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The Intersection of Superheroism
and Audiobookism
Or, the two worlds of an audiobook narrator,
comic books and books on tape,
intersect at the San Diego comic book convention, resulting in big savings for you!
Join Scott at Comic-Con this weekend!
This is probably my favorite week of the year, the year when my two biggest passions — comic books and audiobooks — collide in San Diego at the San Diego Comic-Con.
For those of you who aren’t aware, long before I narrated my first audiobook, I spent three years writing for the comic book press, turning a lifelong passion into a great way to make a living. I had a blast during those three years, during which I wrote about 300 articles for various comic book and science fiction related publications. (You may remember that the subject of a previous blog from last year was my favorite comics-related article I ever wrote, “Who Killed Gwen Stacy?” If not, you can check it out by clicking right here.)
Well, imagine my surprise when I saw that audiobooks were making their way into this here comic book-centric experience.
And the Winner Is…
Or, an audiobook narrator announces
the winners of his
Share the Experience audiobook contest
Commemorating Scott's tenth year in audiobooks.
Finally. The judges have spoken, and the winners of my Share the Experience contest are ready to be announced.
This is actually the second time I’m announcing the winners. The first time was live in front of all the attendees at this year’s Audio Publishers Association Conference. It seemed appropriate, as that’s the place where we officially launched the contest last year. And as it turned out, some of our winners were in the room at this year’s APAC, which was a thrill. I very much appreciated the good folks at the APA giving me the platform to make this announcement, just as it was very generous of the good folks at Audible.com to let me announce the 25 finalists on their web chat a few months ago. But seeing as how not everyone was there to hear my announcement at APAC, it’s time to let you all know just who got what.
So… we begin.
Meet the Finalists!
Commemorating Scott's tenth year in audiobooks.
Okay, I’m sure you all never thought you’d see the day. That’s okay, sometimes I wondered myself.
Fact is, we’re down to the final 25 contestants. As I’ve been tabulating the results, it’s given me an opportunity to listen to a great many of the entries; since I’m not one of the judges, I wasn’t entirely sure when I’d have the chance to, but given that this has taken much longer than expected, I’ve been working my way through all 408 of them, and have really enjoyed myself. So many of you have a great deal of storytelling ability, and it really shows.
Before we announce the finalists I thought I’d take a moment to thank some folks.
First off, I’d like to thank everybody who entered, not merely for taking the time to craft such great demo tracks, but also for your patience. I know this has taken far longer than anticipated, and you’ve got my sincere apology for that, but I hope you know how much I appreciate the patience you’ve shown. Even though you may not have heard from me as often as you’d have liked, I hope you know that I’ve been working this entire time to try and make the contest an even better experience for all of you. And in that, I’m happy to announce that I’ve been successful! But more on that later, after I thank…
Click here to read the names of the 25 contest finalists, and learn about some new prizes!
My Christmas Present to You
Or, an audiobook narrator feels such overwhelming
guilt at his contest taking so long that he’s buying
his way into your good graces… sort of
Commemorating Scott's tenth year in audiobooks.
Ah, December. My favorite time of year. The weather gets chillier, the mood of the country turns marginally warmer, and the Christmas carols — which have been playing in Target and Walmart for months now — suddenly have new meaning. (This particular year, I gave myself permission to do something I’ve never done before: listen to one of my own audiobooks. I couldn’t help it, I brought out A CHRISTMAS CAROL and plugged it in. Seemed the right time for it, right?) I’ve noticed that most people love the end of December, the week of Christmas itself, but for me, I truly love the time immediately after Thanksgiving, probably because it brings a lot of valuable things to mind.
First off, it’s when I reflect on all the things I’m truly thankful for this year.
Second, it’s when I start getting serious about what I intend to buy people for their gift that particular year.
And third, I’m reminded of my best-intentioned promises the previous January, all those New Year’s resolutions that have possibly slid by the wayside as we make our way back to winter again.
Click here to read how Scott’s guilt will get you 15% off any Brick By Brick Audiobooks title!
Want to Star in a New Audiobook
With Scott Brick and Pat Fraley?
Or, Scott and Pat are Smokin’ Mysteries
with Patrick Scott, and you can, too!
Why's a looker like that with such a shifty-looking character?
It’s a class — it’s an audiobook — it’s two great tastes in one!
The brainchild of Pat Fraley, world-renowned audiobook narration instructor, this unique experience affords students the chance to not only learn the skills necessary to participate in a multi-voice narration, it also allows them to appear in a fully-produced audiobook, starring opposite Pat and myself, and directed by Stefan Rudnicki.
This has never happened before, it’s completely unique to this industry, and I’m thrilled to have been asked to participate.
Click here to read more about this unique opportunity to join Scott and Pat in the studio.
Another Share the Experience Contest Update!
New Scott Brick Workshops!
Or, Three posts in a week? That’s crazy talk!
Commemorating Scott's tenth year in audiobooks.
Hi everyone, Scott Brick here, again, with more updates. I know, three in seven days, we’re making up for lost time, eh?
First off, remember a few days ago when I promised I’d be posting more contest updates soon? Well, here’s your first. We just heard back from another judge with their results, so at this point we’re about 75% of the way to having all of our finalists. Soon, we promise. Soon.
