UPDATE: CONTEST DEADLINE EXTENDED
TO JULY 7 (CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS)
THE SHARE THE EXPERIENCE CONTEST
Grand Prize: An Audiobook Narration Job
No Entry Fee, No Experience Necessary
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.
the Share the Experience Contest
Hear Scott’s own Audiobook Demo
Read the Official Contest Rules
Are You The Next Great Narrator?
Enter The “Share The Experience” Contest
And You Could Win A Professional
Audiobook Narrating Job!
Scott Brick and the Audio Publishers Association announce a contest
to find — and employ — the next great audiobook narrator
Okay, this is big, so pay attention:
Ever wanted to become an audiobook narrator? Ever had someone tell you you’re an amazing storyteller, that you’d be a natural at reading books for a living? Ever listened to an audiobook and thought, “Hell, I can do that”? Well, if so, then this is your chance. I’m officially announcing the beginning of my new contest: Share The Experience. The winner will find themselves plucked out of book-reading obscurity and dropped into the world of audiobook employment.
The reason for my doing this is fairly simple. See, it’s my tenth anniversary in about a month. That’s right, I did my very first audiobook gig back on June 10th, 1999, two short stories for Dove Audio that led me down the path to a wonderful new career. Well, in order to celebrate, I thought I’d do my best to help someone else get the same opportunity. That said, I’ve been working with the Audio Publishers Association to put this contest together, where, upon completion, we will have located – and employed – our industry’s newest audiobook narrator.
Click here to read the “Share the Experience” contest page.
Get all the latest contest information – subscribe to Scott’s newsletter by clicking here.
FRANKENSTEIN Lives!
(Via Download and on Audio CD)
Scott Brick breathes New Life Into Mary Shelley’s Classic Tale In The Inaugural Title Of Brick By Brick’s New Line Of FIRST EDITIONS
Plus Bonus Features!
Click here to hear Scott read from FRANKENSTEIN and buy the digital download
First off, for those of you expecting to see DREAMER OF DUNE go on sale today, as previously advertised, we’ve unfortunately run into a few snags on this title. However, rather than take a month off from our promised “New book every month” production schedule, we thought we’d bring you one of the greatest books of all time, and what is considered by many to be not only the first fully-realized gothic horror novel, but one of the earliest examples of science fiction novels as well. FRANKENSTEIN, the original 1818 text by Mary Shelley, was the very first title we had to read in my Science Fiction Literature class at UCLA, and getting to narrate it after all these years was absolutely terrific.
Given that it had been over twenty years since I last read it, however, I found I had forgotten a good deal of the story, or at least its finer points. Like most Americans, my primary memories of FRANKENSTEIN come from James Whale’s classic 1931 film from Universal Studios, starring Boris Karloff. As such, there was a part of me that was greatly anticipating narrating the scene that contained the defining moment of the film for most moviegoers: the moment when Victor Frankenstein’s manic genius bubbles over, when he screams out those immortal words, “It’s alive, it’s ALIVE…!”
Click here to hear Scott read from FRANKENSTEIN and buy the digital download
Scott Brick At WonderCon This Weekend — Booth #1221!
All Brick By Brick audiobooks available as hardcopies at WonderCon!
Also: Information on FIRST EDITION: FRANKENSTEIN and another Brick interview
Scott will be at WonderCon 2009 this weekend in booth #1221. Say hello, buy an audiobook, get an autograph, or ask him to do his three-minute Dune! And yes, you read that right — ALL Brick By Brick titles will be available on MP3 CDs.
Scott’s “Behind The Mike” Interview Is Now Online
We just posted two new press pieces: Scott’s interview on “Behind The Mike” and an AudioFile review for LORD FOUL’S BANE. Click here to check out these two pieces of Brickaphenalia.
HOUSE OF THE WOLF,
The Final Chapter Of THE PHOENIX LEGACY,
Is Now On Sale!
Unabridged and Exclusively At Scott Brick Presents!
Plus, A Discount If You Buy The Entire PHOENIX Trilogy
Click here to hear Scott read from HOUSE OF THE WOLF and buy the digital download
Ah, February. Valentine’s Day is near. And guys…? Do you have wives or girlfriends who maybe don’t listen to audiobooks, but you’d like to get them to? Or are you by any chance science fiction fans, but your significant other doesn’t seem to enjoy the genre as much as you do? Then have I got a gift idea for you: this here trilogy, The Legacy of the Phoenix. If there was ever a series well suited to bring new fans into the fold, this is it. And it gets better: it’s 10% off the purchase price if you purchase the entire thing (or if you’ve already purchased the first two volumes and want to finish it off, you’ll get the discount as well; details elsewhere in this blog).
Now, I’m not just being mercenary here, I swear. I say this not just to sell books, but as an utter truth. No lie: I have given this series to at least half a dozen women over the years — girlfriends, girl friends, and even my mother — and they have all, every single one of them, loved it. Know why? Cuz it’s got a really terrific romance at its heart, one that appeals to women of all ages, and if you’re anything like me, it’ll appeal to you as well.
This series grabbed me on an emotional level in a way no other ever has before. A short while back, Election Day in fact, I was standing in line for ninety minutes at my polling place, and figured I’d finish off reading the series to prepare myself to narrate it. I brought Volume Three with me, this month’s selection, HOUSE OF THE WOLF. I was about fifty or so pages from the end, and didn’t really anticipate I’d get to the conclusion, but lo and behold, the line was over a hundred people long, so before I knew it, I was reading the last chapter, surrounded by dozens of people I’d never met before. Now, I’d read this series at least four times before, just for pleasure, so I was intimately familiar with the events in it, especially the ending. Nevertheless, it was like I’d never encountered it before, and even though it ended exactly the same way it had the FIRST four times I’d read it, there it was, nailing me in the guts again. I literally had to fight not to cry in front of all those people. It was extraordinary, really. Made me wonder what I’d be like when I reached that scene in the booth while narrating it.
Click here to hear Scott read from HOUSE OF THE WOLF
and buy the digital download
HOW TO BREAK INTO NARRATION
Scott’s first entry in the series gives you information
on what material to select and how to assemble your demo
Okay, I’m asked constantly how people can get started in the business of audiobook narration, and for the last six months or so, I’ve been promising everyone that I’m writing a blog on just that subject, so if they’ll just check my website regularly they’ll find the advice they’re looking for. Well, it’s taken me way yonder too long, and all those people are probably sick and tired of checking back by now, but I’m finally doing what I committed to so long ago. This is it: my advice on how to break into this industry.
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