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 December 2021 CHRISTMAS EDITION THE JOEYS! by Johnny Heller My resolution is to write a blog at least once a month. I expect the resolution to be as successful as my yearly resolution to get taller. Still- you need to have a plan in order to fail. And everyone says...
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 – On Resolutions, Goals and Other Such Stuff By Johnny Heller Dwight has set unattainable goals. JANUARY 2021 Every new year we make resolutions. Resolutions to lose weight, to get taller, to drink less – or more – or, hopefully, to drink less loudly. Resolutions should be looked at for...
Vol 10 No, 5 On Actors, Workshops and Coaches August 20, 2018 By Johnny Heller There seem to be a great number of workshops and classes for the novice and experienced narrator to attend in person or via that internet thing that all the kids are using, and I think that’s a good thing. I...
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,...
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...
