Benjamin Fife
An Unedited and Mostly Transparent Account of Becoming a Successful Audiobook Narrator, Part I
It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding [or at least my own understanding] of all things from the very first, to write u
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Benjamin Fife
Jul 26, 20232 min read
Baldemar - Just Your Average Henchmen in a Fantasy World, Trying to Get the Job Done Right.
Harry and I both love narrating Fantasy and Jane Austenesque stories. If you're waiting for one from me, Harry's books are great.
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Benjamin Fife
Jun 10, 20233 min read
Gattaca - Get your inspiration where you can. Run with it. And DON'T look back.
A little post for you on an underrated scifi movie that can help me kick my rear in gear today.
Gattaca is amazing.
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Benjamin Fife
Feb 9, 20233 min read
AI Produced Audiobooks?
Recently it came to light that Findaway Voices is selling narrators' voices to Apple to aid in their AI Machine learning to process mass...
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Benjamin Fife
Jan 4, 20234 min read
Stretch Yourself -
Some reflections on 2022 and looking forward to 2023... And maybe an apology for not blogging for, well, almost two years... Got...
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Benjamin Fife
Mar 13, 20212 min read
Next Guest Author Readup - Guinevere - At the Dawn of Legend by Cheryl Carpinello
Join Brad Swift and I for our next Guest author readup, next week @ 10 MT. I'll be reading chapters of Cheryl Carpinello's book, Guinevere
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Benjamin Fife
Feb 15, 20212 min read
ReadingMagic -Who are some of your favorite villains from children or YA books and why? Day 28
villains who see themselves as the hero, or are put in the villain role not based on their villainy, but rather because that was just the si
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Benjamin Fife
Feb 13, 20215 min read
ReadingMagic -What kid's book did/do you read to your kids over & over & over & over & over...Day 27
THE BIG BOOK. That's what we call it. We have literally thousands of books in our home, But when we say "the big book," there's only one th
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Benjamin Fife
Feb 11, 20213 min read
ReadingMagic - What books have you read as a family? - Day 26 -The Fife Fam Fav's List
This is what my wife & I could remember that we've read to the kids in the last 12 or so years. We take turns picking which book to read.
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Benjamin Fife
Feb 10, 20211 min read
#ReadingMagic - What was the first book turned into a movie that you read the book? - Day 25
The BBC production of the series when you watch it now is 'lacking' in the special effects department, but still captures the book very well
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Benjamin Fife
Feb 8, 20213 min read
ReadingMagic - What Funny books do you remember from your childhood? part 2 - Day 24
if not apparent from my posts, I'm rather fond of the absurd. I was pleased as punch when I found out as an adult that Silverstein also wro
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Benjamin Fife
Feb 7, 20212 min read
ReadingMagic - What Funny books do you remember from your childhood - Day 23
For anyone who claims either are not litereature, you have me and about a 1/2 a billion other gen-x'ers who would happily debate the issure
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Benjamin Fife
Feb 6, 20212 min read
#Reading Magic -If you could transform into any creature from a book, what would it be? Day 22
Dragon. Without a doubt and without hesitation. I probably would have said that before narrating so many, but 'scales' have tipped.
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Benjamin Fife
Feb 5, 20212 min read
#ReadingMagic - What Nonfiction book captured your attention as a kid? Day 21
I don't remember which teacher it was that read it to me, but I know somewhere between 2nd & 4th grade I was read Sacajawea at school.
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Benjamin Fife
Feb 4, 20214 min read
ReadingMagic - Who are three of your favorite characters from YA books & why? Day 20
have three characters from books for youth or from my youth that I have loved since I first read them. First is Digory Kirke from The Magi
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Benjamin Fife
Feb 3, 20213 min read
#ReadingMagic - What fantasy location would you love to visit someday and why? - Day 19
While I think the system itself would be amazing to visit... ultimately what I'd love to visit is the abandoned mystery ship.
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Benjamin Fife
Feb 2, 20212 min read
ReadingMagic -When you were a kid, what kind of book characters did you relate to? Day 18
So as a kid, I primarily identified with the outsider kids in books. Not necessarily socially backward, but seldom were these characters
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Benjamin Fife
Feb 1, 20213 min read
ReadingMagic - Are you related to any writers? Did you read any of their books as a kid? - Day 17
I knew that my great aunt had been an author. This would have remained undiscovered upon my bookshelf were it not for our nightly readaloud
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Benjamin Fife
Jan 31, 20212 min read
ReadingMagic - What was your favorite genre of books you read as a child? Is it still? Day 16
I have always & do still love fantasy. When you're looking at lists of books, they really love to lump Fantasy & Sci-fi together.
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Benjamin Fife
Jan 30, 20212 min read
ReadingMagic -Was there something else that ever got you excited about reading? Day 15 #readingmagic
Levar Burton talked to kids about books for kids, but I never felt talked down to. And that was something I was very sensitive to as a kid.
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