FOR THE HELL OF IT VOL.7 No. 4

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? …

FOR THE HELL OF IT Vol.6 No.3 After APAC

FOR THE HELL OF IT VOL. 6 NO. 3 By Johnny Heller 6/9/14 AFTER APAC – NOW WHAT? You came to New York City. You saw the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building and paid $15 for eggs and toast. You watched people jostle each other for the privilege of standing in the front of the queue waiting to cross a street. You noted that one Irish bar looks exactly like every other Irish bar right down to the staff. You went to exotic shopping stores and bought things you don’t need that were on sale so they only cost $80 more than they would’ve cost had you bought …

Talking With…Robert Fass

Equally at home in a vast variety of fiction and non-fiction genres, styles, characters and dialects, Robert Fass has been reviewed in AudioFile Magazine as “masterful”, earning praise for his “crisp narration”, “personal touch,” and “distinct characterizations” in titles by such modern and classic masters as Ray Bradbury, Joyce Carol Oates, Isaac Asimov, Jeffery Deaver and John Steinbeck. He is a three-time Audie nominee and just won his first Audie for Empire of Liberty by Pulitzer-Prize winning historian Gordon S. Wood; he was also a 2009 Grammy candidate for Anticancer: A New Way of Life by Dr. David Servan-Schreiber.  He lives in New York City. Find Robert on-line at AudioFile Magazine and …