Archives

2023

09/25 - How to Narrate Copyrighted Books
03/09 - Art, Blurbs, and Critics for PD Books
02/02 - Revoked Findaway’s License to Apple for Machine Learning
01/23 - TDIMH – Frustration Is Temporary
01/14 - Narrator’s Cup of Joe — Woo Woo Blend
01/01 - Embracing Life and Work

2022

12/13 - The Story Behind the Story Part 2: Music
11/16 - How to Download Clubhouse Replays
10/18 - Much More Than “Just Reading”
09/26 - My Life as a Musician
05/26 - Public Domain Narration Headquarters
04/22 - Feather, Phone, and Fun
01/03 - Just Pick One and Do It

2021

12/08 - Right of Publicity
10/26 - An Open Letter to Bee Audio
10/20 - Narrator’s Cup of Joe — 2nd Cup
10/15 - Creating Original Material
08/17 - Tour of Sites With Public Domain Art
08/11 - Copyrighted Images in a Public Domain Book
07/22 - How to highlight text of iAnnotate search results
06/07 - Assembly Tips for Custom-Size Studiobricks Booths
05/20 - How I Get Stuff Done
03/11 - Thoughts About Advice in Narrator Groups
02/24 - Ongoing Masterclasses and Acting Classes
02/20 - 5 Things I Learned From Margaret Mitchell’s Letters
01/15 - Put Yourself in the ACX Driver’s Seat Webinar
01/11 - Commit to Creativity Workshop

2020

09/12 - When the Author is 6 Feet Under
08/28 - Cure For The ACX 7-Year Itch
04/16 - Breaking a Contract on ACX
03/19 - Avoid Copyright Infringement During The Pandemic (and Always)
01/06 - Plan Your Work and Work Your Plan

2019

09/16 - How I Spent My Summer Vacation
09/01 - 20 Things Learned in Last 20 Years
08/27 - How I Use My Journal
05/28 - Inspiration On the Path Toward Achievement

2018

12/12 - Analyzing the Audiobook Narrator Self-Assessment Quiz Part 4
12/05 - Analyzing the Audiobook Narrator Self-Assessment Quiz Part 3
11/08 - ACX U – Acting With Intention
11/05 - Analyzing the Audiobook Narrator Self-Assessment Quiz Part 2
08/15 - Analyzing the Audiobook Narrator Self-Assessment Quiz Part 1
08/08 - Audiobook Narrator Self-Assessment Quiz
07/08 - Are QR Codes Still Used?
04/04 - 6 Low-Cost Avenues For Greater Audiobook Sales
03/02 - Audiobook Resources for Attendees of VOAtlanta 2018
02/21 - 7 Places to Learn Audio Editing for Audiobooks
01/17 - 3 Ways to Increase Your Computing Power
01/10 - Audiobooks Are Not Easy Money
01/03 - Resolutions and Intentions

2017

12/27 - Should An Author Narrate Her Audiobook?
12/20 - Antidote For A Dry Spell
12/13 - Is This Coach Right For Me?
12/13 - From Casting a Narrator to Happily Ever After
12/06 - Author Seeks Narrator: Must Love Books
11/08 - Finding Your Own Road to Tara
10/20 - Top 10 Q & A About Audiobook Production
10/03 - Are You Leaving Money on the Table?
09/09 - Links to Help Authors Know Their Rights
09/09 - Links to Help Narrators Research Rights Holders to Books
08/07 - The Still Small Voice
07/20 - One Email That Isn’t a Scam
07/12 - Why Use Evernote for Audiobook Pronunciation Research
06/21 - How to Avoid 3 Costly Mistakes on ACX
06/06 - Mailbag: 6 Questions About Audio Publishing
05/31 - Recaps From 5 APAC 2017 Sessions
05/12 - 3 Reasons Authors Shy Away From Audiobooks
04/18 - Outsourcing From a Narrator’s Perspective
03/26 - 7 Players on Your Audiobook Production Team
03/16 - 4 Keys to Becoming a Successful ACX Audiobook Producer
01/09 - Press Page

