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I know there are times when I've told you that it's an advantage to be brief. To be essential. Focused and tight in your communication. One big excep…

I'm feeling sheepish. I feel like sometimes I might be failing at reminding you that you're an artist. My priority lately has been you ways to maxim…

If you haven't seen the announcement from Amazon that they are going to give Kindle authors the option to have the audiobook versions of their titles …

You get a lot of choices in life, and some you very much want to take advantage of. Others, not so much. Some are a hard "no." Especially if you don…

Remember when you couldn't wait to open your inbox...juuuust in case you had gotten an audition or seven while you were away from your email? Remembe…

If you're like me and you're engaged in the pursuit of a successful, satisfying and profitable VO and acting career, you work really hard to get bette…

The fact is, you're going to make mistakes. And you're going to be disappointed, feel less than and that wish that you could get a do-over. But don't…

Solving problems for yourself or others likely require asking questions. In some cases, those questions are straightforward, and the answers you get …

"Scary hours." Weird name. Interesting concept. Effective? Why not try out creating a scary hour for yourself and let me know? Might scary hours b…

The strike against the TV/Theatrical/Streaming contracts and the members of the AMPTP continues, now months in for both writers and actors. Writers a…

It might have been a book I narrated. Or it might not. I'm not sayin' one way or the other. But a listener brought up a nonetheless interesting op…

I apologize in advance for this episode. Not really, but kinda. I just got off a very difficult Zoom Q&A session, with hundreds of people in attenda…

There's a gift waiting for you in this podcast episode. I'm going to show you what is waiting for you when you make a definitive choice, and help cas…

I have to admit that there are times when I stop what I'm doing, especially when they are repetitive or mundane, and ask myself an important question:…

We spend an awful lot of time planning to get stuff done. Making to-do lists and setting up calendars and workflows and then analyzing if we were on …

Every so often, like a bolt of lightning, our perceptions about ourselves become crystal clear. That happened to me just a few days ago. Thanks to C…

As we sit in a moment of uncertainty. or fear, or disappointment, we might think that this is where it always will be. That this failure or challenge…

Actors and voice talent sometimes look to casting to help us clarify what they want from us. And because they often don't have that clarity, they mak…

Sometimes, when we finally acquire a skill, there may be a moment of uncertainty that we've actually, really, truly gained that expertise. All of a s…

It was October of 1989 when America Online's existence was first promoted in the MacWorld and MacUser magazines that hit the stands (and my mailbox in…