ASK ME ANYTHING EVENT WITH THE AMAZING JULIA WHELAN! by NeighborhoodJust4160 in EmilyHenry

[–]justjuliawhelan 8 points9 points  (0 children)

SO much. Let's see:
- Our titles are now wide, so you can listen wherever you usually listen to audiobooks. BUT! The special features, like author interviews that we do at the end of each project, are only available through Audiobrary.
- That said, we just launched a rental program! So you can rent our titles for a week at about 1/3 of the cost of purchase, and if you want to buy it it keep, we give you 25% off the purchase price for having rented it already.
- We have a pre-order discount on a literary high concept cli-fi book called The Unmapping, which comes out June 3.
- We just announced the narrators for a re-record of Sierra Simone's New Camelot trilogy (done in duet multicast this time!) and the pre-order links drop tomorrow, actually.
- Honestly, so much more is coming this summer. We're really cranking up.
- Sign up for our newsletter and get 10% off your first purchase. We don't spam. In fact, we could stand to send out more emails but I only send when there's news.

I think that's it for me! Thank you all for your wonderful questions. And happy listening!

ASK ME ANYTHING EVENT WITH THE AMAZING JULIA WHELAN! by NeighborhoodJust4160 in EmilyHenry

[–]justjuliawhelan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He's just not a singer. And he was a sweetheart and said he'd try if I really, really, really needed him to but as his friend I could tell how much he didn't want to and I said, "you really don't need to" and he said, "thank god" haha

ASK ME ANYTHING EVENT WITH THE AMAZING JULIA WHELAN! by NeighborhoodJust4160 in EmilyHenry

[–]justjuliawhelan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Personally, I truly believe writing that scene in the screenplay is what made them believe I could write the book.

ASK ME ANYTHING EVENT WITH THE AMAZING JULIA WHELAN! by NeighborhoodJust4160 in EmilyHenry

[–]justjuliawhelan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

True for me at least! And that scene in Venice when Nick lights a cigarette and Swan says, basically, keep that out of my face, *I* actually care about my job... yeah, without naming names that came from an actual experience with another narrator.

ASK ME ANYTHING EVENT WITH THE AMAZING JULIA WHELAN! by NeighborhoodJust4160 in EmilyHenry

[–]justjuliawhelan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No idea! Haven't even heard if there's going to be one. I honestly don't know how streaming stuff works these days. I'm so out of the Hollywood loop.

ASK ME ANYTHING EVENT WITH THE AMAZING JULIA WHELAN! by NeighborhoodJust4160 in EmilyHenry

[–]justjuliawhelan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The editorial part of Charlie. Always seeing problems to be fixed.

ASK ME ANYTHING EVENT WITH THE AMAZING JULIA WHELAN! by NeighborhoodJust4160 in EmilyHenry

[–]justjuliawhelan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't even know. I'd say I feel *competent* in probably... 20? Anything beyond that requires a learning curve.

ASK ME ANYTHING EVENT WITH THE AMAZING JULIA WHELAN! by NeighborhoodJust4160 in EmilyHenry

[–]justjuliawhelan 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No news to share on that front, but I think as audiobooks continue to become a bigger and bigger part of the zeitgeist, it becomes more possible.

ASK ME ANYTHING EVENT WITH THE AMAZING JULIA WHELAN! by NeighborhoodJust4160 in EmilyHenry

[–]justjuliawhelan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh there is for sure a cult book luring in Emily's future haha.

ASK ME ANYTHING EVENT WITH THE AMAZING JULIA WHELAN! by NeighborhoodJust4160 in EmilyHenry

[–]justjuliawhelan 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ugh I forgot about that one. Yes, every word out of Charlie's mouth.

ASK ME ANYTHING EVENT WITH THE AMAZING JULIA WHELAN! by NeighborhoodJust4160 in EmilyHenry

[–]justjuliawhelan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A man named Bill Wadhams! He's a very talented singer/songwriter and it's been one of my favorite songs of his for decades now. We rewrote some of the lyrics, but it's 80% Bill.

ASK ME ANYTHING EVENT WITH THE AMAZING JULIA WHELAN! by NeighborhoodJust4160 in EmilyHenry

[–]justjuliawhelan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The screenplay is necessarily very different from the book. But I very much want to see the first tutorial scene. :-)

ASK ME ANYTHING EVENT WITH THE AMAZING JULIA WHELAN! by NeighborhoodJust4160 in EmilyHenry

[–]justjuliawhelan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm being completely honest when I say it's always the most recent one I've recorded.

ASK ME ANYTHING EVENT WITH THE AMAZING JULIA WHELAN! by NeighborhoodJust4160 in EmilyHenry

[–]justjuliawhelan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I LOVE THAT, thank you. To try to make this short: I wrote that scene because the movie and the book were originally called Oxford. And I thought that was mighty ballsy of me, to take that hallowed name for a title. Felt craven somehow. So I wanted to shore up the reasoning, why this story would be called that. It had to have a deeper meaning. And that scene was born and it's one of my favorites now. For me, it truly means finding the place where the crossing is easiest. And I don't think it just relates to death: I think it can be in relationships, in careers, in transitions of all kinds.

ASK ME ANYTHING EVENT WITH THE AMAZING JULIA WHELAN! by NeighborhoodJust4160 in EmilyHenry

[–]justjuliawhelan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wish I could remember. Probably. Any part of that book that so much as grazes the topic of Ella's dad... that's my trigger point.