Monday, July 24, 2023

READING WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED

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Do you enjoy listening to audiobooks? They’re great for long car trips, commuting to work on the train or bus, getting your steps in while out walking or on the treadmill, doing housework, preparing meals, or even relaxing with a good book when you want to read with your eyes closed.  

A year ago, my author Lois Winston entered into a partnership with narrator/producer Alex Bitton-Bailey to put the Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mysteries (those books Lois writes about me) out as audiobooks. Ever since, they’ve been making steady progress. A Stitch to Die For, the fifth book in the series, is the latest audiobook available through Audible, iTunes, and Amazon. Scrapbook of Murder, the sixth book in the series, is currently in production.

When Lois was searching for a narrator, she wanted to find someone with the voice she heard in her head—my voice. We both wanted Tina Fey because…well, she’s Tina Fey, and if Lois ever options the TV or movie rights to the series, we both think Tina Fey should play me. (It’s one of the few things Lois and I agree on.)

 

However, since Tina Fey wasn’t an option, Alex came the closest to the voice in Lois’s head, and as it turns out, Alex loves me and agreed to voice the entire series. Lois and I were both thrilled. Alex is a great narrator and wonderful to work with.

 

And if your answer to the question I asked at the beginning of this piece was yes, you’re in luck. Lois has a limited number of US and UK promo codes for free downloads of the audiobook of A Stitch to Die For. Post a comment to the blog for a chance to receive one.

 

A Stitch to Die For

An Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery, Book 5

 

Ever since her husband died and left her in debt equal to the gross national product of Uzbekistan, magazine crafts editor and reluctant amateur sleuth Anastasia Pollack has stumbled across one dead body after another—but always in work-related settings. When a killer targets the elderly nasty neighbor who lives across the street from her, murder strikes too close to home. Couple that with a series of unsettling events days before Halloween, and Anastasia begins to wonder if someone is sending her a deadly message.

 

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5 comments:

  1. Pamela Ruth MeyerJuly 24, 2023 at 1:46 PM

    I remember one of the very best things about being a child was having my mother read a book to me. Ours were usually Nancy Drew. The day I hear a narrator read like my mother, I'll be hooked. For now, I personally prefer having a real book in my hands for my reading. Sometimes I even write in the book ( ;

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  2. Kathleen KaskaJuly 24, 2023 at 2:19 PM

    I'm glad you find the perfect narrator for Anastasia. Finding the right voice is so important. The narrator for my first Sydney Lockhart book sounded like Granny Clampett. Sydney is young, sexy, and in no way like Granny.

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  3. Lois WinstonJuly 24, 2023 at 5:55 PM

    Pamela, I'm glad my post reminded you of a happy memory from your past.

    Oh no, Kathleen! Granny Clampett? That's so not Sydney!

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  4. SaralynJuly 25, 2023 at 9:49 AM

    Best of luck with your audiobook, Anastasia--and Lois. You're both headed for stardom!

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  5. Lois WinstonJuly 25, 2023 at 4:02 PM

    Thanks, Saralyn!

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