My story became an audio drama (#IWSG)
It’s the first Wednesday of the month, also known as IWSG Day. For those of you who are new to my warped corner of the interwebs, IWSG=Insecure Writers Support Group, a wonderful online community of, well, insecure writers. Once a month we organize our insecure selves into a blog hop, where we (you guessed it) share our insecurities. Or in my case, some of them. If I were to share all my insecurities, I’d fill a warehouse the size of that one at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark:
If you’re as impatient as I am, skip to about 1:10 in the video above to see the warehouse scene.
OK, back to the IWSG. This month our wonderful blog hop co-hosts are Joylene Nowell Butler, Jemima Pett, Patricia Josephine, Louise – Fundy Blue, and Kim Lajevardi. Our optional question is: Have any of your books been made into audio books? If so, what is the main challenge in producing an audiobook?
I have only 2 books, and neither is published yet, so I’ve never had a book made into an audiobook. I have, however, had a short story produced as an audio drama for the Storyteller Series podcast. Details, links to the audio and print versions (both free)–and a bunch of juvenile silliness available here. (And really, juvenile silliness is kind of my brand.)
The great folks at the Storyteller Series did all the work, so the process wasn’t challenging for me. What was challenging? Waiting for the !@#$% thing to come out! Have I mentioned that patience is not one of my virtues? (And I have so few virtues left.) I refreshed my email and the Storyteller Series website about 20 times a day from a week after the casting call went out until the story was posted. Long-Suffering Husband was almost as bad: “Is it up yet?” replaced, “Good morning,” in our litany of matrimonial greetings.
When it came out (finally!), listening to it was… weird. The cast did a great job, but hearing people act out something I wrote was one of the more bizarre experiences of my life. It was also fascinating, because they had only my writing to guide them in figuring out how a character should sound. I guess I did an OK job, because for the most part, the actors nailed it. There were only slight differences between how I envisioned the characters in my head and how they were played.
Writing Memes of the Month
I participate in another blog hop, a weekly affair called the Weekend Coffee Share. I’m becoming somewhat (in)famous in that group for sharing funny memes, so I’m going to add a couple to my IWSG posts to make them more entertaining. (It seemed to work last month).
Here we go:
Enjoy this collection of memes I curated instead of writing. *Sigh*
I probably should have saved this next one for Valentine’s Day.
Given how often I Google how to wound or kill people, I probably should marry a serial killer. Maybe Long-Suffering Husband would like to take up a new occupation…
And I’m digging the idea of matchmaking based on search history. It’d probably work better than whatever dating sites use now. Or maybe Tinder could just replace people’s profiles with their latest search history and let nature take its course.
Tinder Dude’s search history: 80s metal, overcoming procrastination, adolescent humor, writing memes
Me: [Swipes right]
How about y’all? What’s in your search history?
Just kidding–I don’t want to know. Let’s go with a safer question: If you write, how’s your writing going? If you don’t, what’s it feel like to be… normal?
Want to read more about my insecurities? Check out my other IWSG posts.
15 Comments
Bobbiem91
Like you, I was never normal. So what’s normal for me is being abnormal, like the meme of the person who is daydreaming while driving. Done that more than once. There is a reason I don’t have music on in my car most of the time–I’m working on a book. btw, you are probably like me–there is a file at the FBI with your name on it in the writer section of the bureau. The agents love looking at what we are researching. I was looking up poisoning and what would be hard to find in a autopsy. That should drive G up the wall again.(my friend in the FBI)
Janet Alcorn
The Tucson chapter of Sisters in Crime just did a program on toxicology and poisons that are difficult to detect. It was fascinating!
Loni Townsend
I bet it was exciting when the audio of your story came to life. That’s always fun to see how others interpret your work and put their own spin on it!
Janet Alcorn
Yep–very exciting! And very weird.
Patricia Josephine
The serial killer and writer meme gave me a good laugh. Thanks.
Janet Alcorn
Happy to provide some amusement! Thanks for stopping by.
emaginette
I’m glad it was a positive experience. I’ll admit, any story I wrote would sound odd to me too.
Anna from elements of emaginette
joylenebutler
It feels weird to be normal. I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t writing. OMG, does this mean…?
Janet Alcorn
LOL. I’ve been many things in my life, but normal isn’t one of them.
Elizabeth Seckman
I appreciate the effort you put into your meme game. I love memes. Like if I was still 16, I’d be coating my walls with meme print outs. Back then I had to troll Spencers for the perfect smart-ass quote to hang on my walls.
S.E. White
On the plus side, we authors would already know how compatible our significant others were from the start? If they aren’t scared off by the search history, they’re a keeper. Or they’re running, screaming, in the other direction. I think it would be a 50/50 split. Thank you for the chuckle today, anyway. I love those memes.
Janet Alcorn
Good point. A couple of days ago I I formed my husband I was planning a murder. He didn’t bat an eye, and we spent the next few minutes discussing body disposal. He’s a keeper.
Janet Alcorn
Yes! I spent so much time in Spencer’s looking at merch with smartass quotes. Now they appear like magic in my Facebook news feed.
Victoria Marie Lees
Bravo, Janet, for your short story getting produced as an audio drama for the Storyteller Series podcast. Way to go!
I love all your quotes, memes, etc. They are hilarious–especially the one about adding the 2 spaces at the end of each sentence. It took me a while to stop doing that. I’m a throwback from typewriters. All best to you!
Janet Alcorn
Thanks! It took me awhile to lose the second space too. I learned to type on my dad’s 1940s Royal.