End-of-year meme: podfic

[luzula]

Long due South podfic (over one hour):
Come With Me, by zabira (Fraser/Victoria, PG-13, 1h 12m)
What's a Good Friend to Do?, by helens78 (F/K, NC-17, 1h 20m)
Volcanic Geranium, by zelempa (F/K, R, 2h 22m)
Leaving Home, by me (Benton Fraser/Eric Kitikmeot, but mostly gen, R, 1h 17m)
Depot by me (Benton Fraser/Eric Kitikmeot, but mostly gen, PG-13, 1h 1m)

Medium due South podfic (20-60 minutes):
How the Ray Was Won, by catwalksalone (Kowalski/Vecchio, PG, 55m)
Guard Duty, by brigantine (Fraser/Kowalski, PG-13, 45m)

Short due South podfic (under 20 minutes):
Pacta Sunt Servanda by arrow00 (Fraser/Kowalski, NC-17, 16m)
Ray is kissing Fraser, by mergatrude (Fraser/Kowalski, PG-13, 5m)
Thus, every feather obeys the wind, by mergatrude (Fraser/Kowalski, PG-13, 12m)
Hesitation Waltz, by akamine_chan (due South, Fraser/Thatcher, PG-13, 15m)
Point A to Point B (and All the Detours in Between), by lucifuge5 (due South, Elaine Besbriss gen, PG, 13m)
Hanging, by akamine_chan (due South, F/K, R, 2m)
Cold North Wind, by akamine_chan (due South, F/K, G, 2m)

Canadian Six Degrees:
Tongue Tied, by helens78 (Gunless, Ben Cutter/The Montana Kid, NC-17, 10m)
Unexpected Rough Patch in the Road by helens78 (Gunless, Ben Cutter/The Montana Kid, PG-13, 14m)

Fairy tale, folklore and mythology:
Unhappily, by lyrstzha (Sleeping Beauty, gen, R, 18m)
The Spring Bride, by waldorph (Snow White, gen, PG, 21m)

Master and Commander
More Certain in Affection, by Keiko Kirin (sakana17) (Jack/Stephen, R, 1h 23m)
Moon Under Water, by feroxargentea (Jack Aubrey/Stephen Maturin, PG-13, 27m)

Sherlock Holmes
To A Doctor's Wife, by tweedisgood (Holmes/Watson, Watson/OFC, PG, 27m)
Commonplaces, by astolat (Irene Adler/Godfrey Norton, Irene Adler/Sherlock Holmes, implied Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, R, 16m)

Other litfic:
Shalbatana, by ellen_fremedon (Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars books, gen, G, 52m)
C/Fe, by dorinda (Isaac Asimov's robot series, Elijah Baley/R. Daneel Olivaw, R, 1h 44m)
Nice Work If You Can Get It, by astolat (Isaac Asimov's Robot books, Greg Powell/Mike Donovan, R, 1h 4m)
No Second Coming, by aria, (The Dark Is Rising, Bran Davies/Will Stanton, Simon Drew/OFC, PG, 1h 52m)
Bright Moon, Who Goes Farther Still, by hossgal (Watership Down gen, PG, 1h 37m)
The Poignant Sting, by ione (Emma, canon pairings, but mostly gen, G, 1h 24m)
A Piece of the Continent, by Epigone (alreadythere) (The Left Hand of Darkness, Genly Ai gen, PG, 1h 33m)
Goodnight Room, by Skogkatt (Goodnight Moon, PG, 20m)

X-Men:
The World You Crave, by petra (X-Men, Charles/Erik, 2m)
The Winter of Banked Fires, by Yahtzee (X-Men, Charles/Erik, Rogue/Logan, 7h 51m) Collaboration with podcath, crinklysolution, helens78, heyiya, reena_jenkins, and rhea314.

Other:
Lefty Sings the Blues, by masterofmidgets (Pancho and Lefty (song), Pancho/Lefty, PG-13, 26m)
The Cape as Red as Blood, by thefourthvine (Call Me When You're Sober (music video), gen, PG-13, 1h 23m)

Non-podfic:
Volume I of Peter Kropotkin's autobiography Memoirs of a Revolutionist (7h 30 min). Volume 2 is underway.

First off, some statistics:

• Total podfic output: 26 h 50 min (34 podfics). This is less than last year's 42 h 19 min (73 podfics), but counting the Librivox stuff I've actually recorded about 39 hours this year, so it's about the same. (I'm only counting my part of the long collaboration.)
• 16 different fandoms are represented (as opposed to 44 last year).
• 14 out of 34 podfics are longer than one hour (as opposed to nine out of 73 last year).
• 9 h 48 min (37%) of the podfic recording time is due South and C6D.
• The recording time is 54% slash, 36% gen, 10% het, and no femslash.
• 31% of the recording time is from a female POV.

