What if the most powerful rewrite isn’t on the page—but in the voice that reads it?

Spoken Into Existence returns this week with a question that reshapes how we craft character: If the audience’s first experience of your character is through their voice—how does that change the way you bring them to life?

It’s not just a fun narrative exercise. It’s a glimpse into a revolution. And at the center of it all… Voice! Real, resonant, character-crafting, audience-immersing voice.

The Alchemy of Audio...

Last week, we kicked off Spoken Into Existence—our real-time audio storytelling experiment—with authors Joseph Nassise and Tom Leveen. Together, they’re writing, voicing, and publishing a serialized novella series using Spoken’s AI-powered tools. This week, they dove headfirst into the creative trenches, revealing how Sackcloth and Blood is anything but your typical apocalypse story.

Writing From the End of the World

At the heart of Sackcloth and Blood is a bold reversal: the Four Horsemen of...

I'm very excited to introduce Spoken Into Existence — a first-of-its-kind, real-time audiobook series from me and acclaimed novelist Tom Leveen, in conjunction with the team at Spoken Press.

Over the next five weeks, we'll co-write, voice cast, and publish a brand-new serialized audio story in real time using Spoken’s AI-powered studio tools.

Written for audio. Voiced with AI. Published as it happens.

This project isn’t just about releasing a story—it’s about pulling back the curtain on the...