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Debbie Mumford specializes in fantasy and paranormal romance. She loves mythology and is especially fond of Celtic and Native American lore. She writes about faeries and dragons and other fantasy creatures for adults as herself and for tweens and young adults as Deb Logan. Books by Debbie Mumford.
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I need to be authentic to myself, and to the listener. This series is about Zeena the faerie dragon. Together with her best friend — a mischievous pixie named Saarik — Zeena sets off to free Heidi the earth fairy, as well as to save the woods and the creatures of Earth. Be as elaborate as you like. I like to read the whole book through in my head first, so I have a feel for the story, and know how many characters there are, and what is going to happen. Then I get to work! With ACX you have to submit the first 15 minutes for approval before you continue with the whole book, so I narrate the first 15 minutes and then I edit it and submit it.
I use Garageband to record and edit.
Dragons' Flight (Sorcha's Children #2)
Once the first 15 minutes is approved I will narrate the rest of the book. I record mostly in the evenings as that is when it is silent in my house! I always do a vocal warm-up before I start recording, I guess I should say a body warm up, because you use your whole body when you are narrating, not just your voice.
I do head, neck and shoulder rotations, along with different vocal exercises. I have a big glass of water near by, and I record. Once it is recorded I will work through it systematically chapter by chapter, and once each chapter is retail ready I will upload it to ACX so that I know it is good to go. What aspects do you find most enjoyable? I get totally in the zone. What do you find least enjoyable? When my Mac has technical issues and corrupts files.
And when aeroplanes or too many cars drive past when I am recording. That can be very frustrating when I am mid-flow. How was this resolved? This was due to the content of their book. It was fairly easily resolved. I sent their agent a polite email explaining how I felt, and apologising. They offered for me to narrate under a pseudonym, but I declined, and then we contacted ACX and the contract was dissolved. Do you consider royalty share when looking for books to narrate? If not why is this? Yes I do plenty of royalty share deals.
Do you listen to audiobooks? I grew up listening to audiobooks every night to go to sleep. I had a few firm favourites that I listened to for years. If I could tell my childhood self that I am narrating audiobooks as a grown up I would be absolutely over the moon. I think that it is great that more people are engaging with books now because of MP3 players. Some people struggle to find the time to sit down with an actual physical book or kindle, but listening to an audiobook allows them the freedom to enjoy the stories in a different way.
Why do you think audio books are becoming so popular? They can listen in the car, on the bus or train, whilst walking the dog, or out for a run. People like to be entertained, and audiobooks are entertaining, but in a relaxing way. Can you remember the first audiobook you owned? I can still hear the Scaredy Cats song in my mind now. So far, so good. It has only been 4 months since I started getting work through ACX so earnings wise I am a bit thin on the ground so far.
But I am so happy to be able to apply for any book that is up for audition, and to be getting work regularly doing my dream job.
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I will forever be grateful to her for making me realise my potential, and jump in head first, giving it my best shot. Everyone has been very positive and supportive. If you could narrate any book you wanted which would it be and why? Maybe an Isabel Allende novel. That book really got me. So raw and painful, but so beautiful at the same time. As long as I could narrate it with my British accent I would love to narrate that. Please tell us a silly fact about yourself.
When I was pregnant I had a mad craving for Broccoli. At the time there had been flooding on the farms and all the broccoli harvest was destroyed. I went into my local Tesco after a yoga class like a woman on a serious mission. An employee managed to find me a bag of pre-cut carrots and broccoli, the only one in the store, and I could have kissed her I was so happy!! Zeena and the Dryad — Audible UK. Zeena and the Dryad — Goodreads. Book 2 — Zeena And The Gryphon. Zeena and the Gryphon — Audible UK. Zeena and the Mermaid — Audible. Zeena and the Phoenix Audible UK.
Well, in this bundle https: The Crown and the Dragon is an epic fantasy about an uncrowned princess and an outlaw with a price on his head. Thrown together on the road by fate, they are pursued by a blood-soaked sorceror, an occupying army, a demon monster made of crows, and a dragon of mass destruction. They have nothing in common, but somehow they end up saving the kingdom and falling in love. Also in this bundle is Dragon Writers: An Anthology , which happens to feature one of my stories.
I wrote it in my head while rocking my own kiddos to sleep. In fact, I was rocking our second child when my phone informed me that this story had been accepted to the anthology. Write what you love, but also try new things. Anything worth doing takes years to learn. This is normal in any field of study, in any trade, in any new venture. But are any of those as much fun as playing make-believe? If your answer is an emphatic NO, then write. Take twenty or thirty minutes every day and write one page.
Then move on to the next one, and the next. Just finishing a short story for D. One is a Danish house-gnome following one of his household, and the other is a labor automaton who decided the Emancipation Proclamation applied to him. It was my first ever steampunk story, and I had a blast writing it. Not every day I get to talk about Elizabeth Barrett Browning, salty black licorice, and the alchemist Paracelsus in the same story!
As a stay-at-home dad with a kindergartener, a preschooler, and a toddler so far , the mythical person I most envy is Sleeping Beauty. To conk out for a hundred years? Man, that is the life. Tell you what, if I ever see a spinning wheel I am going to be stabbing my finger with that spindle.
You never know, right? When we were house-hunting for our current place, I was so excited to see that it had a room that would work as an office. Good natural light, out of the way but close to the bathroom. Which is really all I need. Most of my reading is actually listening. So the last audiobook I listened to was Food: The first three-quarters of the book everything up to about AD or so was full of great new information. And it made me want to try the recipes!
