Ross Ballard: Actor in Martinsburg, West Virginia.

Working on book three in the Crum Trilogy by Lee Maynard. This one comes on the heels of our Audie Nominated Best Audio Drama in NYC last year. Damn, I hope I'm not a one hit wonder! yikes... This project, The Scummers, takes our hero Jessie into the Army in 1956 where he once again seems to find trouble always waiting for his arrival. Some good characters in this one too. Both "Crum" and "Screaming with the Cannibals" (books 1 and 2 respectively) had better sex scenes, but this one does have a few erections up it's pant leg.

Our little mountain top studio ,MountainWhispers.com Audiobooks, recently released a sequel to the once 'banned' book 'Crum - The Novel'. (no really, banned in the state of WV in 1988) So far, it's younger sibling 'Screaming with the Cannibals' is enjoying enthusiastic audience feedback calling our work - From the Right 'Pure smut that makes West Virginians looks like a bunch of ignorant naked hillbillies', and From the Left - 'Holy Shit that's some of the funniest redneck, hillbilly sex-a-thon storytelling I've even heard. Some of the most outrageous characters out there. MORE!'... In the last ten years there is one thing I've finally learned. They want stories that don't end with characters they've come to love. Creating a series is definitely the way to make enough $$ to keep producing, or at least to pay for my therapy sessions. Ross...

This is MountainWhispers.com Audiobooks and I'm Ross Ballard. Trying to own an audio book studio in West Virginia is not unlike trying to own a snow-cone stand at the North Pole. However, we've somehow survived for nearly 12 years. In that time I've crafted hundreds of voices giving life to characters who were mute until I found them languishing between the pages of some good 'regional' novel by some good 'regional' author who at the time was as hard up as me. I've also cautiously tip-toed through the public domain tulips to find a few gems lost to time (and royalties). In those years we've found ourselves understanding a great deal about audio book production, but squat about marketing. I hate marketing. I'm the microphone guy who loves telling a great story building an exciting experience on top of the written words of some very talented writers. I'm not the guy who understands how spending a thousand dollars for an ad with ZERO return is a good thing. sigh... Fortunately, our reviews in AudioFile Magazine, NPR, XMSirrus Radio, appearances on The History Channel, et.al., has kept us going and the lights on. I can proudly say we're now one of the best known audio book publishers you never hear of. Thanks everyone. I'm off to the new studio. I'm feeling especially impish today. I'm mixing down a fun book today by Lee Maynard; "Screaming with the Cannibals". It's the sequel to the famous 'Crum' novel. Much to do...Let me hear from you guys.

Oh, yeah? Try being the only audio book studio in backwards West Virginia then whine to me about not needing a place like LA. to be near Mecca. I've been told point blank that I can only succeed only if I move to NYC. I haven't given up, but I can see the student's point. Ross Ballard - MountainWhispers.com Audiobooks

This is MountainWhispers.com Audiobooks and I'm Ross Ballard. Trying to own an audio book studio in West Virginia is not unlike trying to own a snow-cone stand at the North Pole. However, we've somehow survived for nearly 12 years. In that time I've crafted hundreds of voices giving life to characters who were mute until I found them languishing between the pages of some good 'regional' novel by some good 'regional' author who at the time was as hard up as me. I've also cautiously tip-toed through the public domain tulips to find a few gems lost to time (and royalties). In those years we've found ourselves understanding a great deal about audio book production, but squat about marketing. I hate marketing. I'm the microphone guy who loves telling a great story building an exciting experience on top of the written words of some very talented writers. I'm not the guy who understands how spending a thousand dollars for an ad with ZERO return is a good thing. sigh... Fortunately, our reviews in AudioFile Magazine, NPR, XMSirrus Radio, appearances on The History Channel, et.al., has kept us going and the lights on. I can proudly say we're now one of the best known audio book publishers you never hear of. Thanks everyone. I'm off to the new studio. I'm feeling especially impish today. I'm mixing down a fun book today by Lee Maynard; "Screaming with the Cannibals". It's the sequel to the famous 'Crum' novel. Much to do...Let me hear from you guys.

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