Fantasy
Getting My Hands in Some Flour and Sugar
Cozy Fantasy – 3rd person POV – two women mid 20s-30s, crotchety man; American and British Accents.
The White Wolf Stood Among the Trees
YA Epic Fantasy – 1st Person POV – younger woman about 17, wolf male – tension, persistence.
The Sacrificed Girls
YA Mythological Fantasy – 3rd Person POV – two younger women – panic, discovery, pain.
I Was a Ghost Girl
Mythological Fantasy – 1st person POV – younger girl, mother, father; impatience, frustration, tenderness.
Her Teeth Gleamed In The Dimness As If They Were Made Of Metal
Steampunk/Dark Fantasy – 3rd Person POV – younger American woman, 2 older British women; apprehension, foreboding, suspense.
A Labyrinth of Shade
Celtic Mythological Retelling – 1st Person POV – Irish accent, poetic language, storyteller.
Contemporary
I Hate Roaches
Middle Grade – Realistic Fiction – 1st Person POV – 2 girls, 1 boy; awkward, humor, longing.
I Told My Parents I Would Not Fly Back for Christmas
YA Fiction – Emotion with Snark – 1st person POV – young adult woman; observation, wry, nostalgia.
Romance
Snapdragon Seed Casserole
RomCom – 3rd person POV – woman and man in their 30s; quirky, awkward, sweet, sexy.
I Think I Prefer Dragons to Real People
YA Rom-Com – 1st Person POV – M-F – Sarcastic; Crush Being Realized
There Was So Much I Wanted To Say
YA Romance – M/F dialogue, 1st Person POV, sweet and witty
JESS
Quiet everywhere but on stage, I obtained a BFA in Theatre from Shenandoah Conservatory in 2009. In 2016, I received an MEd in Education, which was performing on a daily basis! It’s led to my wanting to make nonfiction texts as accessible as possible for every listener in my performance. Spending over 3 years living in Northern Ireland was great craic, and only bolstered my love for accents and dialects.
I love stories about strong women, sweeping history or mythology, and those featuring awkward young people with gumption. I bring a grounded yet playful, and connected presence to every piece. When I’m not recording, you will find me in mud-caked boots, covered in flour, chasing my children, or dancing (poorly, but happily).
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Jess, as depicted by the lovely Clara Fang
LATEST REVIEWS
Accents
- Standard American
- American Southern: Atlantic, Appalachian, Texas
- American Northeastern: New York Bronx, Boston
- UK: Standard British/RP/BBC English, Cockney, Midlands, Sussex, West Country
- Irish: Ulster/Northern Irish, Dublin, Standard Accent
COACHING & TRAINING
- Audiobook Courses: Joel Froomkin (Acting for Audio), Sean Pratt (Nonfiction), Elise Arsenault (The Great Audiobook Adventure)
- Coaching: Deyan Masterclasses, Jesse Bickford (Book Dragon)
- Accents & Dialects: Salvatore Sorce, Amanda Quaid
