Spiggot....

Quick blog to let you all know that "Spiggot" by Craig Saunders is now on sale at Audible.com

It's an absolute riot of an audiobook, and you can download it here: 

Spiggot: A Depraved Comedy by Craig Saunders


Not for the easily offended! You have been warned!

Spiggot: A Depraved Comedy

It has been a while since I have posted a blog, and wanted to apologise for that. The day job has been very busy because of the time of year and that, unfortunately, limits the amount of time I have to get narrations done and is one of the reasons why I cannot commit to work from the larger publishers who work to very tight deadlines. Any unfortunate author who has had a chance to work with me will testify that the word "deadline" simply does not enter into my vocabulary list. 

The plus side to this is that quality of narration is not compromised as I refuse to rush these things. Someday, it might be a full time job for me and therefore I owe it to myself and the authors who trust me to narrate for them, to provide the best work that I can. 

Next week, I will be releasing Craig Saunder's comedy novel "Spiggot: A Deoraved Comedy". 

This book is basically manic. It starts in a rush and doesn't stop running until the last page. The jokes involved could be described in many ways: toilet-humour, shop-floor, working-man's laughter. As I said before, think "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet" for cops. 

I should really stick an outtakes track on the end of it, as there are times when my eyes burned from laughing and I simply had to take a break. 

Take from the book what you will. Saunders already has a solid fan-base and they are all begging for more. 

That's what it's all about really, isn't it? 

Spiggot: A Depraved Comedy - available from Grand Mal Press on Audible.com and iTunes in April. 

Update....and a question....

Happy New Year to everyone! 

It has been a busy holiday season. The downside of aviation is that the world takes a vacation and we are at our busiest for the year! The 'nature of the beast' as somebody once said. 

Four books in the process of being completed: "Spiggot" by Craig Saunders, which is proving to be a challenge due to me having to stop mid-take to wipe my eyes and settle down after another fit of giggles. (I should really do an "Out-takes" bonus file for this one. 

Christopher Bunn's "The Hawk & His Boy" is coming along nicely, but needs about as much time as "The Djinn" to complete. Just one of those books that has to absolutely perfect in order to do justice to writing that, in my humble opinion, is simply legendary. 

Then there are two novellas: one horror, one steampunk. 
"Dark Crux" by Rob RodenParker and "Maiden Voyage of the Rio Grande" by Michael Coorlim. 

So there's the update.... and now the question: 
As you all know, I do this part-time, as a hobby and my day job takes priority, but with offers now coming in from audiobook producers in the US and the UK, I now have to explore the possibility of leaving the aviation world behind. 

I have a fantastic job with great security and prospects, but the question is: Do I take a leap of faith, say goodbye to aviation and try my hand at full-time narration? Or do I play it safe and keep it as a pastime? 

Decisions, decisions! 

Merry Christmas.....and a bit of horror too!

Well, with a passion for the writings of Edgar Allan Poe, Stephen King and Clive Barker, it was inevitable that I was going to do some horror stories. 

Part One of the Dark Crux series by Rob RodenParker is on my list to narrate for sometime in early 2013. 
(Don't let the cover fool you: this is seriously creepy stuff!)

This blog-post is to announce the above, and also to inform you that I am now fully booked up with projects until around this coming March. 

The final editing of "Spiggot" by Craig Saunders, then finishing the absolutely incredible books from Christopher Bunn's "Tormay Trilogy" and Michael Coorlim's "Maiden Voyage of the Rio Grande" will be taking up the remainder of the year and beyond. 

This has been an amazing six months for me. Never in my life would I have thought that so many people would want me to narrate their work, and it is a privilege to do so. 

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Egyptians & Axe-Murderers....

As "The Djinn" is now in the final stages of mastering, I have begun initial preparations for Craig Saunder's rather bizarre, dark-humoured, and ultimately very funny "Spiggot", published by Grand Mal Press.

The book follows two, well one, rather hapless copper and his sharper female partner, as he gets dragged through the ultimate police nightmare: getting caught inside the body of a serial axe-murderer, named Harold. 

It is very difficult to describe where the book sits in relation to the others I have done this year, but equating it to some TV series, I would say that it has the working-class coal-face vibe of "Auf Weidersehen, Pet", the street-wise bitterness of "The Sweeney" and a healthy dose of foul language and arse jokes that would not be lost in an episode of "The Young Ones". 

I still haven't the slightest idea of where I am going to go with this one, but it is bound to be a laugh. 

Expect it to be released by the end of the year. 

No Rest For The Wicked...

Before the release of the wonderful The End of the World, has even hit the shelves on Audible, (they tell me it will be there in two weeks), here I am again, working with award-winning author Andrew Biss.
This time, it is to read his latest triplet of short-stories, entitled "Broken World". 
The three stories are written in the authors signature style which is a mix of dark comedy and the macarbre, and always with a twist in there somewhere. 
I expect to have them ready for release by the end of October. In the meantime, you can have a look at them on Amazon. 

Sticking with the realms of the comedic and the bizarre, I am also very pleased to have been asked to record a rather quirky and very entertaining novel called "Spiggot". Written by the very talented Craig Saunders, it follows the world of a cranky but nevertheless very effective detective who, while working a case, gets accidentally transported into the body of a serial axe-murderer. 
I have said enough! Expect Spiggot to be available for your listening pleasure in the final quarter of 2012.

And then last night, my inbox chirped and the lovely Penny Estelle invited me to read her fantastic children's adventure called "Hike Up Devil's Mountain". Think: the Famous Five meets Hammer House of Horror!
A very entertaining read for youngsters. Will be fun to do, I'm sure. 
And I need to squeeze a vacation in as well!