AngryHobbit
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Not true. I also hire editors.
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AngryHobbit
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I'd considered it but I don't have the means at this time to set up a proper space and equipment for recording. Audible and iTunes have very strict guidelines for quality, which I completely support. Just not something I can do right now. And do love my narrators. Now that I'd produced over a hundred audiobooks, I am really happy to have had this experience. Sure, I had some prima donnas and slackers, but, all in all, most of my narrators are awesome people, and I love working with them.
Just do it!
Life is too short not to!
(Considering to figure out how to do videos myself, and I HATE seeing myself in pictures, or hearing my voice on tape!)
Yes, but you do edit, too.
AngryHobbit
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This is not the question of life being too short. It's the question of not having my work accepted and wasting my time because my recording quality will not meet the standards. Audiobook production is not just about sitting there speaking into a microphone - there is A LOT more to it. You'll just have to take my word for it, because, at this point, I'd worked with dozens of narrators and done hundreds of hours of listen-throughs.
I will continue doing the storytime videos on YouTube and I hope you all enjoy them. I think that is a good niche for me. Maybe someday the channel gets monetized. That would be cool. Meanwhile, I just want to help people out as they struggle with this new and weird reality.
AngryHobbit
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Nope. Not anymore. I do the two initial read-throughs, then send it to someone else, they do the editing run and another read-throughs, and then I do the corrections and the final read-through. But I haven't done JUST my own editing in years. I always remember this is my second language.
Xue Sheng
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Well...it looks like they wants to quarantine NYS, NJ and parts of Connecticut....thank you NYC
For us, I'm hearing to expect this to go on until June.
Jacob is training at home...he got added to a fighter group who sends out a daily workout for all the fighters for him to do.
He is training karate in the morning and baseball in the afternoon....then we binge watch a TV series or watch a movie in the evening.
Jacob is training at home...he got added to a fighter group who sends out a daily workout for all the fighters for him to do.
He is training karate in the morning and baseball in the afternoon....then we binge watch a TV series or watch a movie in the evening.
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So just finished a Russian Avengers type movie called Guardians.....ever heard of it?
It was on Amazon prime video.
So just finished a Russian Avengers type movie called Guardians.....ever heard of it?
It was on Amazon prime video.
donald1
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On the bright side now I get to do karate in front of a television. Two entertainments at once.
Best be careful, Donald, I was doing that last week and accidentally knocked out one of the characters in Breaking Bad.
Ehrmantraut?Best be careful, Donald, I was doing that last week and accidentally knocked out one of the characters in Breaking Bad.
I would never knock out Mike! God Bless his little gangster, murdering heart. He was one of my favorite characters.
And the one my supposed good friend gave me a spoiler on telling me about Mike’s fate.
He will pay dearly for that. I’ve already got it planned, he’s going to cry, the Son of a Beach. He’s going to cry and panic. And while he’s down and crying
I’m going to quote him my favorite Mike lines, which I am preparing now.
Sounds harsh, huh? But consider...He did the very same thing the very next f’n day concerning the series finale.
Nope, he deserves this.
I am just totally confused, as Hubby has been Binging 'Better call Saul'
It's got the story of how the lawyer came to be and what Mike did before he met Heisenberg
Man, either that was hilarious, or I’ve had too much whiskey. Maybe both.Best be careful, Donald, I was doing that last week and accidentally knocked out one of the characters in Breaking Bad.
AngryHobbit
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No, not familiar with it. I've been living in the States since 1994, so I have no idea what movies or series are popular in Ukraine or in Russia.
Xue Sheng
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Well, it was an awful weekend. my 85 year old Mother-in-law, who is physically in better shape than I am, fell and broke her hip in her nursing home on Saturday and is in surgery for a possible total hip today. And a person, and incredible martial artist, I have known for years, who has taught a lot of people over the years, passed away on Sunday. More on that in teh Hall of Remembrance later.
And NOW for today....remember this
Guess who is now waiting for test results to see if they are positive for Covid-19.
My contact with her was 12 days ago..... they sent me home today....and if this person is positive....they have single handedly taken out all of the IT department in my office, and several others as well. Does not matter what she told me that day, she listed me as a contact. Either way I have now been told that I should self-quarantine for 14 days...oh and if her test does come out positive.....the entire department goes down because she was in contact with 3 from IT that have been all over the floor....
It's just been a great 3 days
And NOW for today....remember this
Guess who is now waiting for test results to see if they are positive for Covid-19.
My contact with her was 12 days ago..... they sent me home today....and if this person is positive....they have single handedly taken out all of the IT department in my office, and several others as well. Does not matter what she told me that day, she listed me as a contact. Either way I have now been told that I should self-quarantine for 14 days...oh and if her test does come out positive.....the entire department goes down because she was in contact with 3 from IT that have been all over the floor....
It's just been a great 3 days
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Steve
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Tough couple of weeks. Sorry to hear about your mother-in-law. My uncle Cecil passed away a few weeks ago from a bad fall. He was 88, and also in great health. But when he fell, he hit his head, and just never was able to recover.
Question regarding your self-quarantine. Is that 14 days from when you had contact with her, or 14 days starting today?
Xue Sheng
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Don't know yet. She said the contact was on the 23rd or 24th I know it was the 19th
Sorry to hear about your uncle
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