Year's end meme: podfic

[luzula]

Long due South podfic (over one hour):
The Sweet Hereafter by china_shop (F/K, R, 4h 58m)
The Reaching Out One, by alex51324 (F/K, NC-17, 6h 11m)
Sixteenth of June, by resonant (F/K, NC-17, 1h 14m)

Other long podfic (also listed under their respective fandoms):
Five Things That Never Happened To Aubrey & Maturin, One: Invasion , by astolat (Master and Commander, Jack Aubrey/Stephen Maturin, R, 1h 12m)
The World Turned Upside Down, by astolat (Master and Commander, Jack Aubrey/Stephen Maturin, NC-17, 1h 52m)
The Zombreyad, by Anonymous (Master and Commander gen, R, 1h 13m)
Thoughts Without Words, by katieforsythe (Sherlock Holmes (book canon), Holmes/Watson, PG, 1h 37m)
That Which Gives Extras, by katieforsythe (Sherlock Holmes (book canon), Holmes/Watson, NC-17, 1h 7m)
Free Falling Through the Nighttime Sky, by lunasky (Generation Kill, Brad/Nate, NC-17, 1h 29m)

Medium due South podfic (20-60 minutes):
And these are all for you, by innocentsmith (Fraser/Kowalski, Fraser/other canon characters, PG, 56m)
The Passage of Time, by me (mostly gen, with some past Fraser/Kowalski, and some Fraser/OMC, PG-13, 36m)
I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours by helens78 (Fraser/Kowalski, NC-17, 43m)

Short due South podfic (under 20 minutes):
Isolation, Near Perfect, by trelkez (Bob and Buck gen, PG, 9m)
The Contents of a Small Box Stored in a Large Trunk in a Yukon Cabin, by pearl_o. Co-read with podcath. (F/K, PG, 7m)
Interlude by malnpudl (due South/da Vinci's Inquest, Benton Fraser/Bobby Marlowe, Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski, NC-17, 6m)
In the Sewers He Lies Dreaming by spuffyduds (due South/H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, Fraser and Vecchio gen, R, 15m)
Pink by spuffyduds (Francesca Vecchio/Elaine Besbriss, PG-13, 8m)

due South filk songs:
The Mountie and the Skogsrå: A Fraser/Victoria ballad, based on a traditional Swedish medieval ballad. (5m, PG-13)

Canadian Six Degrees:
A Natural History of the Watch, by gloss (Wilby Wonderful/Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Duck/various, R, 21m)
The Cinema Show, by exeterlinden (Wilby Wonderful, Carol/Buddy, mentions of Duck/Buddy, pre-Duck/Dan, PG-13, 36m)
Quiet In Drowning, by nos (Wilby Wonderful, NC-17, 57m)
Smalltown by lamentables (Wilby Wonderful/Men With Brooms, Chris Cutter/Duck MacDonald, R, 13m)
There's a Leak in Every Boat by exeterlinden (Hard Core Logo/Wilby Wonderful, Joe Dick/Duck MacDonald, PG-13, 22m)
Just Different by isis (Whole New Thing/Wilby Wonderful, Emily Anderson/Emerson, R, 8m)
life in 4/4 time by akamine_chan (Hard Core Logo, Joe Dick/Billy Tallent, NC-17, 30m)
Recombinant by qe2 (ReGenesis/DaVinci's Inquest, David Sandström/Danny Leary, David Sandström/Sunny Ramen, David Sandström/Patricia DaVinci, NC-17, 46 m)

