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Midnight fic obsession 25 - What If?
Podfic notes: The morning after, versions
Jun. 15th, 2018 07:02 am This story, though popular on AO3 is less popular on fanfiction.net. This may have to do with the fact that the AO3 version contains explicit sex scenes, and the ffnet version does not. Personally I can’t tell which is better. The one with sex has more time for characterization, but the sex scenes...
1. When I read my own sex scenes, they sound cheesy to me. I feel self conscious.
2. The no sex version is shorter.
3. I have a limited window when I can read the sex scenes without my kids or husband being around to hear me.
4. There is some prudish part of myself that feels that if I record myself describing sex scenes that I will have it come back to me and cause me trouble, and that is so sad. It is so sad it makes me cry that in 2018, at my age, that I would worry about schools, or judges, or legal cases for reading things, but I remember things like the women jailed in China, and the damn content filters, and laws that arbitrarily change making things illegal that were once legal, and I feel so mad at myself for feeling fear. What if the website I post this on labels me as someone who distributes pornography to minors? Is that a felony?
Then I calm myself down, and say, If that is the case, you are already doomed for having written it in the first place. In for a penny, in for a pound.
5. All this will come through in my voice and make me sound hesitant or embarrassed, and there is nothing worse than an embarrassed reading of a person’s work. I almost wish I could get somone else to read those bits. It would work for this work because there are three different voices.
in the end, I think I will start by reading the explicit version while they’re sleeping. If my husband hears me, he will laugh, and mockery doesn’t make it any easier to read. More later.
1. When I read my own sex scenes, they sound cheesy to me. I feel self conscious.
2. The no sex version is shorter.
3. I have a limited window when I can read the sex scenes without my kids or husband being around to hear me.
4. There is some prudish part of myself that feels that if I record myself describing sex scenes that I will have it come back to me and cause me trouble, and that is so sad. It is so sad it makes me cry that in 2018, at my age, that I would worry about schools, or judges, or legal cases for reading things, but I remember things like the women jailed in China, and the damn content filters, and laws that arbitrarily change making things illegal that were once legal, and I feel so mad at myself for feeling fear. What if the website I post this on labels me as someone who distributes pornography to minors? Is that a felony?
Then I calm myself down, and say, If that is the case, you are already doomed for having written it in the first place. In for a penny, in for a pound.
5. All this will come through in my voice and make me sound hesitant or embarrassed, and there is nothing worse than an embarrassed reading of a person’s work. I almost wish I could get somone else to read those bits. It would work for this work because there are three different voices.
in the end, I think I will start by reading the explicit version while they’re sleeping. If my husband hears me, he will laugh, and mockery doesn’t make it any easier to read. More later.
A window opened when everyone was gone or asleep and I took it using the time to record part of my podfic. I realized, in a reread that it had three different types of text.
The letter: boldface
The narration: plain text
and the flash back, including sex scenes: italic
I decided to record each one differently. The first I recorded with my mic on it’s basic mono setting (a heart shaped profile). I used that for the narration. I wanted the letter to sound differently, so I used the stereo setting, but the computer noise was too loud. After playing around with filters for twenty minutes, I put soft stuff around the computer to cut down noice, and placed the mic below the desk, sitting on the floor to record.
I was able to get the last of the letter recorded just as the kids woke up, but the sex scenes will have to wait for another day.
At first I recorded by deleting defective takes and recording over them, but this became untenable when I was under the table because I couldn’t reach the mouse, so I will have to edit out the bad takes. I used a trick I heard on Auralphonics and clicked my tongue three times whenever I made a mistake. Tongue clicks are sharp marks visible easily on the track.
I think I will make separate clean tracks for each part and then input them into Ardour for the final assembly. I am a novice in Ardour, but this is just the kind of project to learn on. Maybe Saturday I can record the sex scenes.
Laters...
