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My Christmas card to you…
Christmas-Luke_Matt Forrest Merry Christmas to all, and to all…a good night.
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The No-Resolution New Year
(The original title for this post was, “The No-Resolution New Year, or How the Portable People Meter Can Help You Not to Stress Over Your Resolutions.” But that was a bit wordy. Read along and it’ll...
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Liebster Blog Award
I was recently notified by fellow writer/blogger Violet Nesdoly that this blog has been nominated for a Liebster Award! Violet is a freelance writer, children’s poet, and book reviewer who I met...
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Voicing a character, or giving a character a voice?
Sometimes, the characters you voice – or, for you authors, the ones you write about – aren’t who they seem at first. Several years ago, I was watching a behind-the-scenes TV program about an animated...
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Super Bowl 2013 Commercials: Touchdowns, Fumbles, and Questionable Calls
This past Sunday night, millions tuned in to CBS for the 47th Super Bowl. And if you managed to make it all the way through Alicia Keye’s “stirring” rendition of our national anthem, you eventually...
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In Commercials or Poems, Be Specific!
I have mentioned before on this blog that different types of writing often need to follow the same rules, and can often benefit from the same methods. Thanks to a 7th- and 8th-grade English teacher in...
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Who Do You Think You’re Talking To?
Or, who are you writing to? Whether you write advertising copy or novels, video scripts or poetry…I’m talking to you. Forgive me for indulging in a little cathartic rant in today’s post, but I felt...
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The Importance of Doing
While sitting in church this past Sunday, something occurred to me: “how” we do something is not nearly as important as actually doing it. Let me explain… No matter where you go in the world, one of...
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Of one-armed strollers and turkey dinners
How often do you do things without thinking about why you do them? Recently, I took my 3-year-old son out for a walk. He doesn’t usually need the stroller for these little jaunts, but today he felt...
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After years of hard work, it’s time to cut corners
Why is it some folks feel that advertising is simple stuff? I subscribe to a number of blogs, news feeds, and online groups, and recently came across a question an author had posted, which made me pull...
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If you have a great message and no one hears it, does it make a sound?
As a children’s writer still searching for that first publishing deal, I know what it’s like to write and write and write and wonder if anyone knows or cares. This blog is helpful in making known my...
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Using technology to delay technology
Believe it or not, there was a time in human history when people not only didn’t carry their phones around with them…they didn’t even have phones. Not only that, but the concept of talking to someone...
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Revelations from the fair
As you may have heard, I spent this past weekend as the announcer for the local state fair. While it may sound like an easy job – and compared to digging ditches or harvesting shark eggs, it is - it’s...
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The difference between high rates and low rates: it’s not money
Well, sure, a $500 commercial and a $50 commercial may have a difference of $450…but that’s only a small part of the story. If you are a business that seeks professional creative talent (voiceovers,...
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When soccer, voice-acting, and poetry collide
Well, maybe not “collide” – but perhaps “rub elbows”… My Men’s Over-30 Indoor Soccer league plays its first game tonight, and as I’ve been getting ready the last few weeks, it has occurred to me how...
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From torn tendons to tenderloin: a week’s worth of life lessons
This past week has been another crazy-busy one. I know everyone has more and more responsibilities weighing them down these days, but for me, sometimes it’s hard just keeping those responsibilities...
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Are you doing your best – or everything else?
Yesterday, I read an article about McDonald’s Corp. that got me thinking about how I approach my voiceover business – and life in general. It appears that the burger chain is losing customers. Why?...
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Blog hiatus: A jerked-knee reaction
There comes a time when one realizes one can only do so much; that there is only enough time in each day to do a few things well, rather than doing a dozen things poorly. For me, that time has come....
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My Christmas card to you…
Christmas-Luke_Matt Forrest Merry Christmas to all, and to all…a good night.
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How much are you worth? More than you realize…
Whether you are voiceover talent, a children’s writer, photographer – or do any type of freelance work at all – you have, at one time or another, probably had to explain your rates to someone. You’ve...
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