Autumn Updates: Agency News & Updates to Ratana.net

The start of autumn always reminds me of new beginnings: back to school, the smell of new pencils, a few new outfits (or uniforms) to replace the ones I outgrew over the summer. Even as an adult, those back to school reminders trigger the feeling that a new cycle of learning and growing has begun.

This year is no different, with many things happening over the past few weeks.

First, and foremost, I now have an agent! Earlier this month, I signed with TGMD to represent me for all things voiceover. I'm excited about this partnership, and working with an agency who seems committed to their clients and building their brands & their business together. The process of getting an agent is different for everyone (and could be a much longer, more in depth post), but the timing for me was serendipitous. I truly believe that luck = preparation + timing. Because at the end of the day, sometimes that's what it boils down to.

Second, if you surf on over to my website you might notice a few new things. Such as an Improv page, pulling in videos from past performances of my improv group, Team X. I love performing with that crew, and am thrilled to be able to show them off in this venue. We have been performing every first & third Monday since summer began, and will continue to do so through the fall. For more info on performances, keep an eye on my News page, or visit our home theater, M.i.'s Westside Comedy Theater website.

Finally, I've added a page for images on my website - headshots as well as pictures from a photoshoot I did over the summer, a fashion take on the movie Kill Bill. The Kill Bill pictures and some of my headshots are courtesy of my friend and uber talented photographer Jack Manning. (More on that experience in a future post.) Head on over to http://www.ratana.net/, and let me know what you think!

Summer flew by in a flurry of marketing, modeling, improvising, rehearsing, studying VO and networking. The fall promises more of the same and then some. I'm looking forward to re-balancing my workloads to meet the challenges of being an artist and marketer, and what the future brings. But first...a trip to Staples for some new pencils!