The letter: boldface
The narration: plain text
and the flash back, including sex scenes: italic
I decided to record each one differently. The first I recorded with my mic on it’s basic mono setting (a heart shaped profile). I used that for the narration. I wanted the letter to sound differently, so I used the stereo setting, but the computer noise was too loud. After playing around with filters for twenty minutes, I put soft stuff around the computer to cut down noice, and placed the mic below the desk, sitting on the floor to record.
I was able to get the last of the letter recorded just as the kids woke up, but the sex scenes will have to wait for another day.
At first I recorded by deleting defective takes and recording over them, but this became untenable when I was under the table because I couldn’t reach the mouse, so I will have to edit out the bad takes. I used a trick I heard on Auralphonics and clicked my tongue three times whenever I made a mistake. Tongue clicks are sharp marks visible easily on the track.
I think I will make separate clean tracks for each part and then input them into Ardour for the final assembly. I am a novice in Ardour, but this is just the kind of project to learn on. Maybe Saturday I can record the sex scenes.
Laters...
Planning Notes - Podfic: The Morning After
Jun. 7th, 2018 02:23 pmIt is summer, and time to podfic. I have decided to write notes about my plans from the beginning to completion. I don't know if anyone will read this or if anyone cares, but what else are blogs for. If you have any ideas, suggestions, or are willing to Beta at any point along the way, please comment or catch me on one of the other sites alessnox on fanfiction.net or Rozzychan on tumblr. Thanks.
First:
I wanted to do a podfic this summer of one of my works. I looked at the list on Archive of our own searching for one that isn't too long, that I liked, and that was well received in the fan fiction communtity ( I rated this by Kudoes). After several false starts, I decided on The Morning After.
It is rated second by kudos of my existing works on that site with 137 and it is only 3855 words. A good choice.
Second:
How to do it.
The story has some interesting challenges. It isn't sequential. Much of the story is told by a series of flash backs that John Watson thinks of while writing a letter to Sherlock Holmes. There needs to be a clear distinction between John's thoughts, and what is being written in the letter.
Then:
There is the music. I want sad but not sappy. Not too familiar, and not too loud. I am very aware that the wrong music could take one out of it. I might even try to incorporate it into the story as if he bumps the computer and it comes on.
Effects:
I will need keyboard clicks. I will need atmospheric sounds. Perhaps a clock ticking in the background. Perhaps none of these things. I should start with the voice and see if anything needs to be added.
Voice:
The voice work will be the key to this story. There is the narration. That should be my own voice, quiet, almost monotonic with a medium distance from the microscope in a quiet, non echoing room. A bit of a problem for me at the moment as everyone is home, Not the ideal time to read a podfic.
The letter should be in John's voice. It should be emotional and personal. A close mic, a deep voice with catches and breaths.
I also need voices for Mary and Sherlock. As it is memory, I can leave out things or add clicks or breaths with my voice to suggest pauses or continuance.
Quality:
The voice for the Letter should be loud. Not sure if I should add penstrokes or typing sounds during the reading, or omit them. There are two points of view, the reader and the writer. We should be identifying with the writer though.
Trying to chose between two works by Chopin:
Nocturne in E minor, Op. posth. 72
artist: Luke Faulkner
AND
Nocturne in B flat minor, Op. 9 no. 1
Eduardo Viñuela
Public domain, romantic, saddish
Stopping here for now.... I welcome comments.
First:
I wanted to do a podfic this summer of one of my works. I looked at the list on Archive of our own searching for one that isn't too long, that I liked, and that was well received in the fan fiction communtity ( I rated this by Kudoes). After several false starts, I decided on The Morning After.
It is rated second by kudos of my existing works on that site with 137 and it is only 3855 words. A good choice.
Second:
How to do it.
The story has some interesting challenges. It isn't sequential. Much of the story is told by a series of flash backs that John Watson thinks of while writing a letter to Sherlock Holmes. There needs to be a clear distinction between John's thoughts, and what is being written in the letter.
