[SPN Podfic] Not In Kansas Anymore

[ratherastory]

So by way of procrastinating on my Dean/Castiel Big Bang, I decided to do something nerve-wracking. I'm testing my boundaries, or having a mid-fandom crisis, I dunno. Anyway, back in the day when nwhepcat wrote Not In Kansas Anymore I thought it would be really awesome if someone did a podfic of it. And then sometime last week she posted giving people blanket permission to podfic her stuff, and I decided it was a SIGN.

So, uh, this happened.

Title: Not In Kansas Anymore
Author: nwhepcat
Reader: ratherastory
Fandom: Supernatural
Genre: Gen.
Rating: Mature
MP3 info: 32.32 MB, 1 hour 10 mins.
Summary: Castiel finds himself dragged back to life yet again after his confrontation with Lucifer. He looks for a phone, but finds something else instead.
Warnings: Religious themes and personages.
Download Link: via megaupload http://www.megaupload.com/?d=H8WRXMOT


I think it's pretty good for a first attempt ever at podfic. I've been told by reliable sources that the French accent some people claim I have isn't audible, so yay! Unfortunately my recording program picks up on my computer fan, and there's nothing I can do about that, but otherwise I think it works.

I had to learn a ton about recording a bit on the fly, but it was fun.

I owe a HUGE debt of gratitude to elsewhere_kels who schooled me properly in the basics of podficcing: everything from which settings to use in my software all the way to podficcing etiquette, metadata, and how to differentiate between narration and dialogue without killing my vocal cords. She also discovered an accidental glitch in a previous recording, which I *really* hope is fixed now. I've listened to it so many times I'm kind of cross-eyed.

Also thanks to pkwench who also did a fair amount of hand-holding for me (you'll have noticed this is a recurring pattern).

:::ETA:::

elsewhere_kels made a PODBOOK for me! Because she is awesome!



File type: M4b (podbook)
Length: (1:10:35, 55 MB)
Mediafire link: Here

Comments

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

:D

Glad you like my voice so far! It goes a little hoarse by the end, alas. ;)

*wibbles anxiously about the whole process*

[bellatemple]

Dude, you recorded a whole, like, hour or more of reading. That's something like ten times the length I've managed on any podfic project. I think getting hoarse is allowed.

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Heh. God help me if I ever decide to try a longer fic. ;)

I will take more breaks next time, though. The fan noise is less discernible that way, and it'll give my voice a break too.

[bellatemple]

general_jinjur advised on tea, then tea with honey, then tea with whiskey for long podfics. Also, breaks. And frozen peas under the fan to keep it from getting too loud. She did a podfic workshop at the last writercon.

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

I drank about a gallon of water. I have NO idea how coherent my reading would be if I involved whiskey. ;)

[bellatemple]

I think it's just a little bit right at the end. Apparently it's good for your throat.

I would definitely go with tea as well as water, next time. I remember it helping after spending hours telling stories at parties.

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Tea fixes everything! Why didn't I think of that? :D

[claudiapriscus.livejournal.com]

That might be...interesting. It could be a whole challenge! Everyone would be assigned some fic, or some part of a longer fic, and they'd all have to do it after imbibing.


Bonus points if they start rewriting the story midway through.

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Oh, man... it'd be like a podfic drunken remixing party!