Kristin Heintz spent 25 years narrating audiobooks — from Audible in New York to becoming a character readers refused to let anyone else voice. Now she co-runs My Audio Rocks and directs authors through narrating their own work. We talk about the craft secret that separates reading from storytelling, why memoir belongs in the author's own voice, and why her studio uses zero voice AI — on purpose.

Chapters 01:24 — Singer to narrator: the Audible job that landed in her lap 03:26 — Brilliance Audio vs. Audible, and her first real director 05:57 — The craft secret: reading it "for the first time" 08:22 — Becoming the character (and the fans who proved it) 12:16 — Why she stopped "just narrating" 16:23 — The case for narrating your own book — and why publishers resist it for memoir 18:48 — Peggy DeLong, crying in the booth, and letting emotion through 21:28 — The lizard brain and the ancient pull of spoken story 23:02 — Which genres suit author narration vs. a pro 25:36 — The AI question: why My Audio Rocks uses no voice AI 28:25 — Automation vs. AI-generated audio (the distinction that matters) 32:14 — What actually happens when you sign up 35:12 — The "Rockaburton" kit and your live-directed first session 39:36 — What authors get wrong: "not all engineers are audiobook engineers" 42:47 — One piece of advice for the fence-sitters 43:22 — Where to find Kristin + the partnership rate

Show Notes: myAudio.rocks