And Good News for Audiobook Narration. An article listing helpful keywords that casting searches for when looking for the right fit for a book. Choose a few and add them to your profiles or correspondence.
Thanks again, Tanya, this is a fantastic article. Reaching out, for me, has been frustrating and generally unproductive. I'm going to study and incorporate from your article, which already gives me more hope. Maybe, just maybe, I can break out of the ACX shell! As I've noted previously, you are great at this!
Thanks so much!! I'm so glad this helps. Reaching out is really hard. I find it works best with networking, attending conferences or online classes with casting, etc. Keep at it!
Hi Tanya--i'm the oddball author here in a substack aimed at narrators, but i've often noticed how few people say anything about mainstream/contemporary/literary fiction in their bios, and if that's what we write, how do we find people with that experience?
Ha! You're not alone. There are a lot of authors following this. I'm so glad you spoke up and asked! I think that most narrators and the industry would say that literary fiction is ALL fiction, and it usually has some kind of sub-genre about it (historical, thriller, mystery, urban, romance etc.) . In terms of publishing and audiobooks, literary fiction is a smaller genre so many people don't mention it specifically, but narrators in general, love performing it. We love words and stories. Things you can do: You've already done one, encourage narrators to include LITERARY in their keywords and things they like to narrate. Look on previous posts for comments from narrators or when they introduce themselves. Find audiobooks that you like in a similar genre and research their narrators. When you post an audition or talk to a narrator, mention that you'd like someone who aligns with your writing style. You can also post to social media that you're looking for #narrators for your #audiobook and people will reach out to you. I may also do a post in the future where I invite authors to post who they're looking for. We've got a great community of professional performers here who I have no doubt would LOVE to audition for you.
Thanks again, Tanya, this is a fantastic article. Reaching out, for me, has been frustrating and generally unproductive. I'm going to study and incorporate from your article, which already gives me more hope. Maybe, just maybe, I can break out of the ACX shell! As I've noted previously, you are great at this!
Thanks so much!! I'm so glad this helps. Reaching out is really hard. I find it works best with networking, attending conferences or online classes with casting, etc. Keep at it!
Hi Tanya--i'm the oddball author here in a substack aimed at narrators, but i've often noticed how few people say anything about mainstream/contemporary/literary fiction in their bios, and if that's what we write, how do we find people with that experience?
Ha! You're not alone. There are a lot of authors following this. I'm so glad you spoke up and asked! I think that most narrators and the industry would say that literary fiction is ALL fiction, and it usually has some kind of sub-genre about it (historical, thriller, mystery, urban, romance etc.) . In terms of publishing and audiobooks, literary fiction is a smaller genre so many people don't mention it specifically, but narrators in general, love performing it. We love words and stories. Things you can do: You've already done one, encourage narrators to include LITERARY in their keywords and things they like to narrate. Look on previous posts for comments from narrators or when they introduce themselves. Find audiobooks that you like in a similar genre and research their narrators. When you post an audition or talk to a narrator, mention that you'd like someone who aligns with your writing style. You can also post to social media that you're looking for #narrators for your #audiobook and people will reach out to you. I may also do a post in the future where I invite authors to post who they're looking for. We've got a great community of professional performers here who I have no doubt would LOVE to audition for you.
Such helpful information, thanks Tanya!