When someone contacts me about my voiceover services and immediately focusses on price, I’ve learned to take a step back. It has been my experience that there’s an inverse correlation between the price they want to pay and the degree to which they will turn out to be a pain in the neck. So when [...]

This is the title of a new book by David Denby, New York Times film critic. I became aware of it when an interview with Denby was aired on Morning Edition on NPR this week. Although the book doesn’t get stellar reader reviews on Amazon, his point got my attention – that there is a [...]

This video of a Thai coffee vendor was displayed at the Serious Eats blog today. It reminded me that, no matter what you do for a living, you can be great if you put in your time to become so.

A last minute reminder: check your local listings for the more-or-less national broadcast premiere of Forgotten Ellis Island, airing tonight in most markets at 10 pm on PBS. The film was directed by Lorie Conway, narrated by Elliott Gould, and has historical voices by Mary McKitrick (that’s me!) as well as Bruce Miles, Fred Keeler [...]