My First Audiocast

Yesterday, I achieved something I've been meaning to do for a while: finish a podcast and upload it. It's the first chapter of DARKNESS AND THE DEVIL BEHIND ME. Jordan listened to the first five minutes of it, wrinkled up his cute little nose, thought about it but then gave me the thumbs up. "You're not a professional, Mom, but you're good." He said I was a bit melodramatic. "But, honey," I said, "it's a dramatic story. When you read it, you've got to show some emotion."

Well, I hope listeners will enjoy it. I'm still in the process of setting it up online, but I plan to do that today. I also intend to have a new chapter available every Sunday. The chapters are fairly short, so I can manage to do one a week. The challenge is in the reading, in assigning a voice to every character and remembering it. My voice isn't that strong, either, so I do get tired and have to repeatedly record sections. Nonetheless, I'm looking forward to it. And yes, I do hope that having the podcast on iTunes will spread the word about the book and bump up sales. Maybe someday, I'll be able to have a "real" professional do it, and offer a CD for sale, but for now, I'm offering a free audio book in serialized form.