Generation Kill:
Free Falling Through the Nighttime Sky, by lunasky (Generation Kill, Brad/Nate, NC-17, 1h 29m)
the ending earth by oxoniensis (Generation Kill, Brad Colbert/Nate Fick, NC-17, 37m)
chasing shadows, by oxoniensis (Generation Kill, Brad Colbert/Nate Fick, PG-13, 15m)
Imprint, by oxoniensis (Generation Kill, Brad Colbert/Nate Fick, R, 23m)
After That, by kaneko (Generation Kill, Brad Colbert/Nate Fick, NC-17, 32m)
Tourists by kaneko (Generation Kill, Brad Colbert/Nate Fick, NC-17, 14m)
Real, tevere (Generation Kill, Brad Colbert/Nate Fick, NC-17, 28m)
Semper Fi by tevere, Generation Kill, Brad Colbert/Nate Fick, R, 15m)
Gifts and Affection by alethialia (Generation Kill, Brad Colbert/Nate Fick, R, 15m)
Stoppard Didn't Write This One by dark_reaction (Generation Kill, Brad Colbert/Nate Fick, PG-13, 12m)

Fairy tale, folklore and mythology:
Will You Bloom Bright and Fierce by edonohana (The Disappearing Man (song), gen or het, R, 10m)
The Two Sisters by me (Child ballads, R, 9m)
De två systrarna by me (Child ballads, in Swedish, R, 9m)
The Seed of a Forest, by me (Sleeping Beauty, gen, PG-13, 12m)
Invicta by strongplacebo (Greek mythology, Aphrodite/Helen of Troy (sort of), NC-17, 25m)
Small Step For Man by toft (Greek mythology, Artemis/Apollo, NC-17, 31m)
High Tide by fresne (Inuit mythology, gen, PG-13, 10m)
A Mystery Rite of Irkalla by sage (Near Eastern mythology, gen, PG, 10m)
just a trick of the light by barrowjane (Norse mythology, gen, PG, 10m)
Ash the Stablehand by mithrigil (Cinderella, G, 14m)
In A Dark Wood by sheldrake (Beauty and the Beast, G, 42m)

L. M. Montgomery:
To Catch A Star by edonohana (the Emily books, Ilse Burnley/Emily Byrd Starr, PG, 13m)
A Hundred Visions and Revisions by athousandwinds (the Emily books, Emily Byrd Starr/Teddy Kent and Emily Byrd Starr/Dean Priest, PG-13, 41m)
Five Things Anne Never Imagined by athousandwinds (Anne of Green Gables, Anne Shirley/Diana Barry, Anne Shirley/Roy Gardner, Anne Shirley/Gilbert Blythe, G, 6m)
Wishes Are No Horses by ilthit (Anne of Green Gables, Diana Barry/Anne Shirley, Gilbert Blythe/Ruby Gillis, Fred Wright/Diana Barry, PG, 22m)

Master and Commander
Five Things That Never Happened To Aubrey & Maturin, One: Invasion , by astolat (Master and Commander, Jack Aubrey/Stephen Maturin, R, 1h 12m)
The Zombreyad, by teh_elb (Master and Commander gen, R, 1h 13m)
The World Turned Upside Down, by astolat (Master and Commander, Jack Aubrey/Stephen Maturin, NC-17, 1h 52m)
Travelling Companion by petra (Master and Commander, Jack Aubrey/Stephen Maturin, NC-17, 7m)

Other litfic:
That Which Gives Extras, by katieforsythe (Sherlock Holmes (book canon), Holmes/Watson, NC-17, 1h 7m)
Thoughts Without Words, by katieforsythe (Sherlock Holmes (book canon), Holmes/Watson, PG, 1h 37m)
Amid the Sacred Wreck by vulgarweed (Good Omens, Aziraphale/Crowley, R, 31m)
Come True (The Starflower and Evermind Remix) by vulgarweed (Lord of the Rings, Éowyn/Elanor Gardner, PG, 12m)
Three From the Track by aria (The Dark Is Rising, Merriman and the Drew family gen, G, 16m)
The Dragon Year by firerose (Earthsea, Flint/Tenar, PG-13, 27m)
Ravens In Winter, sinope (Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Gilbert Norrell/John Uskglass, PG, 25m)
A Prudential Light by tree (Pride and Prejudice, gen, G, 22m)
On the Initial Conditions of a Partnership by nextian (Michael Chabon's Gentlemen of the Road, Amram/Zelikman, PG, 8m)
Purgatory by AimeeK (_tallian_) (Donna Tartt's The Secret History, gen, PG-13, 13m)
Jungle Favor Go With Thee by lorax (Kipling's Jungle Book, gen, PG, 18m)
A Single Man of Good Fortune by hlbr (Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Bennet/Mrs. Bennet, PG, 8m)
Genesis by fahye (Shakespeare's The Tempest, gen, PG-13, 9m)
Testament by shayheyred (Shakespeare's Hamlet, Horatio gen, PG, 9m)

