With the advent of Amazon’s latest platform, I am able to modify more of my novels 
to audio
books.
I have just finished several books,
including Mother Mac’s 
Boarding House and Ain’t Nuthin’ Gonna Separate Us.
Also, Women Outside the Walls, and
Coming Soon! More of the World of Murder series, in AUDIO.
My collection of true crime mysteries is drawn from the ten books in the series. Now available in audiobooks.
Click here for more information and to hear a sample of the audio.
Included are three complete novellas.
* Dance of Murder
* Act of Murder
* Angel of Murder
Synopsis: In the World of Murder series, Detectives Jack O’Roarke and Stella Garcia, two murder cops, seek out killers on the streets of New York City. Their investigations take them from the sleazy world of strip joints to Manhattan’s upper Eastside. Poor and rich alike, no one is exempt from murder. O’Roarke and Garcia are stars at NYPD with their careful forensic investigative skills and just plain, solid cop work.
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My audiobook “Ain’t Nuthin’ Gonna Separate Us” is now live and available for purchase in the Amazon Store and on Audible.
Synopsis: 1950. In a shack in the Georgia backwoods, two siblings, Hannah Mae and Jerry, find themselves suddenly orphaned. The swift and unexpected death of their mother casts a long shadow of foster care, threatening to tear them apart. But fierce and resolute, Hannah Mae vows to keep the system from swallowing them whole.
In a desperate bid for freedom, they hit the dusty roads, aiming for the sultry embrace of Mississippi and an obscure auntie, a phantom relative who exists only as a whisper in their memories and a faded photograph in their father’s old Bible. She is their only hope, their sanctuary against the storm.
Amidst this turmoil, Jerry grows up fast, his soul ignited by the mournful wails of the blues. When he discovers the harmonica, nothing can stop him from mastering the instrument that fills his soul with song. Self-taught and brimming with raw talent, Jerry catches the ear of Jerimiah Johnson, a great ‘bluesman’ who had silenced his music a decade ago after a personal tragedy. Inspired by Jerry’s prodigious gift, Jerimiah takes the young harmonica player under his wing.
From the cotton fields in the Mississippi Delta, where the blues echo the heartbeat of the oppressed to the jazz clubs of New Orleans.
“Ain’t Nuthin’ Gonna Separate Us” is a symphony of hope and heartache, a story of rhythm and resilience. As Jerry’s music and fame rise it becomes a beacon of unity, challenging the status quo and inspiring those who hear it.
Join Jerry “Slide” McAllister on his odyssey through an era of transformation, as he seeks to harmonize a world out of tune, proving that nothing—not even the harshest discord—can separate us from the music that binds us together.
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I’m so delighted to announce that the long-awaited audiobook of Song of the Yukon is now available on www.amazon.com
“This amazingly well-written book is based on a true story that is both captivating and a compelling read. The characters are so real, and their adventures were entertaining and thought-provoking. I spent an entire four-hour plane ride devouring this book and I would love for the author to write a sequel.”
—Bonnie Jo Davis
Synopsis: Alaska was calling! LaVerne’s dream was to follow the poet Robert Service’s footsteps to the wilds of Alaska. At sixteen she was already writing her own music and believed that her talent could only flourish on the back trails of the Yukon. In 1921, at seventeen, she leaves her home in Tumwater, Washington in the middle of the night and alone. Impersonating a boy, she hires aboard a freighter, out of Seattle, and works her way to the north.
From boat rides on the Yukon, encounters with a native tribe, fighting off male suitors to filing homestead papers, falling in love, and working the land, LaVerne uses newfound frontier wisdom as a basis for expanding both her music and her perceptions. Black-eyed Joe, a native of Alaska told her, “No man owns what Mother Spirit does not freely give”. “What a charming folk tale, LaVerne thought. I could use the story in one of my songs.”
It was in Alaska she learns the realities of frontier life that will shape her future, help her create music, and lead her in directions no woman has explored alone before.
This compelling historical fiction book is based on the true-life story of the author’s Aunt LaVerne. Perfect for anyone who enjoys adventure, the outdoors, tales of survival and triumph against the odds.
The newest stories of the ol’ South will be in audio books next week. Ain’t Nuthin’ Gonna Separate Us and Mother Mac’s Boarding House.
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Several years ago a friend asked me, “when are you going to create audio-books? Your kids’ books would do great. Anyone under the age of 25 is ‘listening’ to books not reading.” This friend even found www.acx.com (Audiobook Creation Exchange) for me so I had no more excuses as to why I wasn’t putting my books on audio. Since acx.com was an Amazon company, I knew there would be quality there and a great distribution plan in place.
It’s a pretty easy web site to use and they have a very large ‘stable’ of narrators to choose from. As the author, you are in control every step of the way. You start by posting an audition excerpt from your book. Professional narrators then send you their audition. I have always received 8-15 auditions for each book, so I had many to choose from. You can pay them outright from a sliding scale (which is my preference) or give them a percentage of the book sales. It took me two tries to find the ideal narrator, Carin Gilfry, for my children’s books. She is open and friendly and extremely patient making any changes I want, no matter how small.
After you find your narrator and they accept your terms of the contract, there are very easy steps you go through as they narrate your book. You proof chapter by chapter, (on line) ask for the corrections or tweaks via acx.com email or personal email.
I then went on to launch my true crime series into audio-books. Daniel Dorse is the voice of my lead detective, Jack O’Roarke of the NYPD. His voice is right out of the Jack Webb, Dragnet era and I love it!
Tip: You should always review and edit the manuscript that you are converting to an audio book before giving it to the narrator. I find that with an audio book, I delete about 50% of the: ‘she said.’ ‘he replied.’ ‘she exclaimed.’ ‘he told her.‘ They are just not necessary because you have a voice telling the listener who is speaking.
The result is that I have a steady stream of sales every month from these books.
Emma and the Lost Unicorn
Dance of Murder
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