Audiobook!

[asakiyume]

It's quite a breathtaking thing when a friend likes your story so much she declares she'll do audio for it--and then assembles a team to do the sound engineering and proofing! But that's what CSE Cooney did for The Gown of Harmonies, and now it's live and available via Audible, Amazon, and iTunes.

We're in the final week of May--my hope is that this new format will get a new batch of people interested in the story and lead to some more purchases--> more money for the Food Bank of Western New England!

I know you all who read here already know about the story and have probably already purchased it if you're able (and if it's the sort of story you like), but if you know people who like audiobooks, if you can let them know, I'd be very grateful! And if you yourself like audiobooks, Claire is a *fabulous* reader. There's an audio sample at the various links.

Audiobook cover is ... same as ebook cover, but square

Audible link

Amazon audiobook link

Apple (iTunes) audiobook

Thank you, as always, for your time and attention!

Comments

[mallorys_camera]

That's amazing and wonderful, and I am thrilled, thrilled, thrilled for you! 😀

[asakiyume]

Thank you so much! Audiobooks are a brave new world for me--I've only ever *listened* to them like.... twice, I think? But this was a fun experience!

[mallorys_camera]

I do a lot of audiobooks. They're a fun accompaniment to tromping! 😀

And recently, I've begun listening to fiction I've really enjoyed after I've finished reading it. Hearing the words adds a whole other dimension.

[asakiyume]

I can see that! .... Though I can also see how it could be annoying if the reader got things wrong? (Claire got everything right) I'm thinking about an episode of Selected Shorts--which is my main way of hearing things read to me--in which (of course I can't remember what the story was now...) the reader read lines in a sort of fussy, petulant way when I had interpreted the emotion as more straight up. Hmmm, this works better with an example.

Him: I'm going to have to enlist
Her: Must you really?

Imagine that a scene could take an interpretation where the second line was either straight-up worry or fretful petulance, and that the reader took that second route. It changes the whole cast of the meaning!

But if they get it right, it's ace.

[mallorys_camera]

That is very, very true! 😀

(Just finished listening to the audiobook for The Glass Hotel. Liked the novel quite well, but the audiobook was terrible.)

[osprey_archer]

That's so delightful! I'm glad this exists.

[asakiyume]

Me tooooo!

[queenoftheskies]

Hooray! This is such an exciting extension of your beautiful novella.

[asakiyume]

I think so too--it was a real treat to listen through it--having my own story read to me!

[rimturse]

So very cool! :)

[asakiyume]

I like it *a whole lot*

[evelyn_b]

That's great news! So glad to hear it. I hope you make lots of money for the food bank!

[asakiyume]

Thank you! Fingers crossed ^_^

[rustica]

Wow, this is yours?? I've just looked at the preview on Amazon, and it's lovely! Have bought :)

[asakiyume]

Thank you!! I hope it brings you joy--your purchase will help feed people here in western Massachusetts!