2016

12/23 - Karen Commins’s Audiobook Resources For Authors
12/17 - Karen Commins — Your Audiobook Producer
12/11 - The Christmas Present
11/30 - Stop Complaining About Noise
11/28 - A DEAL You Can Get Any Day And Is Good All Year
11/27 - How to use Karen Commins’s Audiobook Twitter lists
11/27 - Karen Commins’s Audiobook Marketing Cheat Sheet
11/05 - A Place For Everything…
07/26 - Upcoming Webinar on Acquiring Audio Rights
07/25 - How I Met the Love of My Life
06/16 - I #LoveAudiobooks!
06/04 - 3 More Networking Tips for Introverts
05/30 - 3 Take-aways from APAC 2016 and 2 Networking Tips
03/07 - Interview with Audiobook Blogger Beccy Stokes
01/14 - Putting the “I” in OrganIzed
01/11 - Interview With Audiobook Blogger Susan Voss

2015

12/31 - 2015 Audiobook Wrap-up
10/09 - How to Afford Your Editor, Proofer, or Narrator TODAY
09/17 - Chat with Audible Approved Producer Eric Summerer
07/16 - Bly vs Bisland: The Story Behind the Story (Part 1)
07/01 - 6 Weeks of Showing My Work
06/30 - Audiobook Roundtable on EWABS
06/13 - Stray Post Roundup
06/06 - 10 Takeaways From Johnny Heller’s All Star Narrator Workshop
05/27 - TDIMH — Identify With Excellence
05/24 - Setting Sail In Audiobooks: A Video For Authors
04/27 - National Tell A Story Day 2015 — DIXIE DIVAS
03/19 - Audiobook Marketing Ideas Twitter Chat
03/10 - Interview with Audiobook Blogger Jennie Mortarotti
03/07 - My Recommended Classes, Audition Criteria and Other Advice
02/23 - Interview with Audiobook Blogger Rebecca M. Douglass
02/21 - Dual Gender Narrations in Audiobooks
01/31 - Audiobook Releases Fall 2014
01/29 - Audiobook Production Advice from Audible Studios
01/26 - 10 Comments About Fabienne Frederickson’s Mindset Retreat

2014

12/28 - Interview with Audiobook Blogger April Holgate
12/26 - Upcoming Series: Interviews with Audiobook Bloggers
12/03 - Gary Terzza’s Advice for Newbie Narrators on ACX.com
12/01 - How to Submit Your Audiobooks for Review in AudioFile Magazine
11/29 - How to Embed a Soundcloud Sample in a WordPress Blog
10/11 - 10 Things I Learned About Speaking at a Conference
09/27 - How To Become An Audiobook Narrator
09/06 - The Story Behind The Story Part 1: Illustrations
08/16 - Audiobook Releases Summer 2014
06/26 - TDIMH — Maybe When I Retire
06/25 - Livin’ La DIVA Loca
06/16 - Hangin’ with Harley Davidson
05/07 - Winter 2014 Audiobook Releases
04/16 - Do You Feel Like Giving Up?
01/24 - How I Started My Audiobook Publishing Company
01/20 - Hogan’s Prescription for Success
01/13 - Fall 2013 Audiobook Releases
01/06 - 2 Tips to Tame Your To-Do List

2013

12/27 - Advice to the Love-Shorn Recorded for Going Public Project
11/20 - TDIMH — Place Your Order With the Universe
11/14 - The Ole Miss Hotty Toddy Cheer
10/04 - “Dear Elected Official” Recorded for Going Public Project
09/26 - FAMILY LIMITATION Recorded for Banned Book Week 2013
09/10 - Mainstream Media Articles on Audiobook Boom
08/27 - In the Shadow of Billy the Kid
07/29 - Karen’s Primer on Narrating Royalty Share Audiobooks
07/28 - Golden Nugget From Pat Fraley’s Pick Up Your Oscar Webinar
07/21 - TDIMH — Perseverance Pays Off
06/03 - TDIMH — Going Fast in the Wrong Direction
06/03 - May 2013 Audiobook Releases
04/23 - March 2013 Audiobook Releases
03/14 - TDIMH — Make time to take action on your dreams
02/17 - TDIMH — Write down your goals
02/11 - January 2013 Audiobook Release
01/22 - How do you respond to criticism?
01/12 - TDIMH — From panic to planning
01/09 - TDIMH — Starting a business
01/06 - December 2012 Audiobook Releases
01/05 - New series — This Date in My History: Elance