This year I seriously cut down on the Amplificathon craziness, and let go any thoughts of placing among the top three, as I've done in the past. Last year's trend of recording long podfics outside of due South continues. This year I've recorded much fewer short podfics, and this is a conscious choice. I do like short podfics, but my least favorite part of podficcing is the administration that goes into it--uploading, posting, cross-posting, updating my index, etc (I actually mind the editing less). If I do long podfics, there's less administration. The short podfics I've done for 2011 were mostly because of offering to record podfic for people on More Joy Day (plus some assorted spontaneous ones).

My best podfic(s) of this year: I think I've recorded a lot of good podfic this year! If I have to pick a few, perhaps the Austen podfic The Poignant Sting, and also C/Fe--it was unexpectedly fun to find a voice for Daneel the robot. Oh, and also Bright Moon, Who Goes Farther Still, which has just the sort of fairy tale flavor I love to read.

My favourite podfic of this year: I can't choose! I'm actually very fond of all the long rare fandom podfics I did for Amplificathon. I'm totally doing that again.

Podfic most underappreciated by the universe, in my opinion: Come With Me, I think. I'm really happy with my Victoria voice in it, but I didn't get any comments on it. Of course, Fraser/Victoria angst isn't for everybody, so I think I had fewer listeners because of that. And in general I don't think I'm underappreciated at all! I am very happy about the feedback I get. ♥

Most fun podfic to record: Unexpected Rough Patch in the Road, because it was so much fun to collaborate with helens78.

Sexiest podfic: Definitely What's a Good Friend to Do?. It's all porn!

Podfic with the single sexiest moment: Tongue Tied, I think.

Most "Holy crap, that's wrong, even for you" podfic: Nothing, I think? Maybe I should remove this question; I never know how to answer it.

Podfic that shifted my own perceptions of the characters: Hmm, can't think of one.

Hardest podfic to record: A tie between Volcanic Geranium, which was hard because of all the snappy dialogue, and How the Ray Was Won, which was hard because I can't seem to get a handle on Ray Vecchio's voice. I did finally learn to read Frannie, though, which is great.

Biggest Disappointment: I don't think there is one?

Biggest Surprise: Rediscovering how much fun it is to read poetry aloud. I recorded one piece of fannish poetry, The World You Crave, but I also recorded some poetry for Librivox.

Most Unintentionally Telling Podfic: I don't know? The Kropotkin book probably reveals a lot about my political opinions.

Looking back, did you record more podfic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you'd predicted? About what I'd hoped.

What pairing/genre/fandom did you record that you would never have predicted in January 2011? The Kropotkin book for Librivox, I think. I've enjoyed it and it's been a learning experience, but I'm also looking forward to getting back to podfic.

Did you take any risks this year? What did you learn from them? I collaborated on a podfic, which was fun and I want to do it again. I also began to experiment with using sounds other than my voice, on Bright Moon, Who Goes Farther Still and No Second Coming. On the first one I recorded a bit of birdsong to divide the different sections, and on the other I used a clip from freesound.

Do you have any podfic goals for the New Year? Yes! I have a long list of potential fics to record.

I'd like to thank the academy... I'm very grateful to my beta listeners: malnpudl, andeincascade, podcath, crinklysolution, and helens78. In fact, I am coming to appreciate beta listeners more and more.

Comments

[andeincascade]

Luz, I know you struggled with the dialogue in Volcanic Geranium but you nailed it, you nailed it hard. At work, I usually wear a single earphone so I can listen to podfic while leaving one ear free for office functionality. I was listening to VG yesterday actually and I kept giggling and, of course, none of my unfortunate coworkers could hear Ray being hilarious. My favorite scene is the one where Fraser is helping Ray with his outfit. "I'm a man, Fraser. I have a manly look." *dies* It's really one of your best; I hope you know that.

[luzula]

Hee, I like the thought of making you giggle at work. *g*

And thank you! Yeah, it's true that just because something is hard to do, that doesn't mean it's going to turn out bad. Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference, though, but I guess that's what beta listeners are for. : )

Thanks!

[crinklysolution.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting this, I'm going to go through it carefully and see what I have yet to listen to...so convenient, and interesting to boot!

Re: Thanks!

[luzula]

You should do an end-of-year list, too! They really are convenient for seeing what you've missed. : )

Re: Thanks!

[crinklysolution.livejournal.com]

I actually have a podfic master post that I have been trying to figure out how to post, lj keeps telling me that it is too large. I am not super proficient with things like linked posts, I'm afraid...but I will keep trying to figure it out...

Re: Thanks!

[luzula]

Huh, that's weird. I mean, if you can post a 10,000-word story, you ought to be able to post a master list of podfic...I had no trouble with mine.

[chibigirlflower.livejournal.com]

Hi, the sendspace link to your work does not work - i get the error message that you took down your work

by the way "vulcanic geranium" was awesome \^__^/

[luzula]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked Volcanic Geranium. : )

Most podfics have a permanent link at the audiofic archive (just search for the story title). If it's not on there and the Sendspace link has expired, tell me which one it is and I'll re-upload it.