On Route to the Booth has partnered with Internet Voice Coach, and we’re moving on over to OnRouteToTheBooth.com! Not to worry, I’ll continue to use this blog to chronicle my journey–and my column will be syndicated here–but there’s a lot more juice over there, including tips, industry interviews, video and audio content, and links to…
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How To Audition Using TextExpander
My friend Christine recently used TextExpander to find an apartment in San Francisco–and if you’ve ever done this without TextExpander, you know what a pain it can be. Christine introduced herself to more than 70 potential roommates on Craigslist by sending them each a form email that she created. She didn’t copy and paste said…
Authenticity
I’ve been struggling a lot lately–questioning myself. And then my partner swooped in and saved the day with this image. It ameliorated some of that fear…and I’m making an oath to tackle what’s left.
8 Tips for Dealing with Criticism
I know I said I would kick July off with a status update regarding my 2011 New Year Resolutions, but Gretchen Rubin’s “The Happiness Project” is one of my most favorite blogs. Her blog and her bestselling book recount “the year she spent test-driving studies and theories about how to be happier,” and both resources…
Victoria Holt On Gratitude
“I’ve always thought you’ve got to believe in luck to get it.” –Victoria Holt Every day, I fit in time to give thanks for the abundance in my life; but this morning, I woke up feeling exceptionally grateful and lucky. I’m most thankful for the people in my life, the opportunities afforded to me, and…
Product Giveaways, Reviews, Demos, and Updates
Hot-diggity-dog! I’ve been so busy, but there’s so much good swirling around, and I can’t wait to tell you all about it. Vagina Monologues. Acting classes. Voiceover classes. Improv classes. More Synchronicity. It’s fantastically crazy! Stay tuned, as I’ve got some great posts coming up, including: ‘Entertainer’s Secret’–a review and giveaway of the throat relief…
Why Sasha is so Fierce (60 Minutes Beyonce Video)
I recently told y’all about my timely introduction to Beyoncé’s alter ego Sasha Fierce, which made the superstar my hero within minutes… Well, yesterday I found out Beyoncé is even more badass because one of my Vagina Monologues directors sent this 60 Minutes segment to me. In it, “Steve Kroft profiles the superstar singer on…
Synchronicity: Black Swan
I was recently gifted with a simple truth: there are no accidents; and it seems as though the Universe is on a mission to prove her point, bombarding me with synchronicity. Synchronicity is the experience of two or more events, apparently causally unrelated or unlikely to occur together by chance, that are observed to occur…
10 New Year Resolutions for 2011
We had a lovely and low-key New Year celebration at our friends’ home in Boulder Creek, California. It’s their first place, and it’s amazing–at the top of a mountain 13 miles into Highway 9 and surrounded by trees reaching for the stars. The lot of us gabbed and downed several bottles of delicious, local wine…