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: detachment, identity, Terry Briscoe on freedom, and Simon Mainwaring on brand success
Move Touch Inspire The Newsletter for Voice Actors and Creative ProsSeptember 10, 2026 An Idea To Move You Gus (my 🐾 Husky) and I walk a 5k every morning, which gives me an hour uninterrupted by tech, agents, clients, colleagues, and ads that want to sell me something blue to chew, to just walk and think. I highly recommend it. Lately I've been thinking a lot about detachment. We're all human. We ALL screw the pooch every now and again. We screw up, mess up, foul up, and fuck up. But that's...
MTI: Blame, being right, and Marcus Smart on accountability
Move Touch Inspire The Newsletter for Voice Actors and Creative ProsSeptember 4, 2026 An Idea To Move You The opposite of accountability is blame. If you're blaming the pandemic, your ex, your day job, your parents, AI, the vast (left or right) wing conspiracy, sun spots, unnaturally high gravity, or El Niño for your problems, it's time you parked those grievances and looked in the mirror. The problem not have been your fault, but it's your responsibility to solve. A Thought to Touch You* To...
MTI: Time wasted, work vs. results, and Elbert Hubbard on patience
Move Touch Inspire The Newsletter for Voice Actors and Creative ProsAugust 27, 2026 An Idea To Move You How much energy are you wasting on things outside of your control. (Clients. Casting Directors. Agents.) How much time are you wasting not doing thing under your control? (Marketing. Practicing. Building relationships.) A Thought to Touch You* Creative careers and small businesses don’t grow in a straight line. You can work for months without seeing an obvious payoff, then suddenly book two...
MTI: Just for now, specificity in VO, and Einstein on the importance of clarity
Move Touch Inspire The Newsletter for Voice Actors and Creative ProsAugust 20, 2026 An Idea To Move You I have a new-ish mantra to help mitigate my perfectionism: just for now. Just for now gives me permission to not spend an inordinate amount of time making it (whatever it is) perfect. It give me a space to come back to something later if it truly isn't good enough. It reminds me that conditions will often change and that whatever the thing is, is plenty good enough... ...just for now. A...
MTI: Silence, silence, and Angela Duckworth on... silence
Move Touch Inspire The Newsletter for Voice Actors and Creative ProsAugust 13, 2026 An Idea To Move You When have you wasted time and emotion speaking when you could have been silent? When have you wasted time and emotion remaining silent when you could have spoken up? A Thought to Touch You* Voice actors are especially good at turning silence into rejection. We’re trained to notice nuance, read subtle cues, and think carefully about how something lands. Those are great qualities when you’re...
MTI: On puffery, sales, and Anthony Iannarino on detaching from No
Move Touch Inspire The Newsletter for Voice Actors and Creative ProsAugust 6, 2026 An Idea To Move You Not many people like to put themselves out there, even when it comes to their business. And when they do, they feel like they have to chest thump, puff up, and look bigger than they really are. Let me assure you: you are already as big as you need to be. Your clients don't care who you have or have not worked with, where you trained, how much passion you have, or whether or not you...
MTI: Vacating, consistent marketing, and Kyle Schwarber on consistency
Move Touch Inspire The Newsletter for Voice Actors and Creative ProsJuly 30, 2026 An Idea To Move You Last week, I took vacation. I vacated. I got out of my usual environment. And it was so worth it. Because, removed from my usual environment... auditions, marketing, auditions, paid work, auditions, content creation... did I mention auditions?... I got out of the daily mental cycle of "next task up," and breaking that cycle brought a fresh perspective: the importance of all of those daily...
MTI: Emerson, Adria Tennor, and me on being who you are
Move Touch Inspire The Newsletter for Voice Actors and Creative ProsJuly 16, 2026 An Idea To Move You One of my core beliefs is, "Be who you are." Ironic that I work in a field where we spend our entire professional lives trying to bring our true selves to our work. The mic and camera are the world's ears and eyes, and when they are on us, that self-consciousness is the obstacle we face as artists. That's the challenge of acting. And when it's met and we bring ourselves fully, that's what art...
MTI: supporting child performers, building a pipeline, and Paul Robeson on standing up
Move Touch Inspire The Newsletter for Voice Actors and Creative ProsJuly 2, 2024 An Idea To Move You If we want producers, studios, and the tech bros to respect our craft and our rights as performers, I believe we have to speak up while those decisions are still being made. After the fact is too late. This open letter organized by the Agents of Young Performers Association focuses on protecting child performers from having their voices replicated and exploited through AI without meaningful...
MTI: the bullshit in your head, LinkedIn, and M. Scott Peck on self value
Move Touch Inspire The Newsletter for Voice Actors and Creative ProsJune 18, 2024 An Idea To Move You This morning, I realized I hadn't reviewed or responded to a bunch of social media comments. Many reminded me how many people truly take no responsibility for their lives. Excuses. Reasons they can't. The market is this, and AI is that, and the algorithms, and the money, and the time, and the never-ending stream of abject bullshit stories they tell themselves. It's just sad. It truly saddens...
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.