Then:
There is the music. I want sad but not sappy. Not too familiar, and not too loud. I am very aware that the wrong music could take one out of it. I might even try to incorporate it into the story as if he bumps the computer and it comes on.
Effects:
I will need keyboard clicks. I will need atmospheric sounds. Perhaps a clock ticking in the background. Perhaps none of these things. I should start with the voice and see if anything needs to be added.
Voice:
The voice work will be the key to this story. There is the narration. That should be my own voice, quiet, almost monotonic with a medium distance from the microscope in a quiet, non echoing room. A bit of a problem for me at the moment as everyone is home, Not the ideal time to read a podfic.
The letter should be in John's voice. It should be emotional and personal. A close mic, a deep voice with catches and breaths.
I also need voices for Mary and Sherlock. As it is memory, I can leave out things or add clicks or breaths with my voice to suggest pauses or continuance.
Quality:
The voice for the Letter should be loud. Not sure if I should add penstrokes or typing sounds during the reading, or omit them. There are two points of view, the reader and the writer. We should be identifying with the writer though.
Trying to chose between two works by Chopin:
Nocturne in E minor, Op. posth. 72
artist: Luke Faulkner
AND
Nocturne in B flat minor, Op. 9 no. 1
Public domain, romantic, saddish
Stopping here for now.... I welcome comments.
Title: [Podfic] All My Roads Are Red
Author and Reader:![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
alessnox
Fandom: Sherlock (tv)
Time: 36 minutes 19 seconds
Warnings: rape/noncon, underage, domestic violence, violence, canon character death
Summary:
James Moriarty remembers his mother in the last hours of his life.
Download Link: All My Roads Are Red MP3
AO3 Link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/10468707
I wrote this in a blur in 2015 and two years later I have finally made the podfic. It uses disco and other music (mostly by the BeeGees) to explain James Moriarty's life, death, and his only true love.
Author and Reader:
Fandom: Sherlock (tv)
Time: 36 minutes 19 seconds
Warnings: rape/noncon, underage, domestic violence, violence, canon character death
Summary:
James Moriarty remembers his mother in the last hours of his life.
Download Link: All My Roads Are Red MP3
AO3 Link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/10468707
I wrote this in a blur in 2015 and two years later I have finally made the podfic. It uses disco and other music (mostly by the BeeGees) to explain James Moriarty's life, death, and his only true love.
Quiet Man PODFIC chapters 21 and 22 posted
Aug. 5th, 2016 02:09 amThe Quiet man Act II
This is taking years, but I got two chapters up today.
Chapter 21 - Organized Crime
John notices Moriarty's men being jailed while at his book launch.
(This one took forever to edit as I had missing lines. In the end, I just posted it anyway. Sorry.)
Chapter 22 - Erosion
John has a dream where he marries Mary and her Dad, tells a crowd all of his deepest secrets, sleeps with Sherlock, and makes Breakfast for Moriarty
(This one tool lots of work on effects. I found it cool!)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/2954072/chapters/17500975
This is taking years, but I got two chapters up today.
Chapter 21 - Organized Crime
John notices Moriarty's men being jailed while at his book launch.
(This one took forever to edit as I had missing lines. In the end, I just posted it anyway. Sorry.)
Chapter 22 - Erosion
John has a dream where he marries Mary and her Dad, tells a crowd all of his deepest secrets, sleeps with Sherlock, and makes Breakfast for Moriarty
(This one tool lots of work on effects. I found it cool!)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/2954072/chapters/17500975
Snowflake challenge 2016
Jan. 15th, 2016 10:23 pmLast day of Snowflake Challenge, so I'm making it count.
The snowflake challenge is one of the first fandom things that I did to participate in "fandom" rather than just posting a few fics online. It was what prompted me to start my podcast (midnightficobsession.podomatic.com) and it got me a few friends and recs. So I have fond memories of it.
