Below is the real life Inca, a Leonberger, that inspired the book, in his Halloween costume, and an illustration from the book. The book, in sing-songy poetry, almost wrote itself - and was such a pleasure to write, to illustrate and... to narrate! As part of the book deal, I needed (and wanted!) to go into a professional voice over recording studio, where I learned that sensitive recording equipment picks up just about every noise! I also learned not to drink coffee beforehand (it dehydrates you) and not to eat dairy (it makes you a bit coughy sounding). Instead, I was told to drink oodles of small bottles of water leading into the process. I also learned to change my voice to and from character to narrator, and to in the future write words that are a lot easier to animate (i.e., avoid woweeeee, although poof actually did rather well!). With the emotional readings, I had to physically move away from the microphone, and in the delicate quieter parts move forward, so there was a tiny bit of athleticism involved - who knew!
I am not the only narrator for the book. Happily, a brilliant voice over talent from the UK, Dominic Byrne, did an INCERDIBLE narrated version, and it is a delight and honor to have his level of talent narrate my first children's book!
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