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June 13th, 2016 / By
Johnny Heller /
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Andi Arndt,
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Bill Lord,
Caitlin Garing,
Dan Zitt,
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Jackie Rosenfeld,
Jeffrey Kafer,
Jo Anna Perrin,
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Melissa Exelbreth,
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FOR THE HELL OF IT VOL 8 NO. 1 APAC, WORKSHOPS, PARTIES AND HOT DOGS! BY JOHNNY HELLER CHICAGO, IL MAY 2016…. First, I apologize for not having written in quite some time. I’ve been busy – sure – but who hasn’t? If I’m going to write a blog then I need to write a blog! No more dilly-dallying. Well that’s enough for today… NO! It isn’t. Here’s the meat of today’s For the Hell of It. Some of you were in Chicago the week of May 9th to participate in the APA’s convention (APAC), the AUDIES (Audies), the Naudies (Naudies) and, of course, my very own Johnny Heller’s 2n …
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July 13th, 2015 / By
Johnny Heller /
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Ariana Grande,
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Donald Trump,
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FOR THE HELL OF IT VOL. 7 NO. 5 ON CLASSES… AND ASSORTED VERITIES AND BALDERDASH BY JOHNNY HELLER So you want to be/are/have asserted that you are — an actor. Something you’ve always wanted to be. A life-long dream. Yet you wonder about the value of classes. Should you take them? What sort? You’re already pretty damn good – I mean, how much better can you be? I’m going to go out on a limb here and say: “a lot”. You can be a lot better. Acting- in all its many forms- is an ongoing representation and presentation of the human condition and there is no way one can …
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June 22nd, 2015 / By
Lance Eaton /
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Alan Sklar,
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Laurel Merlington,
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Ross Ballard,
Scott Brick,
Sean Runnette,
Stefan Rudnicki,
William Dufris
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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May 4th, 2015 / By
Johnny Heller /
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Literate Housewife,
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School Library Journal,
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FOR THE HELL OF IT VOL. 7 NO. 4 by Johnny Heller ON REVIEWS AND SUCH…. It’s always nice to get a wonderful review in Audiofile Magazine or Publishers Weekly. It feels good. Good reviews tend to validate your choice to become an actor who does audiobooks. It says: “I am being recognized and my work is being commended. I am good.” But does it? Does it really? I am certain that a good review does say that the reviewer who said nice things thinks you did a good job. But what is the relationship between good reviews in an industry magazine or blog and the sales of the audiobook? …
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