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🎙️ My Slightly Awkward Fling with AI Audiobooks

If you're the kind of person who breaks into hives at the mention of AI, I have one gentle suggestion for you: maybe go pour yourself a cup of tea and skip this post. No hard feelings—I’ll see you next week when I’m talking about Papillon dogs or haunted attics or something wholesome like that. BUT… if you’re curious about what happens when an indie author who usually handcrafts her audiobooks like they’re artisanal sourdough decides to flirt with artificial intelligence… well, pull up a chair. It all started when KDP (that’s Kindle Direct Publishing for the uninitiated—Amazon’s indie author arm) invited me into a beta program to test their brand-new virtual audiobook creation tool. You read that right: AI voices reading your book aloud . It’s like giving your manuscript to a robot and asking it to sound dramatic, heartbroken, or mildly sarcastic. Now let me preface this by saying—I DO record my own audiobooks. I have a cozy little studio set up, microphones that cost more th...

Double the Thrills, Double the Magic: FREE Reads Coming Your Way today!

Hey Bookworms! Guess what?! I'm bursting with excitement to share some fantastic news: I'm participating in the upcoming "Stuff Your Kindle" event, and not just with ONE book – but with TWO! That's right, you'll have double the chance to snag some FREE reading material from yours truly. Clear your schedule, because today is the day to head over to StuffYourKindleCrime.com, browse through the amazing selection of mystery, crime, and suspense eBooks, and stock up! Let me tell you a little more about the books that will be available: First up, we have Sapphires & Secrets: From the Magical Papillon Mysteries Series . This cozy mystery with a touch of magic takes you to Rosewood Hollow, where nothing is quite as it seems. When a priceless sapphire vanishes, Sarah Anderson's life gets flipped upside down. She must clear her friend's name and catch some dangerous art thieves! But Sarah soon discovers she can communicate with her Papillon, Pix...