Other:
The River To The Sea by LeBibish (Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi), Ogino Chihiro/Haku, PG, 14m)
i live my life in growing orbits by jan (ambientlight) (Haibane Renmei, gen, G, 13m)
Billy Brennan, Prince of Humbugs byvissy (Jurassic Park movies, Billy Brennan/Alan Grant, PG-13, 46m)
Turing Test, __marcelo (2001: A Space Odyssey, gen, PG-13, 11m)
Hunting High and Low by thefourthvine (The music video "Take On Me", gen, PG, 23m)
Like Water, Like Wind by astolat (Lawrence of Arabia, T. E. Lawrence/Ali ibn el Kharish, NC-17, 15m)
Lovelace and Babbage vs. The Christmas Death Spider From Beyond The Atlantic by nextian (The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage, gen, G, 11m)
Sometimes on the Rarest Nights by clionaeilis (Gosford Park, Mabel Nesbitt and Ivor Novello gen, G, 48m)
Merry-Go-Round by nope (Battlestar Galactica (2003)/WALL-E, gen, PG-13, 19m)
Five Times Simon Tam Left Serenity (and then came back) , by ana_grrl (Firefly gen, PG, 8m)

First off, some statistics:

• Total podfic output: 42 h 19 min (73 podfics). This is rather more than last year's output of 13 h 51 min (22 podfics).
• 44 different fandoms are represented.
• 19 h 21 min (46%) of the recording time are due South and C6D podfics.

Obviously, I recorded a lot of podfic this year! I have much less vocal problems because of taking singing lessons, which explains some of the increase. Also, the competition was fiercer in this year's Amplificathon, and I was kind of swept along. Finally, I spent almost a whole month alone in a cabin in the Swedish mountains, which was most conducive to podfic-recording. A new trend is that I'm recording longer podfics in fandoms that are not due South, and that has been fun.

My best podfic(s) of this year: Hmm, it's hard to choose. I'm fond of Ravens In Winter, because I think I managed to capture a certain dark and spooky quality in the fic. I also like the Good Omens podfic Amid the Sacred Wreck--it was unexpectedly easy and fun to read in Aziraphale's POV. Another podfic I'm quite happy with is the Greek mythology story Small Step For Man. The ending makes me shiver every time (of course, that's mostly due to the awesome writing). Among the due South podfics, I think The Sweet Hereafter turned out well--it's a long podfic and I think the reading is fairly consistent over the whole length.

My favourite podfic of this year: Thoughts Without Words. I got totally caught up in reading Sherlock Holmes POV, and katieforsythe's prose is delightful to read--there was an almost physical pleasure in it. And I think the podfic turned out well, too. I'm also listing And these are all for you here--I felt very close to the Fraser POV in that one, for some reason (plus, I got to sing!).

Podfic most underappreciated by the universe, in my opinion: Ha, well, many of them have no comments at all (mostly the ones from tiny fandoms), so there would be a lot of competition here.

Most fun podfic to record: Hunting High and Low was a lot of fun to perform, because it's got the sort of humor that comes from the protagonist being earnest and clueless. I also really enjoyed doing Aphrodite in Invicta, because the fic has such a delightfully distinct voice for her.

Sexiest podfic: This one's pretty clear, since I didn't really record a lot of porn this year: helens78's I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours. It's a sexy story, and I think it's a sexy podfic, too.

