VOAtlanta's very own Lynn Norris & Jessica Merchant joined us in 2025 to talk through the ins and outs of organising a conference of this magnitude: what it entails and how it all works

They talk us through what’s new. The Key note, Audiobooks, and everything VOATLANTA

Details of this year's conference can be found here:

https://www.voatlanta.me/voa2026/Home

https://www.voatlanta.me/voa2026/AudiobookSpeakers

We were also joined by Joel Froomkin and Sean Pratt who popped in tp share details of their Audiobook X-Sessions

This is episode 27-3 and was recorded in February 2025

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In this episode we talk about what your headshots and website photographs say about you.

Sean Pratt is a well respected coach and prolific audiobook narrator. He shared his career story: acting in film, TV and theatre and then his journey into fiction and then non-fiction audiobooks, narrating 50 books a year

Sean teaches a curriculum of classes on audiobook narration that are 1:1 online. They cover narration, non fiction and the business and marketing of the industry

He encourages us to ask: what are you selling? Discusses promotional materials. References an Audiofile magazine marketing webinar on youtube with Sean and Michelle https://youtu.be/66rCZPv4CSI?si=a34yESbY3_U00Pht

He talks us through how to experiment and crowdsource your 3 words, Personality, Energy and Attitude, and how to use that in your search for work

How to come up with ideas for your photo shoot; and he mentions these artists websites: JRodney Turner, Lillian VO, Jennifer Jill Arraya, Gary Furlong

Sean talks about the difference between a Commercial Photographer and a Head Shot photographer. The importance of preparation and the visual representation of our brand

How do you transfer those thoughts into pictures?

Awareness of self. Let Sean describe his vision in pictures

This episode 26-3 was recorded live in January 2025

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A Prose and Convs. session with actor and coach, Steve Corona who produced his first audiobook in 2007 and then stepped away for a while. He says he wished he had come back to it sooner, but acting, the theatre and dialect coaching kept him busy.

Linda Hughes, now a full time author of 4 years, with 27 books to her name, shares her story. Voiceover work in radio advertising. Seminar leader - life balance, team building, communication skills) and flying around the world.

They talk us through the 37 characters in her book, Gold mountain and discuss their connection and collaboration.

The Alaskan Gold rush inspired book is the second in the series

https://www.lindahughes.com

https://www.coronaproductions.org/audiobooks

Episode 25 started off our 2025. This conversation was recorded on Clubhouse in January 2025