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: 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...
MTI: Local (Part 2)
Move Touch Inspire The Newsletter for Voice Actors & Creative ProsFebruary 12, 2026 An Idea To Move You Continuing on last week's theme of local work (which seemed to strike a chord), local does not mean smalltime. What's local and blazé to you is out of market and exciting for someone else. Local often does mean a competitive advantage. My local clients like working with me in no small part because I can come into a local studio and work with them directly. Getting in the actual, physical,...
MTI: Local
Move Touch Inspire The Newsletter for Voice Actors & Creative ProsFebruary 5, 2026 An Idea To Move You We spend a sadly significant portion of our lives behind a screen. Mostly because of tech, partly I suspect because COVID made us all a little more hermit-y. And because there's a lot out in the real world to be stressed about. How much do you get out in your local community, for yourself and your business? I mean real, face-to-face contact with actual warm-blooded humans. Good for mental...
MTI: The Resistance
Move Touch Inspire The Newsletter for Voice Actors & Creative ProsJanuary 22, 2026 An Idea To Move You When we're resisting The Thing We Know We Should Do But Don't Want To, in the vast majority of cases, The Thing is way scarier or worse in our heads than it is when we actually do it. I've caught myself spending days avoiding a task that took 5 minutes or less in reality. Start noticing this gap in your own life and business. A Thought to Touch You* I had a great chat with my friend and...
MTI: Systems
Move Touch Inspire The Newsletter for Voice Actors & Creative ProsJanuary 15, 2026 An Idea To Move You My business coach (yes, business coaches have business coaches) says, "The more structure you have in your business, the more freedom you have in your life." He's right. The more you can standardize, systematize, and automate your operating procedures, the more time and mental freedom you will enjoy. A Thought to Touch You* The world’s most successful creatives, those who turn pro, work with...
MTI: Structure
Move Touch Inspire The Newsletter for Voice Actors & Creative ProsJanuary 8, 2026 An Idea To Move You One of our VO Pro Members posted this week: "I’m feeling a combination of analysis paralysis...feeling like I need more performance coaching and training, and ongoing work on the business backend of things. Too many resources, too many sales, too many great coaches, not enough dollars, hours, or brain waves!" I call it VO-verwhelm. It's real. It's common. You've got a fucktillion things to...
MTI: A Fresh Start
Move Touch Inspire The Newsletter for Voice Actors & Creative ProsJanuary 1, 2026 An Idea To Move You Today's the day we think of most as a fresh start. And it is. We have the blank canvas of a new year all stretched out in front of us. We get to paint it however we choose. Love. Adventure. Education. Prosperity. Growth. What I wish for you most this year is the embracing of brutal clarity. When we get clear on the kind of year we'd like to build, everything flows from that... direction,...
MTI: Optimism
Move Touch Inspire The Newsletter for Voice Actors & Creative ProsDecember 19, 2025 An Idea To Move You I was fortunate to attend the 3rd Annual NAVA Gala last Friday in Los Angeles, which raised over $86,000 for the National Association of Voice Actors. Being in that room with 450 voice actors, listening to President Tim Friedlander, VP Carin Gilfry, and Director of Ops, Matthew Parham, I have never been more optimistic about our industry. Do we face challenges? Absolutely. Will we meet...
MTI: Crush 2026
Move Touch Inspire The Newsletter for Voice Actors & Creative ProsDecember 11, 2025 An Idea To Move You January decides whether your year is built on intention or on wishful thinking. Amateurs wait to see what shows up; pros decide what should show up and reverse-engineer the year from there. If you want a different 2026, stop hoping for momentum and start designing it. A Thought to Touch You* Picture two voice actors on January 2nd. The amateur relies on momentum and/or luck. They tell...
A Special Holiday Request
A Special Message December 5, 2025 Hi and Happy Holidays, Reader. Each year, The Children's Holiday Magic Project brightens the lives of children and their siblings spending the season at a Children’s Hospital. Last year, over 7,000 copies of their Care Deer Packs were delivered to Children’s Hospitals internationally, and they were thrilled to have them and distribute them to their patients. The project was founded and is run by Voice Actor, Jeff Gelder, our friend and colleague and one-time...
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.