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The Authentic Eclectic
Publishing My First Audiobook
Describing the process and lessons learned
I used to hate my voice — like absolutely hate it. I’d hear a recording of myself and would want to run, hide, and never speak again.
I know this is pretty typical…none of us are in love with our voice, yet it didn’t help when others would comment on the deep nature of mine.
I’ll never forget when a bully told me I had a man’s voice in elementary school. What a compliment. Never mind the fact he had yet to go through puberty and squeaked and squealed like a mouse when he talked.
More recently, I’ve been told I sound like Donna from That ’70s Show, or Alex from Orange is the New Black. I’m not sure how accurate this is, but I’m grateful to have enough self-esteem now that the sound of my own voice doesn’t scare me.
Similar to my body, my voice is a part of me I’ve learned to accept.
I will say, however, when it came time to record the audiobook for my memoir, Good Enough: Believing Beautiful through Trauma, through Life, through Disorder, I feared my voice insecurity coming back. Not only did I have to record myself reading 18 chapters, but I was asked to listen to all 18 chapters after revisions, and before approving it for publishing.