I've been bummed that my first post in the challenge has occurred on the last day. But I thought that I would post my fandom wish list. These are things that I want to do, but have not yet been able to. If you are willing to help with the podfic, encourage me, or if you have pointers or recommendations, please comment, as I am feeling a bit down today because...emotions.
Anyway, here goes.
1. Writing goals: old business
I have currently over 12 works in progress that I need to finish!
( Read more... )
The snowflake challenge is one of the first fandom things that I did to participate in "fandom" rather than just posting a few fics online. It was what prompted me to start my podcast (midnightficobsession.podomatic.com) and it got me a few friends and recs. So I have fond memories of it.
I've been bummed that my first post in the challenge has occurred on the last day. But I thought that I would post my fandom wish list. These are things that I want to do, but have not yet been able to. If you are willing to help with the podfic, encourage me, or if you have pointers or recommendations, please comment, as I am feeling a bit down today because...emotions.
Anyway, here goes.
1. Writing goals: old business
I have currently over 12 works in progress that I need to finish!
( Read more... )
Midnight Fic Obsession 19 - Advocacy
Aug. 16th, 2015 04:28 pmI've made a new podcast.
Fanfiction is often used to advocate for social change.
Midnight Fic Obsession 19 - Advocacy
http://midnightficobsession.podomatic.com/entry/2015-08-16T11_24_19-07_00
Podfic: Phil Colston is not the Avengers Public Relations Manager by scifigrl47
Fandom: Avengers
(Mature Language warning)
Battlefield
Jun. 16th, 2015 08:47 pmSo, with the new computer my podfic process is shot.
This is me getting back on the horse with a podfic of my shortest story.
Title: Battlefield
Fandom: Sherlock
Author / reader: Alessnox
Summary: John remembers the battlefield. A 221B.
Warning: Gore reference to suicide
Text: http://archiveofourown.org/works/1001783
audio: https://soundcloud.com/aless-nox/battlefield
This is me getting back on the horse with a podfic of my shortest story.
Title: Battlefield
Fandom: Sherlock
Author / reader: Alessnox
Summary: John remembers the battlefield. A 221B.
Warning: Gore reference to suicide
Text: http://archiveofourown.org/works/1001783
audio: https://soundcloud.com/aless-nox/battlefield
Podfic Appreciation Challenge
Apr. 4th, 2015 12:36 amThis new challenge has dared me to leave feedback on challenges.
Please join and rec stuff too.
http://welovepodfic.dreamwidth.org/
I have already commented on:
Podfic: all matter
Pre season 3. Wonderful reading of a lyrical, lonely Sherlock story.
Also, I am planning to go through the scotch series, reader: The muse calliope some of which have not been commented on yet.
Title: Der 50. Geburtstag oder Dinner for Five
Author:![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
rodo
Reader(s):podfic_lover
A prequel to the British comedy sketch that has become a German classic. Cool!
Please join and rec stuff too.
http://welovepodfic.dreamwidth.org/
I have already commented on:
Podfic: all matter
Read by AfroGeekGoddess
Pre season 3. Wonderful reading of a lyrical, lonely Sherlock story.
Also, I am planning to go through the scotch series, reader: The muse calliope some of which have not been commented on yet.
Title: Der 50. Geburtstag oder Dinner for Five
Author:
rodoReader(s):
podfic_loverA prequel to the British comedy sketch that has become a German classic. Cool!
Midnight Fic Obsession 17 - Performance
Mar. 20th, 2015 03:00 pmMidnight Fic Obsession By Aless Nox
Music: Douce Brise Orientale by CHRISS ONAC.
Audiofic recs:
Users Guide to HYDRAs enhanced manpower asset
author:Rokhal reader:sisi-rambles
Scotch Declined
author:EarlGreytea68 reader:TheMuseCalliope
Everything is Chess
author:EarlGreytea68 reader:TheMuseCalliope
Podfic:
Jimeney went down to Georgia
written and read by Fresne
http://amplificathon.dreamwidth.org/2702554.html
Music: Douce Brise Orientale by CHRISS ONAC.