Secondly, I’ve been asked many times over the past several months about whether or not I’ll be doing any more audiobook classes in the LA area. Well, for those of you looking for practice and instruction, I’ve got good news: two classes in September and October.
Click here to read more about Scott’s upcoming workshops.
Welcome To My New Newsletter!
Or, An audiobook narrator gets fancy in Constant Contact
The first issue makes its debut today!
Hi everyone, Scott Brick here. Welcome to my new and improved newsletter!
It’s been almost 18 months since we launched Brick By Brick Audiobooks and Scottbrickpresents.com. I’m gratified not only by what we’ve achieved, but with how we’ve been received. Meaning I’m very grateful to everyone out there in the big wide Web who’s reading this right now, or who has ever stopped by the site.
One thing I never want to do is to stop growing, personally and professionally. To that end, not only am I getting more involved in teaching classes (more on that in the next post), but Den Shewman (my CCO and webmaster) came up with this snazzy new version of my newsletter using the tools from those fine folks at Constant Contact. (Please take a bow, Den: you deserve it!) We hope you like this new format, and that it’s a little more pleasing to the eye than the previous text emails. I hope you dig it as much as I do.
Read more about Scott’s new newsletter right here!
Share the Experience Contest Update
And An Apology For The Long Silence
Or, no, the “(500) Days of Summer” movie is not referring to this contest
Hi everyone, Scott Brick here. Forgive the long period of silence, as I’m sure you’re all desperate to know the results of the Share the Experience contest. As originally laid out, we were supposed to have our winners chosen by this point, but as you may have read, the response we received was literally overwhelming: a staggering 392 entries!
Our judges, the casting people at the audiobook industry’s top publishers, were prepared for only about a quarter of that. So, given the stunning response we received, they’ve just had to work a great deal harder – and take a great deal longer – to listen to everyone’s entries, all in addition to the work they’re regularly paid to do, of course, such as putting out some fairly huge titles over these next few months. (Can anyone say The Da Vinci Code sequel, The Lost Symbol? And that’s just one example.)
Catch the rest of Scott’s contest update right here!
Scott Brick Interview Round-up
Scott interviews his literary hero Richard Matheson; meanwhile, VoiceBank, AudioFile and Ron Kaplan interview Scott about his career, CHAPTERHOUSE: DUNE, and baseball — and a shout-out from Slate.com
Also, check out Scott’s Wikipedia page (new),
and Press page (updated)
Richard Matheson (R) and Scott (Photo by Richard Parsons)
Greetings everyone, Scott here. To those of you who’ve been reading up on the Share the Experience contest, my thanks for all your input and support. It’s been extraordinarily exciting to see the contest go from just an idea to a done deal. I’m extremely grateful to the Audio Publishers Association, and all our participating publishers/judges. No way this could happen without them. As you may know, this past Wednesday saw us smash a champagne bottle across the bow of the contest, and we’re eagerly awaiting these next few weeks, to see just what kind of response we’ll get. Best of luck to everyone. We’ll post the results here as soon as humanly possible (meaning on or about July 10, as detailed on the contest page).
Now, to all of you who subscribe to this site for our commercial enterprises, the Brick By Brick Audiobooks we’ve been putting out this past year, thank you for your patience as I’ve taken time off from my production schedule to see this 10th year anniversary contest come to life. There are more audiobooks on the way soon, many, many more, and we’ll be getting back to them in the very near future. In the meantime, I thought I’d update you all on some recent events, some web postings I thought you might be interested in.
First off, I got a rare and treasured opportunity recently to interview my absolute favorite author of all time: Richard Matheson. Never heard of him? Crawl out from under your rock! He’s the author of a staggering array of classic tales, many of which have been turned into terrific films: I AM LEGEND, THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN, HELL HOUSE, THE NIGHT STALKER, STIR OF ECHOES, WHAT DREAMS MAY COME, and my personal favorite, SOMEWHERE IN TIME. When you meet him, you can’t help but stare at the man’s head, just marveling at how many amazing tales came out of there, y’know? He also wrote episodes of the original STAR TREK, plus a cool dozen of the best TWILIGHT ZONEs of all time, including the classic William Shatner vehicle, “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet.” Well, I wrote up a print version of the interview for this month’s AudioFile Magazine, who also posted an audio supplement. It’s an edited version of the complete hour-long interview, maybe 15 minutes long, just the first part of what will ultimately be a much longer audio interview that’ll be posted here on this site in the near future. Take a listen and let me know what you think.
WELCOME
Hi, folks, and welcome to my Internet home away from home. This is where you’ll find the latest information about my projects past and present, as well as my blog. Yes, heaven help me, I have now joined the blogosphere — and you can choose to read my blog entries or listen to them, as I record each one for your aural pleasure.
I hope you’ll take a look around and drop me a comment or an e-mail. Tell me what you think about all this, and if there is anything special you’d like to see me include here.
This site is really all about you: you’re the people who listen to me, and now I want to listen to you.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THANKS!
Thanks for your interest, and all your support over the years. Now go inside, take a look around, and then write a comment on my blog or drop me an e-mail at scott@scottbrickpresents.com with your questions, suggestions, or just to let us know what you think of the books and the website.
And, of course, thanks for listening!
Scott