Podfic: "In the Dark Hours of the Morning", by implicated2 (Code Name Verity)

[luzula]

Title: In the Dark Hours of the Morning
Author: implicated2
Reader: luzula
Fandom: Code Name Verity
Pairing: Julia Beaufort-Stuart/Maddie Brodatt
Rating: PG-13
Length: 14 m 40 s
Author's summary: What might have happened at the Moon Squadron Aerodrome, and what certainly happened after. A missing passage from Verity's account. Spoilers for all of Code Name Verity.

Notes: Recorded for the F/F podfic fest at audiofemme. This was interesting to read, with all the shifting POV:s and intended audiences--I'm impressed by how the author uses the storytelling techniques of the book. Thanks to boxofdelights for the beta! Er, it's entirely my fault that despite the beta I am still mispronouncing the first vowel of "casual" in this. *facepalm* For reasons that don't need to be explored at this juncture, I couldn't re-record it in time for the deadline. Well, now I know for the future.

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Comments

[feroxargentea]

Eek! *flails* I love this fic! There should be so much more in this fandom.

Thank you!

[luzula]

Yeah, I was surprised there wasn't more on the AO3! I hope you enjoy it. : )

[jesse_the_k]

Wow! That's grand. You capture the different voices even when they are in reported speech. You make a melodramatic text bearable with your gently applied understatement.

Also the difference between "casually" and "causally" took me decades to get--I could hear but not read them.

Anything read by you is worth listening to, as this reading AMPLY demonstrates.

Thank you!

[luzula]

Oh, you give awesome feedback! ♥

I can differentiate those words, it's just that I pronounced the first one wrong? I was saying the "ca" in casually the same way as the "cau" in cause. Sort of like "causually"? Ah well.

[implicated2]

!!!!! I love this so much.

You read in wonderfully clear and even tones, and yet very expressively, and the difference between the voices in each chapter is subtle but effective. I really appreciate your timing and spacing - the pauses feel long enough to give each segment its full weight but never so long that the listener gets impatient. And the way you inflect the second "only" in Julie's letter is stunning.

I feel so pleased and honored you chose to podfic my story. Thank you again for letting me know about this very cool thing you created.

[luzula]

Oh, what lovely feedback! ♥ Thank you, I'm so glad the reading works for you, and it's always interesting to hear how the author experiences a podfic. I'm especially glad that the different voices worked.