WHELAN: Yes, that was sort of the intention. Did you write a novel that pokes fun at romance but is itself a romance? But meanwhile, she is paired to read with a male audiobook narrator who turns out to be pretty dreamy. And she is not happy about this because she doesn't really like romance, the whole genre.

She gets a request out of the blue to narrate a romance. And while she loves it, it's hard for her to accept that life has just not gone according to her plan and what she wanted to be doing. And she has found herself doing audiobook narration. WHELAN: Sewanee Chester is a former on camera actress who suffered a pretty tragic event, and it ended her on-camera career. Your main character, Sewanee Chester - she is not you. Well, I want to talk a little bit about the book and then how you do it. And I understood that I had written something that was possibly so meta it just spins off its axis. But when I got into the booth to actually record the book, it just hit different. I knew obviously when I was writing it that I was writing a very meta novel. At this point, nothing makes sense to me. KELLY: Is this the most meta thing ever? How are you keeping fact from fiction straight at this point? And, yes, if you want to listen rather than read off the page, guess who narrates it? Julia Whelan, thanks for joining us. She is also a novelist, now out with her second book, titled 'Thank You For Listening.' It is the very funny tale of Sewanee Chester, who is an audiobook narrator. She is one of the most prolific, most in-demand narrators in the audio book business. KELLY: Julia Whelan - she is all those voices you just heard. Was Donald Trump's de facto headquarters for much of.ĭoing it is meaningless, especially in literature from.Ī novel written and performed by Julia Whelan. I can certainly consult for you while reading books and writing about. JULIA WHELAN: The girl wakes up in someone else's bed. If you are a fan of audiobooks, it may sound familiar.

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