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I use this journal for posting my podfics. If you'd like to friend me in order to see when I release new recordings, I'd be delighted. No need to ask.

All of these stories have been recorded with permission from the wonderful authors. If you discover a story through one of these podfics and enjoy it, please let the author know.

Note: If you are an author who is comfortable having your fic recorded, please consider adding your name to the blanket podfic permission list. (Or leave a comment at this post and I or someone else will add you to the fanlore list.)

BANDOM:
Forever, Now Frank/Gerard pre-slash, 9 hours 17 min
Tell Me to Stop Brendon/Spencer, 3 hour 27 min
This Never Happened Frank/Gerard, 3 hours 5 min
A Guided Tour of the October Country, Frank/Gerard, 48 min.
As Mine See it and Beholder, Frank/Gerard, 19 + 24 (total 43) min.
Life on the Fashion Scene, Gen, 39 min.
This Might Get Messy, Kids Frank/Gerard, 13 min
Outside the Rules, Gen, 11 min (AI8 crossover, read with shiningartifact)
Feeling a Moment, Frank/Gerard, 11 min.
...Okay, So It's the Same Galaxy, a Couple Years Off, Frank/Gerard, 8 min.
Provisions, Gen, 6 min.
Go West, Young Ladies, Gen, 6 min (read with shiningartifact)

AMERICAN IDOL:
Building Jerusalem (Directions Not Included) Book One, Kris/Adam/Katy, 3 hours 45 min (+ 53 bonus minutes from Book Two)
Far Along This Road, Kris/Adam, 2 hours 54 min
Paper Gangsta, Kris/Adam, 1 hour 36 min.
All These Things That I've Done, Kris/Adam, 1 hour 35 min
Just One Sheep, Kris/Adam, 53 min
Take What We Want and Give the Rest Away, Kris/Adam, 47 min
Everything All the Time, Kris/Adam, 33 min
Hiding In Plain Sight, Kris/Adam, 18 min
Sugar and Spice, Kris/Adam, 11 min
Two Beer Queer, Adam/Matt, 5 min
Untitled Katelyn/Lilly Drabble, Katelyn Epperly/Lilly Scott, 2 min

GLEE:
Like a Girl Changes Clothes, girl!Kurt/girl!Blaine, 20 min
Give and Take, Kurt/Blaine, 8 min
A story set in modern times, about something that's so much older, Kurt/Blaine, 10 min

VERONICA MARS:
Rich Dirt, Veronica/Logan, 25 min

EVERWOOD:
Give Me Back My Pieces, Hannah/Bright, 13 min

FEMINIST RYAN GOSLING:
When Fics Take on a Life of Their Own, Gen, 29 min (read with podcath)

AWESOME LADIES PODFIC ANTHOLOGY FICLETS
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: American Girls, Gen, 3 min
Harry Potter: Blow Me Bluebell Bubbles, Gen, 2 min
The Hunger Games: Trust, Gen, 1 min
Wicked: Me Without You Is Less Than None, Glinda/Elphaba, 4 min
Into the Woods: Ever After, Gen, 3 min
Paper Towns: Out of Orbit, Gen, 2 min

AWESOME LADIES PODFIC ANTHOLOGY II FICLETS
The Good Wife: This Is Why, Gen, 5 min

#INFORMALTWITTERPODFICEXCHANGE FICLETS
Glee: The One Where Blaine Gets Slushied, Kurt/Blaine, 5 min
Harry Potter: Sunset, Harry/Draco, 3 min
Harry Potter: In Favor, Harry/Draco, 3 min
Harry Potter: Untitled Stocking Stuffer, Harry/Draco, 4 min
Harry Potter: Untitled Steampunk Harry/Draco Wingfic, Harry/Draco, 8 min

Bandom Podfic Master Lists: MCR P!atD

Post updated on 2/23/12

1. The Anatomy of a Fall by novembersmith

Status: Chapters 1 and 2 fully recorded, starting Part 3 tomorrow. No editing yet!

