Howdy from Montana!

[kimgibbs]

Hello!

My name is Kim Gibbs and I'm excited to begin recording with Librivox.

I do some fun things with reading every week. On Tuesdays I dress up like a pirate - Captain Hooked on Books - and do a story time for preschoolers at the library. On Wednesdays I read articles from "Good Old Days" magazine to senior citizens.

I've had a little bit of recording experience including reading children's books on the radio. For recording with Librivox, I've created a cozy recording spot in my home using an upside-down card table and blankets!

As suggested, I'd like to start with some shorter pieces, and the ones I really like are written by men, like A Cowboy Life by Frank Benton, or Farm Ballads by Will Carleton. Would it be weird for me as a woman to read these pieces that are obviously written by men?

Also, I see you have a lot of poetry written by Australians - again does it break any unwritten rule to read these selections with an American accent? I know it's not as authentic, but my Aussie accent is poor and I really love the poems!

I'm looking forward to some fun recording!

Kim Gibbs

[moniaqua]

Welcome at LibriVox, Kim

Would it be weird for me as a woman to read these pieces that are obviously written by men?

Eh, no, why should it be? I know a lot of stuff written by men in the role of a woman, so why should you prevent from reading poems written by men?

again does it break any unwritten rule to read these selections with an American accent?

If it did, I'd need to stop reading in English at once, as I have a terrible German-Bavarian accent

I really love the poems!

That is the important thing!

Have fun reading, no matter if the author was Australian, man, parrot or some alien

[kimgibbs]

Alright, great! Then I'm going to dive in!

Thanks for your help.

Kim