with Neanderthal dolts spouting idiotic opinions about what we should be appalled about and how we should respond to the things we...
FOR THE HELL OF IT VOL 10 NO 3 ON WORKSHOPS May 12, 2018 By Johnny Heller Since I've broken my promise to write blogs more frequently, there's no better time to write one than right now - when I'm completely swamped with work and trying to put finishing touches on my Splendiferous...
ON APAC WEEK 2018 February 5, 2018 By Johnny Heller It’s February! That means that you are all ignoring important upcoming holidays like World Sword Swallowers Day (Feb. 24), Chocolate Covered Raisins Day (March 24) and Tell a Lie Day (April 4th – although celebrated daily by our President) and concentrating instead on...
2017 END OF YEAR ISSUE By Johnny Heller Dec. 28, 2017 HOW I ENVISION A DAY IN THE LIFE OF SIMON VANCE Simon Vance woke up at his usual hour and padded to the kitchen to prepare some tea. While it brewed he continued his normal morning routine. First, he touched his toes twice...
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...
