I’m a member of a voice over Facebook group that has a lot of professionals that do audiobook work. Reading about colleagues discussing audiobooks further intrigued me. So I started asking questions and getting advice from some of the best audiobook narrators out there. I kept reading about this technique called “punch and roll” but I knew Adobe Audition, the DAW I swear by, didn’t offer that feature. Then, right around the time I was investigating, they added it! So that was no longer holding me back.

After years of no desire to do audiobooks and never receiving audiobook auditions, I randomly got an audition through my LA agent for a podcast to read published stories. They were specifically asking for audiobook narrators. I submitted for it and ended up booking the job but I was 37 weeks pregnant and couldn’t fly until after I had my baby. They wanted me in LA to record so I had to turn it down. STILL, I took it as a sign that it was time to pursue doing audiobook work, as it just seemed to keep presenting itself as an opportunity.

Randomly again, just a few weeks after I had my baby, I got an audiobook audition from another agent! I booked that one too. I learned from my Facebook group that I’d need to change some things up in my studio configuration. I figured I would wait until I had an audiobook to do before I invested any time or money into that. So, here we are.