Thank you so much for lending your incredible talent to this project. ![]() Keira: In my (not so humble) opinion you’re off the charts! You brought Zaria Fierce’s world alive and gave the characters heart. I wish all of my reviewers gave me a five star… I always do my best to give an exciting, five star performance. Michele: A great performance! I hate getting rated anything less than a five star. What’s the most important part of your job as a narrator? What aspect of it means the most to you? I looked for a narrator who could share both with me for my story. Keira: Passion and interest I agree are super important. And as long as I have a choice in the matter, I want it to be a book that I feel I can be proud of afterwards and not ashamed to have my voice and name on. If it has a higher sales ranking, then that’s always helpful in the deciding process. Michele: Soooo far, I’ve chosen them by how much the story interests me, combined with whether or not I feel I have the ability to perform it well. Keira: You do voices extraordinarily well, not just kid voices! As a reader/listener and author I knew what I wanted in a narrator, but how do you determine which books you want to audition to narrate for? By the time the book is over, I hate to leave that world I’ve just created. I’m bringing the book to life with my voice. The second is that narrating a book is like building something. I love imitating children and teen voices as well as different accents and character voices. Keira: What is your favorite part about narrating books? After my little ones are in bed for the night, I sometimes do more recording or spend time reading and planning future manuscripts for upcoming books. It just depends on what’s going on with them and whether or not we have karate or rehearsals that evening. I stop for lunch, check my social media and email accounts for messages, grab more tea and head back into the studio until I hear my kids’ school bus-which usually concludes my working time, but not always. Once I finish a chapter, I relax and listen back to it, proofing for errors as I go, and doing what we call “punch ins” wherever I’ve made mistakes. During this time, I may have to stop and research word pronunciations or accents online. Pretty soon, he heads to bed, I brew a cup of Tazo Passion tea, fill my water bottle and head into the studio to begin recording. Shortly after that, my husband arrives home from work, which is when we get to have coffee, eat breakfast together, talk, laugh, and enjoy one another’s company for a few hours. Michele: I wake up at 5:30am and help my kids off to school. Keira: We talked some about this over Facebook, but for readers can you share what a typical day spent recording is like for you? I know I’ve found it fascinating. I’m ALL the characters and that really satisfies my love of acting and performing. ![]() ![]() There were several narrators who’s performances really inspired and called out to me, such as David Pittu (39 Clues Books) and I soooo badly wished I could do what they were doing! After narrating my first book, I was hooked! I don’t get to be just one character. Michele Carpenter (Narrator): For the last ten years, I’ve loved listening to audio books! They helped fulfill my desire to read when I didn’t have time to stop and hold a book long enough to dive into a story. Keira Gillett (Author): Why did you decide to become an audio book narrator? Watch the book trailer and hear Michele as Zaria: This is part one of three of an interview series with Michele, the narrator of my debut novel Zaria Fierce and the Secret of Gloomwood Forest. Good morning! My name is Keira Gillett and I am so happy to be here today at Reader Rayna with Michele Carpenter. ![]() So, without further ado, here is the interview with the narrator of the audibook, Michele Carpenter and author, Keira Gillet! Hey guys! Here today on my blog I’m hosting a post as part of a blog tour for self-published author, Keira Gillet, and her debut novel, “ Zaria Fierce and the Secret of Gloomwood Forest.”
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