Reprinted with permission: By Any Other Nerd by Lance Eaton In the last post, I gushed an awful lot about narrators. I couldn’t help it. They have changed my life in profound ways. This week, we’ll explore a few other elements around narrators that aren’t necessarily as positive. Author as Narrator It needs to be said: most authors do not make good narrators, even when it comes to telling personal stories such as memoirs. There are definitely exceptions to the rule but usually when an author delivers a good narration, they have experience in radio or acting, thus transferring previously established skills. I root for authors as narrators but they …
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Reprinted with permission: By Any Other Nerd Lance Eaton In my last post in this series on June Is Audiobook Month, I took time to celebrate the author as the foundation for any and all audiobooks. In this entry and the next entry, we are going to talk about the narrator–the life of the audiobook. I should warn you, this post is pretty much a fanboy rant about how wonderful narrators are. It will be filled with praise. The second post (next week) on narrators will have some critiques, but this post–not so much. Narrators are wonderful. They are. They take static words on a page and breathe life into …
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Josh Kornbluth is a comedic monologuist, operating out of the San Francisco area. He was also the co-writer, co-director, and star of Haiku Tunnel (2003)—the office comedy that seems to bridge the gap from the film, Office Space to the TV series, The Office. This past fall, Josh Kornbluth released, Ben Franklin: Unplugged: … And Other Comic Monologues on Audible.com. I finally had an opportunity to listen to it and was so entertained, I had to stalk—I mean hunt down—I mean talk to Josh Kornbluth about his audiobook experiences. Eaton: Can you talk about your method for developing your monologues? Kornbluth: I developed them all through improvisations. I found when …
Lance Eaton is a writer, college instructor, and instructional designer in the Greater Boston area. He has taught courses on comics, monsters, literature, history, and popular culture. He collects advance degrees and jobs. He has reviewed audiobooks for nearly a decade and is quickly approaching his 1000th review of various media. His musings can be found at his blog, By Any Other Nerd: http://byanyothernerd.blogspot.com Sound Disruptions: Sound Thoughts About Audiobooks…Please? By Lance Eaton I’ve been an avid fan of audiobooks since I was about fifteen and stumbled upon Star Wars abridgements in my local library. I had already read the books, but that I could listen to them, brought …
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