Behind the Scenes: "The Twisted Tower of Endless Torment" by Rob Renzetti

A behind-the-scenes look from the front lines of professional audiobook narration with Best Audiobook Performer of the Year and 6-Time Best Performance Nominee Jay Myers. We'll a look at a passage from book 2 in The Horrible Bag Series: "The Twisted Tower of Endless Torment" by Rob Renzetti, used with permission from Penguin Random House ‪@PenguinRandomHouse‬ & ‪@PRHAudio‬.
"ABOUT THE TWISTED TOWER OF ENDLESS TORMENT #2
From the creator of My Life As a Teenage Robot comes the second story in a middle-grade horror series about a horrible bag, the spine-chilling world hidden within it, and a terrifying adventure into the world of GrahBhag.
Perfect for fans of Coraline, the Spiderwick Chronicles, and Small Spaces.
Zenith Maelstrom knows he’s forgetting something…
But he can’t quite remember what. He wakes up to notes in his handwriting with messages like, “Prepare for battle!” - but what battle? - and his sister Apogee seems to grow angrier with him by the day. It’s not until he finds Apogee sneaking back into the horrible bag hidden away in their basement that all the dreadful details about GrahBhag resurface. The spiderlike Shlurps. The trio of foul mouths that hunger for blood. Eldritch horrors around every corner.
Desperate to save Apogee from her ill-planned attempt to right the wrongs of their last trip into the bag, Zenith is forced to follow her into the bizarre world that has certainly not forgotten them. Between old foes set on vengeance like Raggedy Albert and terrifying new ones like the haunting Wraith, Zenith will have to put things right with his sister without falling into the clutches of those who would do him harm. For if he is caught, Eternity Tower awaits…
With a combination of dry, absurdist humor and no-holds-barred horror, Rob Renzetti has crafted a delightfully imaginative fantasy world that will hook readers as surely as it will send chills down their spines."
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[@onedramaboi]

An absolute professional read! Taking care with words that paint a scene and the diversity of character in writing and performance is incredible :)

[@erikacalvert9481]

Bravo! Well done! That was such a treat to watch! Love the ski slope analogy!

[@BobBbro]

Great to see you at work, Jay! Well done!

[@bluekimchiandrea4476]

😅😂❤❤ on Little Mouth. I will be checking this out for sure! Thank you.

[@alexmonroe4706]

Hi Jay, a business inquiry, how much would you charge for narrating a 400-page book, size 12 font, with a slightly larger spacing in between lines? Moreover, I tried to reach you through your email link, but it didn't let me see the email address. This might be because I live in South Australia, while you are based in America.

[@jaymyersvoiceover]

Hey! Good question, and it somewhat depends on the narrator's experience. New narrators are often on the hook for both narration AND post production at a rate from $50-175 per finished hour (PFH). Professional/veteran narrators will ask at least the union minimum of $250 per finished hour (PFH) for a book (scaling up to $1000 PFH on the top end), then an additional fee for post production if that isn't handled by the publisher.
Final cost is always determined by the final runtime of the book at the end of the process, but you can give a rough estimate using word count. ~9300 words is typically ~1 finished hour of audio, so a 93k word book will be ~10 hours long. Multiply that by your PFH rate and you have an estimate.
Hope that helps!