Reading aloud 1: The basics
This entry is part 1 of 17 in the series Reading AloudI’ve been thinking about discussing reading aloud for a while now and John Joseph Adam’s recent post about Harry, Carrie and Garp brought it to...
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This entry is part 2 of 17 in the series Reading AloudThe human voice is very flexible and we’ll look at the ways you can manipulate it. Remember though, that the voice uses muscle and you can strain...
View ArticleReading Aloud 3: Narrating
This entry is part 3 of 17 in the series Reading AloudNarrating is at once the easiest part of reading aloud and the hardest. It is the easiest because you don’t have to worry about character voice or...
View ArticleReading Aloud 4: Cross-gender voices
This entry is part 4 of 17 in the series Reading AloudCross-gender voices are a tricky business. Even if you can really do a convincing cross-gender voice–and I know folks who can–the fact is that in a...
View ArticleReading Aloud 5: Working with microphones
This entry is part 5 of 17 in the series Reading AloudFirst of all, know that not all microphones are created equal. There is a huge, I mean, huge range in what they are designed to do. There are some...
View ArticleReading Aloud 6: Recording tricks
This entry is part 6 of 17 in the series Reading AloudI forgot to mention a couple of my favorite tricks, which work nicely with a microphone. If you drop your volume and lean into the microphone then...
View ArticleReading Aloud 7: Breathing
This entry is part 7 of 17 in the series Reading AloudIn puppetry we say that breathe carries the emotion. The only time a person notices another person breathing is when it’s important, when it’s...
View ArticleReading Aloud 8: Vocal fatigue
This entry is part 8 of 17 in the series Reading AloudVocal fatigue is something you’ll have to battle when you’re doing a book signing or working a convention. The voice is created by a set of muscles...
View ArticleReading Aloud 9: Things that go wrong
This entry is part 9 of 17 in the series Reading AloudMaggie asked: What do you do when you make a mistake, or cough, or have to clear your throat, or take a drink of water? I know that a person can...
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Reading Aloud 10: Stage presence
This entry is part 10 of 17 in the series Reading AloudYou’ve honed your voice to be a well-modulated wonder. Now you have to get in front of people and actually read. In some readings, the author...
View ArticleReading Aloud 11: Making Sense
This entry is part 11 of 17 in the series Reading AloudOkay. At some point, every SF story on the planet is going to hit some handwavium. You know the thing I’m talking about, that magic point where...
View ArticleReading Aloud 12: Narrating with first person
This entry is part 12 of 17 in the series Reading AloudThe tricky thing with reading a story written in the first person is that your narration has the same voice as your main character’s dialogue....
View ArticleReading Aloud 13: Sam A. Mowry
This entry is part 13 of 17 in the series Reading AloudAs noted last week, I’m not going to post this week. Now, I asked you to record a story yourself. If you did and would like comments on it, paste...
View ArticleReading Aloud: Singing while sick
I have a mild cold that I picked up from the germ factories that come aboard the boat to meet the Cinnamon Bear. It’s not bad, just a scratchy throat and fatigue–although I suppose the fatigue comes...
View ArticleReading Aloud 14: Stumbling and the Sagan Diary
This entry is part 14 of 17 in the series Reading AloudEarly on, I talked about the importance of selecting the right piece for a reading. Some pieces of fiction naturally lend themselves to being read...
View ArticleReading Aloud 15: Choices & Compromises while recording Rude Mechanicals
This entry is part 15 of 17 in the series Reading AloudWhen Bill Schafer at Subterranean Press asked me to read Kage Baker’s Rude Mechanicals, I was delighted, because I love the Company stories. I was...
View ArticleReading Aloud: How Not To Do A Podcast
Please go listen to this brilliant and funny bit of advice: How Not To Do A Podcast by Kate Baker. The post Reading Aloud: How Not To Do A Podcast appeared first on Mary Robinette Kowal.
View ArticleReading Aloud 16: The Common Cold
This entry is part 16 of 17 in the series Reading AloudMy niece gave me a cold for Christmas, so we’re going to take advantage of it to show some tricks for dealing with throat ailments. For kicks, I...
View ArticleReading Aloud: The importance of quiet space.
Last night, to celebrate, I worked. I needed to turn in my recording for PodCastle and had been given an extension because of my cold last week. The dragon lady was not appropriate for this story. Even...
View ArticleHelp with listening and reading?
If anyone has time, I could use help with two tasks. 1) I recorded a story (not mine and I promise it’s good) and I need to listen to it to make sure that we didn’t leave any of my stumbles in it. I’m...
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