TJ Richards is an audiobook narrator with a love for diverse LGBT+ fiction and damned fine stories!  She is also an LGBT+ activist, National Co-Chair of the LGBT+ Embrace Network, a Trustee for Q:Alliance and on the founding committee for RoundabOUT; Milton Keynes' Inter Company LGBT+ Network.  A busy woman indeed!

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About TJ

she / they

Born in the US and raised in a variety of countries by globe trotting military parents - they were exposed to lots of exciting locales, experiences, and accents! Growing up with family in the US deep south as well as Appalachian mountains, they also joined the US military and traveled around the world before eventually settling down and marrying their (utterly amazing) wife in the UK, where they now live.

TJ has been a story teller their entire life, starting by making up various fairy tales (utter lies) for their baby brother, often resulting in shenanigans. After being outed in the US military and suddenly needing to find a new career, TJ was convinced to try narration in 2016. From the beginning, they focused on stories with strong female leads, and women who love women. They know how important it is to have media that reflects who you are – growing up as a young lesbian with a particularly voracious appetite for fiction, they almost never saw positive stories about the LGBTQ+ community (and certainly never about the women within that community). Representation matters!

 

In addition to being an audiobook narrator, TJ is also very active in the UK LGBTQ+ activism community, leading corporate networks and regional charities that focus on advancing the rights of, and supporting our LGBTQ+ community. They’ve received numerous awards and recognition for their activism work and don’t ever plan to stop.

 

TJ lives in Buckinghamshire with their (again - freaking fabulous) wife, various furry family members, a small flock of chickens on a tiny farm that provides endless distraction when a creative block arises.

 

Latest Audiobooks

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Demos

Click below to listen to some samples of my work!

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Rates (Audiobooks)

PER FINISHED HOUR (PFH) PROJECTS

  • A fee of £200 GBP / $230 USD per hour of finished audio is paid prior to submission of the audio files (1/3 deposit up front)

  • Editing and mastering is subcontracted out to an experienced and professional audiobook engineer for a high quality finish and a quicker turn around.

    • Per finished hour is calculated by taking the total words in your manuscript and dividing them by 9000 (the average number of words a narrator can read aloud in an hour) and then rounding up to the nearest whole hour. So an 80,000 word manuscript would work out to 8.8, and be rounded up to 9 finished hours.

HYBRID PROJECTS (Royalty Share Plus / RS+)

  • via a recognised platform (that isn’t ACX)

  • A fee of £50 GBP per finished hour is paid in two installments (half up front and half on delivery of completed audio), and used to cover expenses for sending the raw audio to a professional studio for editing and proofing.

  • We also split the royalties of the sales as per the standard Royalty Share terms of the platform in question

  • Mastering of the audio files is done by myself, via a professionally set up suite of software plugins.

ROYALTY SHARE (RS) PROJECTS

  • Only available to authors I’ve already worked with, through an agreed upon platform.