I soon will be recording my new work, Too Soon For Sunset, the second novel in the Superstition Murder Club mystery series, for the Arizona Talking Books Library. The Library staff feels my Superstition Murder Club mystery series is especially desirable to those who access Talking Books. As part of the National Library Service, a division of the Library of Congress, Talking Books are digitally mastered and made available around the country for download.
When they first approached me to read Superstition Murder Club, I readily accepted. They were excited to hear there was a second novel in the works becuase their readers love serial novels. I was given the option of having someone record it or record it myself at the studio in Phoenix. I chose to record it myself.
On my first day at the recording studio, I eagerly jumped in. The program director went over the basics and supplied me with the pages of my first three chapters, plus cover text and dedication. I was sealed in a soundproof booth, with a chair, a reading easel, headsets, and a very intimidating microphone covered in gray foam pointed straight at my face.
I was quite confident that I could do the recording. I have had lessons in elocution, plus am very familiar with the words in my own book. However, the recording process was more challenging than I expected. It is an onerous task.It took more than six months for me to record Superstition Murder Club.