2012

10/24 - 3 Thoughts to Help You Get Past That Mistake
10/16 - Summer/Fall 2012 Audiobook Releases
09/25 - 4 Ways to Find Happiness When You Hate Your Job
06/29 - Going Public for Audiobook Month and Some Pronunciation Info
06/23 - Power of “I AM” in Maintaining a Positive Attitude
05/31 - Where does the time go?
03/27 - Recent audiobooks
03/11 - What’s holding you back?
02/22 - Are you looking for a mentor in voiceover?
01/20 - To voice Royalty-Share Audiobooks… or not. That is the question.
01/13 - 8 Things I Learned About Voiceover From Ted Williams

2011

12/12 - 5 Quick Tips for Following Your Dreams
10/15 - Has the competition got you down?
09/27 - Karen’s 5 Tips to Combat Clutter Before it Kills Your Career
08/31 - Authors: Want to Create Audiobooks of Your Books?
07/19 - 3 pieces of email marketing research
07/05 - Launch of “Success Leaves Tracks” Newsletter
06/13 - Simple math about audiobook rates
06/06 - Creating promo videos with public domain components part 2
06/05 - Creating promo videos with public domain components part 1
05/25 - Reasons to Create Your Own Stuff — Part 2
05/12 - 10 ways to get work in audiobook narration
05/09 - Every passion does not lead to a career choice
04/30 - “Perils of Pauline” Audiobook is Available
04/03 - Trying to get a voiceover agent?
03/14 - 4 Lessons to Help You Keep That Client
02/27 - Fantastic FaffCon!
01/29 - A Demonstration of My Soundproof Studio
01/26 - Exercise Your Creativity to be a Better Voice Talent
01/23 - Reasons to Create Your Own Stuff
01/02 - Voice talent will *love* “The King’s Speech”

2010

12/05 - Beware of 5 Techniques of the “Information Marketer”
11/21 - 10 Law of Attraction principles in creating a job shift
10/17 - VIDEO — Removing a mouth click from your recording
10/15 - The intelligence of water crystals
09/12 - 1 “Oh s***” can wipe out 1000 “Attaboys!”
08/27 - Make it easy for your clients to want to refer you
08/22 - 4 Customer service tips from a tree service
08/18 - So you want to get into voiceovers?
08/01 - Considering a WhisperRoom for your voiceover studio?
07/22 - Thinking about starting a voiceover career?
07/18 - The feel-good voiceover blog post of the summer!
06/19 - Using my iPad in my voiceover recording studio
06/11 - 7 voiceover lessons from my surfing instructor
05/28 - 3Cs? Make that *4Cs* of Branding Illustrated by Barry Manilow
05/27 - 3 Cs of Branding Illustrated by Barry Manilow
04/09 - Another voice talent meet-up
03/26 - What happens in Vegas
03/17 - What my hair stylist taught me about voice-over
02/13 - Julie and Julia cook up 5 voiceover tips
01/19 - 6 ways to show you respect another person’s time
01/14 - Repeat after me: I AM ENOUGH
01/09 - Evolution of my web sites, commercial demo, and USPs

2009

12/12 - 5-time volunteer at HearTheBill.org
11/30 - Using Twitter for marketing voiceover services
11/28 - Time required to narrate and produce audiobooks
11/07 - A short letter to my loyal readers
10/04 - 6 things swimming teaches us about voiceover
09/03 - Recreating my web site
07/26 - Voice-over career requires time and energy
06/21 - 5 marketing lessons from Ralph the artist
05/20 - One word of advice: PRACTICE
04/05 - Voiceover and the Law of Paradoxical Intent
03/28 - My life as a secret agent
02/25 - Restaurant menus and your voice-over business
02/04 - A mathematical viewpoint for success
01/18 - 5 keys to confident cold calling
01/02 - Karen Commins is my new brand name
01/01 - Do one thing each day toward voice-over

