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[bedlamsbard]

There's a really beautiful, thought-provoking essay here by general_jinjur on podfic that I really recommend.

I don't listen to a lot of podfic anymore, probably partially because I don't read much fic anymore, and when I was listening to a lot of podfic, I was also reading a lot of fic. (The fandom, for those curious, was SGA.) I do listen to audiobooks sometimes -- not very often, and I try and look for books where the writing style seems to translate very well to the spoken word. The Chronicles of Narnia are pretty good, because Lewis is a very personal, present writer. (I haven't gone through all of them -- um, and now that I'm looking, I'm not actually sure which set of audiobooks I have, since they've been recorded several different times.) I think Diana Wynne Jones and Robin McKinley would both be very good to listen to. And one of my earliest memories is listening to The Lord of the Rings on tape.

I don't tend to think about how podfic and audiobooks interact; I'm not sure they really do. I remember that toft and thingswithwings wrote two SGA fics a few years ago that were initially released only as podfics, and only later as text fic. (Melusine and lion body, head of man.) It always struck me as a fascinating exercise -- how do we write differently when we want our story to be heard, not read?

Anyway, rambling.

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[juniperphoenix]

What are your feelings regarding podfic of your own stories? Just in case, ah, someone were interested in recording some? :D

(Hi! I have been meaning to leave you a comment for a few days now, and this seemed like a good opportunity. I just discovered your stories about a week ago, and in that time I've managed to devour everything on the Warsverse timeline except "Dust in the Air," which I haven't started yet.

I love everything I've read so far. Your Narnia is so complex and real and beautiful. The worldbuilding is among the best I've seen, and your characterizations are wonderful [especially Edmund!] I look forward to immersing myself in "Dust" very soon.)

[bedlamsbard]

I would be thrilled! I've never been podficced before, so it's never come up.

I am glad that you've been enjoying my stories!

[juniperphoenix]

Hurrah! I'll have to think about which one to record. I have this sort of wildly ambitious urge to do "In Constellated Wars," but perhaps it would be best to start with something shorter. :)

[bedlamsbard]

Oooh! *dances* (There are a couple of stories I always thought would sound really cool spoken, but alas, I have none of the equipment I'd need for podficcing.)