I think the wisest course and the happiest is to avoid reading reviews, much less commenting on them. But if I was going to comment, it would probably be to thank a fan for leaving the review. Or to let someone know I was glad they noticed something I worked hard on. I mostly do research as I go, when I bump into something I need to know to write the scene. But lots of other stuff, too.
That little dude knows how to lay out a spread. All of which will feature bacon. People love stories, and they get them in a lot of different ways. Leaving out movies, comic books, TV, games, etc. Hardcovers, mass-markets, trade paperbacks, ebooks, audiobooks, etc. People might buy your novel online, or in their local bookstore. They might borrow it from a friend, or from a library. You can chop it up into chapters and serialize it in magazines print or electronic , a newsletter, on blogs, podcasts, or Patreon. This is the age of innovation, of creativity. I think this is the best time in the history of the world to be sharing your stories.
There are just so many options! A Purple Unicorn Anthology. The book is set a few months after their disastrous first date. They have 48 hours to clear her name, save earth from extradimensional spies, and win the film competition at the local Con.
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Payne grew up in the American midwest watching the lightning flash outside his window and imagining himself as everything from a leaf on the wind to the god of thunder. Today, he lives with his wife and family at the foot of the Organ Mountains in New Mexico, where he focuses his weather-god powers on rustling up enough cloud cover for a little shade.
His short fiction has been published in anthologies like Tales of Ruma and magazines like Leading Edge. For monthly stories, exclusive bonus content, updates and more, please subscribe at: I am a Griffin-rider. We used to protect the Archduke and his household before he was murdered. One might say we failed, but a man may be killed in many ways which do not look like murder. The Griffin-riders are, I suppose you would say, airborne cavalry. We have fought with monsters, men and sometimes magic, but since the new religion has swept the land we were disbanded, now we are scattered.
I am now, officially, a mercenary. But I work for the Archduchess Silena if she requires me. I make my money where I can these days. Before the Followers of Arun spread their lies it was a pleasant enough world for a warrior. Border skirmishes, battles with rival houses for the Ivory Throne.
The late Archduke brought peace, hard won and hard fought. We maintained the peace, and kept the lands free of monsters, such as hydra. The old gods were more…understanding. There have been a great many…purges. I have a remarkable, strong and intelligent woman in the Archduchess, and one whom eclipses all other women. I have loyal companions and a fine, courageous griffin. I have money enough to live, and food in my belly. The world is not as bad as it might be for me. Even if I now have to live on the edges. The young princess — who is the last remaining heir — is dying.
If she does not live there will be bloody civil war. Peace is worth the cost of my life if it maintains the throne in the correct hands. Silena is regent, and fair, but a woman has never ruled the land. Times must change, but many are loath to see it. I must find a cure for the malady, the curse on the young princess. The Archduchess rightly trusts few and prayers to the new god have brought no response. We must seek the old ways. We must kill a dragon to save a throne. I have taken life in battle, that makes me a killer.
I have turned away from the state religion and dabbled in forbidden magic, that makes me a heretic, I have brought about the downfall of a noble house — some would say that makes me a traitor. Good and bad are defined by who is asking, and where he is standing. If anyone asks I pay homage to Arun, same as everyone else.
In truth I hedge my bets. I have paid homage to the old ways and the old gods. When a man is a warrior and especially a Griffin-Rider one must murmur a prayer to whoever is listening and hope they look favourable on the unworthy such as myself. Religion can be dangerous. I have never really thought about my favourite colour. I like good ale and mead, soft bread, firm cheese and good meat.
I have eaten far worse. Good, bad, legendary and deadly. Here Be Dragons on Bundle Rabbit. I wear sturdy, serviceable dresses and my long dark hair is usually in a single braid. The mountains near my home are tall and rugged and capped by brilliantly white glaciers. The intelligent races of my world are humans and dragons. We have the usual non-sapient creatures.
Domestic animals such as horses, sheep, cows, dogs and cats, and wild animals such as wolves and bears and predatory cats. How do humans and dragons get along? Not very well at the moment. Human society is made up of feudal kingdoms. My mother and I live in Glengorm under King Leofric. Our nearest neighbor is Rossal, which is ruled by King Dougal. Each kingdom is divided into hereditary holdings ruled by lords and their ladies.
The common folk who work the land live in villages and are often represented to their lords by village elders who are elected by their neighbors for their wisdom and experience. To prevent a war between my kingdom and the dragons of the ice aerie, thereby saving my people. My father deserted Mother before she even knew she carried me. Mother is the bravest woman I know.
But Mother refused to be held back by bigotry. She fought to be accepted and finally found a wizard willing to train her, though he had his doubts. Not about her ability. He knew she was powerfully gifted, but about her commitment. He believed women were fickle. Too prone to fall in love and desire family and children. Mother stood up to him. She would not hide her pregnancy for his convenience, neither would she give me up. She would continue her studies and raise her child. The force of her personality and her magical potential were too much for him.
She remained his apprentice and I was not given away. Without a second thought. Its power courses through my veins. My entire reason for being is the study and responsible use of magic. Another name for determination. Once I decide upon a course of action, nothing can deter me. Debbie writes about faeries, dragons, and the supernatural for adults as herself and for tweens and young adults as Deb Logan.
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