2008

12/31 - Creating your roadmap to success
12/23 - Podcast — LibriVox Community Podcast #93
12/17 - Mapping your success by thinking BIG
12/05 - A holiday poem for voice talent
11/29 - Short story — The Love-Letters of Smith
11/29 - Volunteering as a LibriVox narrator
11/19 - 25 reasons clients hire this voice talent
11/05 - Reading for success
10/25 - Think/Write/Speak what you WANT into BEING!
10/12 - Social networking in voice-over
09/10 - It’s better to give than receive
08/24 - Resonance between harp and voice-over
08/02 - For love…or money?
07/17 - Setting prices and getting paid
07/09 - 6 lessons from my first voice-over job
07/04 - Filing scripts under “P” for prosperity
06/27 - 5 pieces of e-mail marketing advice
06/15 - Cruising for a competitive advantage
05/15 - How to sparkle like a diamond
05/07 - Saying “thank you” after the gig
04/10 - 12 lessons from Dancing With The Stars
03/10 - 10 questions to ask coaches and demo producers
03/07 - Do voice-over talents want more competition?
02/24 - Soundproofing vs. sound absorption
02/23 - 12 tips for more natural narrations
02/06 - Voice artist and (future) Scrabble competitor
01/21 - Are on-line casting services for you?
01/10 - Obtaining the audio rights of books
01/01 - Michael Palin’s thoughts on integrity

2007

12/09 - To the parents of aspiring voice talent
12/05 - A page from my book
11/20 - How to achieve success in voice-over
10/31 - Trick…or Treat?
10/24 - Need help in creating a marketing plan?
10/15 - Plugs for a day job and the environment
10/13 - Working with a portable studio
10/11 - Has your ship come in?
09/28 - Your voice isn’t right for us
09/19 - Talk like a pirate
09/10 - Being true to the writer’s words
08/08 - Henry Aaron and Barry Bonds teach voice-over actors
08/06 - No one can promote my business better than me
07/20 - Paying attention to James Allen and Harry Potter
07/05 - The 60-second elevator speech contest
06/28 - Words and pictures from APAC and BookExpo
06/17 - A plan to break into voice-over
06/15 - How well do you follow instructions?
05/21 - How to lose friends and irritate people
05/11 - The Secret to getting up the hill
04/03 - No such thing as a free lunch or demo critique
03/14 - Is audiobook narration hard?
03/13 - Some advice about unsolicited advice
02/28 - How many languages does a voice talent need?
02/17 - Nine Tips About Buying Equipment on eBay
02/14 - Changing your thoughts on Valentines Day
02/06 - Susan Berkley’s inner circle and upcoming masterclass
01/29 - 25 ways to get publicity and traffic to your web site
01/11 - Shining the light on pitches to prospects
01/01 - Look forward on New Year’s Day

2006

12/20 - 5 Thoughts About Self-Promotion in Social Settings
12/18 - 10 Business Tips From My Day at the Great Pyramids
12/15 - Audiobook Producer/Narrator Kate Fleming Passes Away
12/15 - 36-hour delay may work for luggage but not in voice-over
11/21 - Curl up with some good audiobooks this holiday weekend
11/17 - Voice-Over Secrets from Adam, Bob and Bob
11/14 - You can trust your gut instinct
11/03 - Synopsis of the Finding Your Dream Job TV show
11/01 - Two stories in the news about voice actors
10/29 - My role on Clark Howard’s TV Show Finding Your Dream Job
10/27 - Voice-over can be fun and games
10/19 - The business of voice-over is on my mind after vacation
09/21 - Paint the picture of your voice-over success in your mind
09/12 - How will you use your next 24 hours?
09/11 - Do you think that lack of money is holding you back?
08/25 - Voice-over books on my bookshelf
08/21 - Voice-Over Days and Talledega Nights
08/17 - Persistence is especially needed in marketing
08/16 - Persistence will keep the voice-over dream alive
08/12 - Don’t wait for vacation to send a postcard
08/07 - A short lesson in goal-setting
08/01 - What can John Travolta teach us about voice-over?
07/19 - Do you perform in your underwear?
07/16 - A missed opportunity to help others
07/14 - The keys to a successful business
07/10 - A prosperity mindset will yield better-paying jobs
07/01 - Can podcasting be integrated in corporate training?
06/30 - A Voice Actor’s Business Address Won’t Be on Easy Street
06/24 - Audiobook Master Class in Los Angeles
06/17 - Hollywood Star Search
06/16 - Another masterclass weekend coming up!
06/14 - Laziness and voice-over won’t mix
06/09 - A Tale of Two Web Sites
05/30 - Congrats to the Audies winners!
05/14 - Women in Animation Master Event
05/12 - Harry Potter – 1, Censorship – 0
05/10 - I couldn’t care less about American Idol
05/09 - I won a marketing contest!
05/07 - Press release for my first audiobook

2002

05/25 - My First Advice Page

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