Podfic with the single sexiest moment: Hmmm. There's a moment in Will You Bloom Bright and Fierce that I find very sexy. You can totally listen to this podfic even if you don't know the song it's based on, btw--it's a sort of modern seasonal fertility myth and was one of my favorite stories from this year's Yuletide.

Most "Holy crap, that's wrong, even for you" podfic: Nothing I can think of? Crackiest podfic is definitely Lovelace and Babbage vs. The Christmas Death Spider From Beyond The Atlantic, but I don't think it's wrong, exactly.

Podfic that shifted my own perceptions of the characters: Probably Thoughts Without Words. I really enjoyed working my way into the Sherlock Holmes POV.

Hardest podfic to record: Perhaps the non-con scene in Quiet In Drowning.

Biggest Disappointment: The Reaching Out One, definitely. I recorded half of it last fall, and then I had the Great Cold of Doom for several months and couldn't record anything, and then came Amplificathon. I finished it this summer, but by that time I'd changed my reading style a bit, so that the podfic feels a bit disjointed to me. Ah, well.

Biggest Surprise: That I recorded so much!

Most Unintentionally Telling Podfic: I don't know what would be a telling podfic, actually. I mean, all podfics obviously reveal my taste in fandoms and in fic, and all podfics also reveal that I am from Sweden.

Looking back, did you record more podfic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you'd predicted? So much more! \o/

What pairing/genre/fandom did you record that you would never have predicted in January 2009? All those fics in British fandoms, like Master and Commander and Sherlock Holmes. I'm aware that I don't have a British accent and am totally faking it, but I'm having a lot of fun, at least.

Did you take any risks this year? What did you learn from them? Well, I recorded in a wide range of fandoms, and I also recorded poetry and sang songs. I think that very diversity has been good, because it let me experiment and stretch myself.

Do you have any podfic goals for the New Year? I'm not going to do Amplificathon with the intent to place among the top three next year--it's fun, but it's also exhausting. Instead, I plan to record some longer stories in some very rare fandoms, ones that I've thought of doing other years, but which I didn't record because the Amplificathon point system discourages long podfics. And I'll do more due South/C6D podfic, of course. I'm thinking of recording nos' "Unsent", if she'll let me. I am also tempted by "Strange Loops".

I'd like to thank the academy... Thank you to everyone who has given me comments and feedback! And an especial thanks to andeincascade, jesse_the_k and vsee for your encouragement. It warms my heart. &hearts

Comments

[china_shop]

Total podfic output: 42 h 19 min (73 podfics).

Wow, that's nearly two solid days of podfic! More than a whole work week! o.O Congratulations on such a productive year!

[luzula]

I know, it's kind of crazy! I actually put much less time into editing than many other podficcers, though (because of various factors such as microphone quality and which system of recording and editing you use). I estimate that every hour of finished podfic took me about 2.8 hours to make (not including the time for uploading and posting, but including time for proof-listening, which I usually do while doing housework or walking in to work, or something). I know podficcers who put ten hours of work into one hour of finished podfic.

It's funny, with writing it's usually completely impossible to estimate how much time you've put into a fic--the wordcount doesn't tell you anything about that. At least not for me.

And thank you! : )

[andeincascade.livejournal.com]

Luz, I need to thank you for all these wonderful fanworks. They make me so happy. I've learned that with you the fandom really doesn't matter; I just love you telling me stories. If you were able to record Strange Loops I might die of joy.

So this morning I am having hushallsost and fresh raspberries for breakfast and remembering my dear friend Luzula. I hope you're having a lovely time with your family. ♥

[luzula]

Hey, I'm so sorry for neglecting this comment! I got swallowed up by dSSS and Yuletide and other holiday things. Anyway, thank you so much! It makes me happy to think that you're listening to me halfway across the world.

So this morning I am having hushållsost and fresh raspberries for breakfast

Note the changed letter in "hushållsost". : ) And that's right, you live in one of the parts of the US with a lot of Scandinavian immigrants, right? Do you have Scandinavian ancestry yourself? I can't remember if you've told me.

And yes, it's good to spend time with my family. I hope your holidays are good, too!