MOVE TOUCH INSPIRE: The Newsletter for Voice Actors & Creative Pros Who Want to Grow Their Business
Every Thursday, the latest issue is sent to voice actors and other creative pros like you. Each message includes an idea to move you, a thought to touch you, and a quote to inspire you, as well as what I’m writing about that week on YouTube, on The VO Pro Podcast, and in The Pro Blog.
MTI: You and them
Move Touch Inspire The Newsletter for Voice Actors & Creative ProsApril 23, 2026 An Idea To Move You Ask anyone and they will tell you, the voiceover community at large, worldwide, is the most supportive community on Earth. Would-be competitors help each other selflessly without question or pause. Years deep, I still can't explain it, but it's the most beautiful thing about this business. There are two scenarios when voice actors should be intentionally unsupportive of colleagues: Don't ever*...
MTI: Control
Move Touch Inspire The Newsletter for Voice Actors & Creative ProsApril 16, 2026 An Idea To Move You The core of stoic philosophy is this: control the controllables and let everything else go. It's the essence of the serenity prayer: grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.We cannot control outcomes... booked gigs, auditions sent our way, marketing responses, even the money we make or whether someone...
MTI: First Impressions
Move Touch Inspire The Newsletter for Voice Actors & Creative ProsApril 9, 2026 An Idea To Move You A full 60 percent of you receiving this email have a Gmail address and are presumably using that for your business. If you're a hobbyist, still in training, and/or not approaching other businesses to do business, that's fine. Most people take themselves too seriously, and the business and craft not seriously enough. That's ass backward. Take the craft and business and your relationships...
MTI: AI-daptation, and The Rise
Move Touch Inspire The Newsletter for Voice Actors & Creative ProsApril 2, 2026 An Idea To Move You First it was non-union work. Then, the pay-to-plays and online gig sites, Then it was COVID. Now, it's AI... The Flavor of the Year that's supposedly going to annihilate the VO industry. None of the previous threats lived up to the hype, but they did change the way we work. AI likely be a bigger change, but still, a change. Not an obliteration. Smart voice actors and creatives will leverage AI...
MTI: Sales
Move Touch Inspire The Newsletter for Voice Actors & Creative ProsMarch 26, 2026 An Idea To Move You There's an old saying in business: nothing happens until someone sells something. If you're a creative pro who runs a business, the largest and most important hat you wear isn't Artist. It's Salesperson. Because without sales, you don't have a business. A Thought to Touch You* You can’t control a client’s budget, a casting director’s mood, or industry trends. But you can control how many doors...
MTI: Luck
Move Touch Inspire The Newsletter for Voice Actors & Creative ProsMarch 19, 2026 An Idea To Move You When we think about luck, we think about chance. Serendipity. Coincidence. I believe luck is not something that happens to us, but something we create. It's not passive. It's active. The overwhelming majority of the people the world considers lucky worked their ass off preparing, so that when circumstances aligned, they were in a position to take advantage. A Thought to Touch You* If you want...
MTI: Action
Move Touch Inspire The Newsletter for Voice Actors & Creative ProsMarch 12, 2026 An Idea To Move You Spring has sprung here in Virginia. A few weeks ago, we were covered in inches of ice. Today, grass is growing, trees are budding, and flowers are blooming, all because 3 months ago, the Earth tilted back the other way. Reminder: the actions you take now will set in motion all kinds of beautiful outcomes in a few months. A Thought to Touch You* Every big client started as a stranger. Every...
MTI: Foundation
Move Touch Inspire The Newsletter for Voice Actors & Creative ProsMarch 5, 2026 An Idea To Move You Everyone wants a fancy logo. Business cards. They trip over themselves to get the first demo (often before they're ready). They tell anyone who'll listen, "I'm a small business owner." But if you haven't created a real, legal business, you're just a lip flapper with a mic. A solid legal and tax foundation won't stroke your ego or make you interesting at parties. But it will help cover your ass...
MTI: Credibility
Move Touch Inspire The Newsletter for Voice Actors & Creative ProsFebruary 26, 2026 An Idea To Move You Imposter syndrome is a lie. It's built on external comparison, and the fastest way to starve it is to stop comparing yourself to others. Your only competition is you, last week. You, last month. You, last year. You, 5, 10, 20 years ago. Work on beating that guy, every damn day. A Thought to Touch You* Real pros don’t wait to be credible. They build credibility, piece by piece, from day one....
MTI: Rejection 👎
Move Touch Inspire The Newsletter for Voice Actors & Creative ProsFebruary 19, 2026 An Idea To Move You Rejection in any creative art, especially acting, comes in both micro and macro forms. The micro is not booking a gig, not hearing back from an agent after an inquiry, sailing countless outreach emails into the ether without a gig to show for it (yet, or in a drought), the close-but-no-cigar shortlists, the $200 award submissions that go unnominated, and on and on...The macro is, after...
Every Thursday, the latest issue is sent to voice actors and other creative pros like you. Each message includes an idea to move you, a thought to touch you, and a quote to inspire you, as well as what I’m writing about that week on YouTube, on The VO Pro Podcast, and in The Pro Blog.