"Heroes Of The Sea" - Danelle Harmon

It's been about a year since I met New York Times and USA Today bestselling historical-romance author Danelle Harmon, and what a year it's been! 

Originally, I started out advising her on possible routes to take when putting her highly successful "De Monteforte Brothers" and the "Heroes Of The Sea" series into audiobook format. 

In the end, the former was recorded by the very capable David Stifel who I am sure you know from stellar audiobooks like Douglas Clegg's "Neverland".

One of the books in the latter series had an Irish sailor as the central character which Danelle had hinted at me doing for about three months. 

As I had never narrated a historical romance novel before, I was ambivalent about adding "another string to my bow" as such, and declined. 


In the end, having not found a suitably accented narrator, and with time running on, we came to the agreement that I would do an audition sample and if she liked it, and I liked it, then we would take the plunge and produce an audiobook together. 
A new adventure for Danelle, and a terrifying exploration into a new genre for me! 



Now, several books in and I have to say that if you haven't tried listening to a well-written historical romance novel, then you are missing out on something very special indeed. 

That's as far as I am going to sell this.
I'll let the audiobooks speak for themselves……here!

We've Been Renovating!

Welcome to our new blog! 

It's been a very busy first few months of 2015 and since moving to my new website a few months ago, I ran out of time arranging to have this blog integrated into it all.

Will be blogging regularly here with news of upcoming projects and a photo gallery is on its way too! 

Stay tuned! 

"The Thing About December"

Still very busy in the studio with back-to-back titles. But wanted to give you a sample of Donal Ryan's latest book "The Thing About December" which will launch in the US at the end of this month. 
You might remember that Donal was long-listed for the Booker Prize for his debut novel "The Spinning Heart" which I had the privilege to narrate last year. 

Have a listen and I hope you enjoy it! 




"He heard Daddy one time saying he was a grand quiet boy to Mother when he thought Johnsey couldn't hear them talking. Mother must have been giving out about him being a gom and Daddy was defending him. He heard the fondness in Daddy's voice. But you'd have fondness for an auld eejit of a crossbred pup that should have been drowned at birth.'

While the Celtic Tiger rages, and greed becomes the norm, Johnsey Cunliffe desperately tries to hold on to the familiar, even as he loses those who all his life have protected him from a harsh world. Village bullies and scheming land-grabbers stand in his way, no matter where he turns.

Set over the course of one year of Johnsey's life, The Thing About December breathes with his grief, bewilderment, humour and agonizing self-doubt. This is a heart-twisting tale of a lonely man struggling to make sense of a world moving faster than he is.

Donal Ryan's award-winning debut, The Spinning Heart, garnered unprecedented acclaim, and The Thing About December confirms his status as one of the best writers of his generation."

Audiobook Update

It's been a very busy couple of weeks in the studio and no sign of things easing off for at least another month, so forgive me for not blogging as often as I used to. 

The good news is that I have just finished Book 1 of Christopher Bunn's awesome fantasy Tormay Trilogy called 'The Hawk & His Boy', which has been wonderful to narrate. The storyline is fantastic. 

Also just completed is another instalment in The Sorcerer's Ring titles from Morgan Rice. This latest book is called 'A Cry Of Honor' and is Book 4 in the series. 

Next up is Book 2 of 'The Ian Fleming Files' from Damian Stevenson. The latest story from the life of the James Bond author is called 'Operation Parsifal' and if the reviews of 'Operation Armada' are anything to go by, you will really enjoy this next book in the series. 

Crime writer Scott Hunter is up immediately after that with his incredibly well-written novel 'Black December' from the DCI Morgan series.

Then, we have Irish Book Award winner Donal Ryan's follow-up novel 'The Thing About December' which I know you have all been waiting for. The publisher has delayed its launch in the US until 11th August so unfortunately you will have to wait until then to get your hands on it. 

The end of the long production run will be with two historical romance novels "Captain Of My Heart" and "Wicked At Heart" from New York Times and US Today bestselling author Danelle Harmon. 

Coming Soon...

Just a quick post to update authors and listeners about what is due on my schedule over the coming months. 
Between now and the beginning of August, I am unavailable to sign for any new projects as I have a backlog to get through and so my all round super assistant, Juniper Jones is playing gatekeeper for any forthcoming enquiries. (They tell me that her bark is worse than her bite, but I'm not so sure!)

As you can see, there are twelve audiobooks in the queue, so it is going to be a busy couple of months. 

You might also be interested to see that I have added historical romance to my list of genres. 
The very brave Danelle Harmon is allowing me to narrate two of her best-selling works. 
Do I have a voice for romance? Will her fans like it? 
Have a listen and let me know what you think.



 
In the meantime, it's back to the booth again. 

The Ian Fleming Files - Update

Well, what a month it has been. 
I'm only now getting a chance to blog about what's been happening over the past few weeks. 
The good news is that the first book in Damian Stevenson's masterful Ian Fleming Files series: 'Operation Armada' has been released to the author and should be available for sale in June. 

You can listen to a sample here: 



Last month, my main editing suite had a complete overhaul so I had some time off to catch up on some of my own private audiobook listening which is always nice. 
I can highly recommend Simon Vance reading "Eventide" by Tracy Hickman. He really is a phenomenal narrator.

Next week, I will be getting out of this heat and heading to Amsterdam where hopefully it will rain. That would be simply marvelous! 

Thank you to everyone for your fantastic reviews and emails. They are very encouraging and I am looking forward to hearing what you think of 'Operation Armada". 

Onwards! - W

You Can Find Me In Da Club (Update)

A few months ago, I posted that phenomenal dance music producer K1T has asked me to provide some voice work for his latest project. 

The result, "The Kraken" is now playing on decks around the world. 
And that, is simply awesome! 

Enjoy!