Audiofic recs:
Users Guide to HYDRAs enhanced manpower asset
author:Rokhal reader:sisi-rambles
Scotch Declined
author:EarlGreytea68 reader:TheMuseCalliope
Everything is Chess
author:EarlGreytea68 reader:TheMuseCalliope
Podfic:
Jimeney went down to Georgia
written and read by Fresne
http://amplificathon.dreamwidth.org/2702554.html
Rambling in the New Year
Jan. 31st, 2015 04:04 pmAs February approaches, lets tell you all what I've been doing.
1. Another episode of midnight fic obsession, with a great podfic, no Audiodrama The Blue Guitar.
Give it a listen.
2. I've been participating in PodfIDIC.
a festival(?) of sorts where a script is put up and podfics are crafted with them at the core.
My last one is a John/Sherlock fic called John's Song.
You can find it on AO3
3. I finished Mycroft-Cypher and am waiting to forget it before doing an editing pass. I already think the ending could be polished a bit more.
4. I'm continuing work on The Quiet Man podfic.
5. And I have some others on the backburner.
I also watched the new Game of Thrones Trailer, and some web shows such as Carmilla and School of Thrones, and I am waiting for the Ravenclaw video from Not Literally.
1. Another episode of midnight fic obsession, with a great podfic, no Audiodrama The Blue Guitar.
Give it a listen.
2. I've been participating in PodfIDIC.
a festival(?) of sorts where a script is put up and podfics are crafted with them at the core.
My last one is a John/Sherlock fic called John's Song.
You can find it on AO3
3. I finished Mycroft-Cypher and am waiting to forget it before doing an editing pass. I already think the ending could be polished a bit more.
4. I'm continuing work on The Quiet Man podfic.
5. And I have some others on the backburner.
I also watched the new Game of Thrones Trailer, and some web shows such as Carmilla and School of Thrones, and I am waiting for the Ravenclaw video from Not Literally.
Podfidic podfic - The Helm
Jan. 17th, 2015 10:13 pmI participated in Podfidic (http://podfidic.dreamwidth.org/)
My story is in the Merlin Fandom, and can be found here.
AO3 The Helm
My story is in the Merlin Fandom, and can be found here.
AO3 The Helm
Title: Sherlock's Love Letters
Author: Alessnox
Fandom: BBC Sherlock
Pairing: Sherlock Holmes/Victor Trevor
Rating: Mature
Genre: Science, Romance, Break-up, First Time, Poetry, Poesy
Length: 14 minutes 45 seconds
Story: Sherlock Holmes was not always the emotionless robot that he likes people to think he was. There was a time in University when he was in love. Poetic memoirs of his romance with upperclassman Victor Trevor.
Source file: http://www.rozzychan.net/SLL2.mp3
***
I hadn't made a podfic in a very long time, but earlier this week I went out and made a short one of a lesser read fic of mine called Sherlock's love letters and I realized that I am having a very bad crisis.
I am seeing all of the flaws in my stories, and thinking that podding is a waste of time. I begin to see why it may be better if someone other than the author reads their work. If you are doubting your skill, then it hurts to second-guess yourself.
I'm at the point where I look at my story and think that it's all crap. I was always very sensitive about my poetry, and this story was a kind of poetry or poesy at least. Also, if I try to read it emotionally, it seems like I am overacting terribly.
What do you do when you shudder to upload your work because you're afraid of mythical people sitting around saying. "What is that crap that you're listening to?"
Author: Alessnox
Fandom: BBC Sherlock
Pairing: Sherlock Holmes/Victor Trevor
Rating: Mature
Genre: Science, Romance, Break-up, First Time, Poetry, Poesy
Length: 14 minutes 45 seconds
Story: Sherlock Holmes was not always the emotionless robot that he likes people to think he was. There was a time in University when he was in love. Poetic memoirs of his romance with upperclassman Victor Trevor.
