Dynamic Mic

No, it's not a badly spelled new lover.

It's the thing you need for recording a podcast. Apparently the one I've ordered has an inbuilt pop filter. Well that's a relief. I hate my pops unfiltered.

But to be serious for a moment; after much study and speaking to friends in the know, it turns out if you've got the wrong microphone - mic - you're going to sound like a lot of hissy interference most of the time. Since I'm trying to cultivate a brown velvet voice, I think the pop filter will help. To be honest, I am moderately terrified of this podcast thing, never having done it before. Also, I tried recording myself on my phone. I always thought my voice was quite nice. Turns out it's actually whiny and nasal, and probably fairly irritating if you're forced to listen for longer than five minutes. (my husband is nodding) So that's yet another thing to add to the growing list. So far I've got:

The Mic and pop filter thing

Google ads - which I don't understand, although I've just blithely handed over my card number and ccv.

Several books which I have rewritten slavishly depending on which editor (friends, family, passers by) has passed criticism, so have yet to see the light of day

1 ACTUAL completed book which is , thank the gods, for sale on Amazon. It's taken me six years to work out how to publish it.

A redesigned logo for Strangetimes Publishing , which I actually quite like.

And I'm bored with listing things now so I will save the rest of it for another time before you lose the will to live.

I'm sure you're getting the picture, which is, that all I want to do is write and get my stuff out there, same as all the other would be writers. The reason for the Dynamic Mic is that, not only am I doing a podcast, I'm going to turn my book into an AUDIOBOOK! Sorry to shout but I'm quite excited by this. I daresay the sheen will wear off fairly quickly when I discover I cannot make myself sound like Gwynnie Paltrow, or master the sound effects and editing, but nonetheless I'm giving it a go. What the heck else would I be doing with the next six years?

If you're in the same boat let me know. We can get drunk together and dream of one day owning a castle with a swimming pool, because we've made so much dosh from out writing, obvs.