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Melissa Reizian Frank

2015 Audiobook Wrap-up

31 December 2015

As we count down to a new year, I wanted to take a moment to update you on some of my activities this year. Much of this article originally appeared in my profile earlier this week on the Eargasms Audiobook Review site. I appreciated the great questions from audiobook listeners and encourage you to read them.

During 2015, I’ve drastically increased my efforts to help authors and publishers with a backlist understand the audiobook production process and get more of their titles into audio! I wrote a number of articles and created some videos, which I will detail in a moment.

New Links In My Discography

Rest assured, my writing and video production activities are mere extensions of my greatest passion, which is audiobook narration! I’m delighted to announce I released 8 new audiobooks in 2015!

My first release of 2015 was BLY VS BISLAND: BEATING PHILEAS FOGG IN A RACE AROUND THE WORLD, which the talented Melissa Reizian Frank narrated with me. It was a very special narration project, and the story behind the story still gives me chills!

In addition, I performed:

  • cozy mysteries — DEAD PAN by Gayle Trent and ONE HOOF IN THE GRAVE by Carolyn McSparren
  • suspense and romantic suspense — DEADLY BLESSINGS by Julie Hyzy and WHAT SHE DOESN’T SEE by Debra Webb
  • history —THE STORY OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY by Benjamin Levine and Isabelle Story, THE TRIAL OF SUSAN B ANTHONY by Ann D. Gordon (I edited the text to make it more suitable for an audiobook), and Susan B. Anthony’s famous 1873 speech IS IT A CRIME FOR A US CITIZEN TO VOTE

You can hear samples of my 2015 releases in this Soundcloud playlist:


 

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Filed Under: Audiobooks, Narrators, New releases, Videos Tagged With: Ann D. Gordon, Ann M Richardson, AudioForAuthors.com, backlist, Benjamin Levine, Bly vs Bisland, Carolyn McSparren, Dead Pan, Deadly Blessings, Debra Webb, Eargasms Audiobook Reviews, Gayle Trent, InD'ear, InD'tale Magazine, Isabelle Story, Julie Hyzy, Melissa Reizian Frank, Nellie Bly, One Hoof In The Grave, The Story of the Statue of Liberty, The Trial of Susan B. Anthony, What She Doesn't See

Bly vs Bisland: The Story Behind the Story (Part 1)

16 July 2015

Every now and again, we get a Divine whisper of an inspired idea. Such was the case about a very special and exciting audiobook I created and produced earlier this year.

In 1889, Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland were female reporters in New York. Each went on a daring solo trip around the world at the same time. Nellie wanted to beat the time of Phileas Fogg, Jules Verne’s fictional character in Around The World in 80 Days. Rival reporter Elizabeth Bisland left on a solo race around the world hoping to beat Nellie’s time!

Nellie sailed east to England in the morning. That night, and unbeknownst to Nellie, Elizabeth took a train west to San Francisco. In Bly vs Bisland: Beating Phileas Fogg In A Race Around The World, I combined the narratives from both women into a single book with 1 timeline! Who will win the race?!


My journal entries tell Part 1 of the story behind the story between idea and implementation.
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Filed Under: Audiobooks, Books, Narrators, New releases, Recordings, This Date in My History, Voice-Over Tagged With: 1889, audiobook, Elizabeth Bisland, inspired idea, journal, journalists, Jules Verne, Melissa Reizian Frank, Nellie Bly, New York, Phileas Fogg, race around the world, reporters, solo female travelers

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