Hello and thank you for taking an interest in this project. I'm looking for volunteers {as in, this is a not-profit fan thing} for an audiobook of Rambling Writer's "The Needle", a mystery/horror adventure featuring Daring Do leading an expedition into an unexplored valley. As an aside, despite the horror tag, the story does not contain any gore or otherwise NSFW content beyond one F-bomb and one... interesting piece of imagery - the horror is primarily atmospheric and psychological, and over time the cast's tone will need to reflect that.
I will also mention in advance that I will likely give preference to actors with a smaller portfolio of published works. It may sound a little counterintuitive, but I'm rather hoping to provide less known actors with an opportunity to shine - provided, of course, that they can do their role well.
Edit: You don't need to [read the stuff in the brackets] or things outside the quotation marks - it's just there to provide context.
What I request of you:
A microphone of passable quality - you don't need a five-thousand-dollar setup, but something with decent fidelity at least.
A general absence of background noise and chatter.
Ability to convey a decent range of emotion - while each character has their overarching personality and mannerisms, you'll need to be coy, afraid, panicky, excited and so on. Things will get weird as the story goes on.
Willingness to read a 45K-word story, or at least a fair chunk of it, in order to understand the context of each situation would be encouraged, although by no means mandatory. A PDF with color-coded highlights for each character is available here.
Discord, because apparently that's what all the cool kids use these days.
A bit of patience and understanding for a director/narrator who's mostly flown solo so far.
I also want to thank everyone in advance - whether or not your submission is accepted, I appreciate the time and effort to audition.
-Quinch
