Michael S. Spence, PhD
Award-winning Voice Talent with track record in podcasts and audiobooks.
Experienced Communications Specialist with outstanding language, spelling, and grammar skills; meticulously attentive to detail; committed to clarity, readability, and accuracy; adaptable, with good interpersonal skills; a team player practiced in collaborating with internal and external contributors.
Skills
- Oral interpretation, fiction and non-fiction
- Audiobook narration and production
- Editing and writing
- Proofreading and copyediting
- Web content management
- Web page design
- Social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn)
- Quickly learning new technology
Professional Experience
Writing
- Produced audio scripts for podcasts including Tales from the Archives: The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences, The Astral Audio Experience, Scott Sigler Audiobooks, and J.C. Hutchins’s 7th Son
- 2014 Parsec Award finalist, “Why the Sea Is Boiling Hot,” Tales from the Archives: The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences (written, Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast [Short Form])
- Won renewal of Grace College and Seminary’s contract with the Indiana Department of Corrections, providing Grace’s degree programs in the State prison system
- Won recognition of Meharry Medical College’s “I Have a Future” teen pregnancy prevention program through a Daily Point of Light Award
- Drafted Bible encyclopedia articles for Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
- Increased funding for Grace College and Seminary by producing major grant and gift proposals to corporations and foundations
- Currently writing and selling science fiction and fantasy short stories
Voice Work
- “Ignem in Terram” (written and narrated), Tales from the Archives: The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences, forthcoming
- Chris Lester’s “Whispers in the Wood,” The Metamor City Podcast (principal character; 2010 Parsec winner, Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama [Long Form])
- “Scott Sigler’s Infected from the Triangles’ Point of View” (2007 Parsec nominee, written and acted), Scott Sigler’s Infected (also provided telephone feedback introductions)
- “Wakeup Calls,” J.C. Hutchins’s 7th Son (written and narrated)
- “Distinctive,” Christiana Ellis’s Pickle Tales (written and narrated)
- Cast, Jim Perry’s Star Wars: Code Name Starkeeper (acted, 2009 Parsec finalist, Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama [Short Form including Independents])
- Cast, The Empress Sword by Paulette Jaxton
- Cast, Cybrosis by P.C. Haring
- Cast, Predestination and Other Games of Chance by J. Daniel Sawyer
Editing
- Created, edited, copy-edited, and proofread book and Bible material for Thomas Nelson
- Edited and proofread Grace Institutional Advancement projects such as annual reports
Proofreading
- Provided proofreading and copyediting services to the Marion Zimmer Bradley Literary Works Trust to produce short-story anthologies as ebooks
- Proofread corporate financial documents (XBRL, HTML, and typeset) for submission to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Web and PR
- Designed and wrote copy for Grace College and Seminary’s Institutional Advancement website
- Wrote public-relations articles for Grace magazine and assisted with other PR activities
- Assisted Meharry Medical College president with op-ed articles and correspondence
Employment History
- Consulting Writer–Editor–Voice Talent (2004–present)
Self, dba MARS Creative Projects, Coon Rapids, Minnesota - General Business Clerk (2018)
CBRE, Inc., Edina, Minnesota (via Randstad Staffing) - Data Entry Specialist (2017)
3Wire Group, Osseo, Minnesota (via Randstad Staffing) - Proofreader 2 (2013–16)
Merrill Corporation, St. Paul, Minnesota (via Randstad Staffing) - Grant Writer (2004–7)
Grace College and Seminary, Winona Lake, Indiana
Education
- Ph.D., Dallas Theological Seminary, Dallas, TX
Note: Ph.D. studies involved- Considerable writing experience; ability to communicate advanced concepts in language understandable to the general public
- Ability to manage information between documents and evaluate differences between sources
- M.Div. magna cum laude and Th.M., Grace Theological Seminary, Winona Lake, IN
- A.B., Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Contacting
Please feel free to contact me via LinkedIn.