Source file: http://www.rozzychan.net/SLL2.mp3
***
I hadn't made a podfic in a very long time, but earlier this week I went out and made a short one of a lesser read fic of mine called Sherlock's love letters and I realized that I am having a very bad crisis.
I am seeing all of the flaws in my stories, and thinking that podding is a waste of time. I begin to see why it may be better if someone other than the author reads their work. If you are doubting your skill, then it hurts to second-guess yourself.
I'm at the point where I look at my story and think that it's all crap. I was always very sensitive about my poetry, and this story was a kind of poetry or poesy at least. Also, if I try to read it emotionally, it seems like I am overacting terribly.
What do you do when you shudder to upload your work because you're afraid of mythical people sitting around saying. "What is that crap that you're listening to?"
midnight fic obsession 11 - Point Of View
Sep. 7th, 2014 06:37 pm Episode 11- (Point Of View)
midnightficobsession.podomatic.com
Time: 22 minutes and 5 seconds
The divide between Fan fiction and Professional Writers
Fandom: Sherlock
Fiction Rec:
These Violent Delights by Pasiphile
Podfic:
The Progress of Sherlock Holmes by Ivy Blossom read by Cellar_Door
http://midnightficobsession.podomatic.com/entry/2014-08-01T03_16_06-07_00
Episode 10 - (Magic, Angst, and Humor)
Time: 10 minutes and 56 seconds
News: The Holmsies Awards - Voting now open for Sherlock Holmes Fan Fiction awards.
Recs:
Fandom: Sherlock
Story: The Letter of the Lore
Author: Anonymous
Fandom: Sherlock
Story: All Hearts are Broken
Author: Writerfan2013
Podfic selection:
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (books)
Story: Like a dream
Author: W_a_i_d
Reader: ElaineofShallott (Lady of Misrule)
Actions
Episode 10 - (Magic, Angst, and Humor)
Time: 10 minutes and 56 seconds
News: The Holmsies Awards - Voting now open for Sherlock Holmes Fan Fiction awards.
Recs:
Fandom: Sherlock
Story: The Letter of the Lore
Author: Anonymous
Fandom: Sherlock
Story: All Hearts are Broken
Author: Writerfan2013
Podfic selection:
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (books)
Story: Like a dream
Author: W_a_i_d
Reader: ElaineofShallott (Lady of Misrule)
Actions
New Podfic episode.
THANKS TO LUNCHEE!
http://midnightficobsession.podomatic.com/
For letting me post an episode from Eugenia Watson.
Thus, my diabolical plot is revealed. I just want to put all of my favorite stuff in the podcast so that I can listen to it whenever I want. YEAH!
THANKS TO LUNCHEE!
http://midnightficobsession.podomatic.com/
For letting me post an episode from Eugenia Watson.
Thus, my diabolical plot is revealed. I just want to put all of my favorite stuff in the podcast so that I can listen to it whenever I want. YEAH!
Episode 5 (Love, A long time coming)
News:
Archive of our own's one millionth work.
Recs:
A Summer Day So Late In Coming
author: helens78
Fandom: X-men
A Mountain that has been Moved
author: Melfice
Fandom: James Bond (Skyfall)
Podfic:
The blog of Eugenia Watson
Author: Madlori
Reader: Lunchee
Episode 3 (Inspiration)
Time:9 minutes and 8 seconds
The newest episode explores Inspiration, from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss to the Sherlock fandom.
Recs:
Heavenly Day by felixfelicius
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQIiGXLlzSc
Fall Now by Katrina Depp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jwBvQ7nHT4
Podfic:
Adamant by Alessnox
midnightficobsession.podomatic.com
Time:9 minutes and 8 seconds
The newest episode explores Inspiration, from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss to the Sherlock fandom.
Recs:
Heavenly Day by felixfelicius
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQIiGXLlzSc
Fall Now by Katrina Depp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jwBvQ7nHT4
Podfic:
Adamant by Alessnox
midnightficobsession.podomatic.com
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