Title: Tequila Cake
Author: cjmarlowe
Reader: bessyboo and klb
Fandom: American Idol S8
Pairing: Kris Allen/Jim Cantiello
Rating: NC-17
Length: 0:03:42 (dialogue-only), 0:08:31 (full reading), 12:14 (combined)
Summary: This time instead of DMing while intoxicated Jim decides to make a call. Drunk conversation/teasing turns into ~more.
Reader's Note: If you're wondering why you haven't heard from me lately, it's because I've had vocal issues and needed some medication and vocal rest to get to the other side of it. But I've been to a doctor, and there's no swelling or nodules or anything, so everything should turn out fine. I feel mostly better now, and this is the first thing I've recorded since my voice came back. I've actually had this on my wishlist for years, and when Bessy and I started playing with the app HeyTell and wanted to try podfic with it, I suggested this story for us to work with. About a minute after I sent her the story link, I got a HeyTell message from her that just said "Heyyy, did you know it's my birthday?" and it was *perfect.* We role-played our way through all the dialogue in the story, and had so much fun that we immediately decided to do a version with the narration included. When I listened back, I thought that both versions had really cool energy in different ways, and so we decided I should edit and release both (and a podbook that has the two back-to-back). I really, REALLY love the feel of this performance, and I am so excited to be posting it.



Mediafire link to Tequila Cake Dialogue-Only mp3: Here
Direct link to Tequila Cake Dialogue-Only mp3: Here (right-click save)


Mediafire link to Tequila Cake Full Reading mp3: Here
Direct link to Tequila Cake Full Reading mp3: Here (right-click save)


Mediafire link to Tequila Cake Combined podbook: Here
Direct link to Tequila Cake Combined podbook: Here (right-click save)

Crossposted from http://klb.dreamwidth.org/36207.html

Let me just say up front that I continue to be very busy at my job (although hopefully things will be a *little* better than they have been) and I would not be surprised if it takes me a year, or close to a year, to get all 12 parts of this posted. My goal is to get it finished by the end of 2012, although even that isn't 100% for sure. So, I'd *love* for people to listen to this. The text is always there and available if hearing Part 1 makes you crave the rest of the story. But I also want to give fair warning that if listening to this makes you crave the rest of the *podfic* version, it'll be a while still before that craving is fully met.

And now that you are fairly warned, I present to you without further ado:

Title: The Anatomy of a Fall (Part 1 of 12)
Author: novembersmith
Reader: klb
Fandom: Bandom
Pairing: Frank/Gerard
Rating: NC-17 (this part R for language)
Length: 54:53


cover art by aneas

Direct link to The Anatomy of a Fall Part 1 mp3: Here (right-click save to download)
Mediafire link to The Anatomy of a Fall Part 1 mp3: Here

Reader's Note: There is so much I could say. But I find myself not really wanting to say anything right now, except: this story is incredibly meaningful to me. This podfic is incredibly meaningful to me. Maybe it will also be meaningful to some of you. I feel a lot of love right now for every single person who listens and shares in this experience with me, visibly or invisibly.

I hope it is warm where you are right now. I hope the trees are covered in flowers. I hope tomorrow brings beautiful weather.

Crossposted from http://klb.dreamwidth.org/35889.html

Title: Give Me Back My Pieces
Author: kissoffools
Reader: klb
Fandom: Everwood
Pairing: Hannah/Bright
Rating: PG-13
Length: 0:13:18
Summary: "Yes," she thinks, "this is a very bad idea, indeed." Hannah isn't expecting her first trip back to Everwood to be quite this... challenging.

Direct link to Give Me Back My Pieces mp3: Here (right-click save to download)
Mediafire link to Give Me Back My Pieces mp3: Here

Reader's Note: Everwood is my favorite show of all time. Not the objectively best show, maybe, but the one that most owns my heart and soul. Reading this fic as part of yuletide is possibly the best Christmas present I got this year. It's a perfect slice of Everwood, and I'm thrilled to get to record it and share it with all of you.

When I listened back while editing my reading (and right after rewatching the S1 Thanksgiving episode), I noticed that I didn't necessarily do voices that are similar to the actors, but I do at least feel like the voices I chose represent something about how I think about those characters, which satisfies me.

Hi guys! I've got an Everwood podfic almost finished, which is so exciting to me, since Everwood is my favorite show of all time. It will almost definitely be posted tomorrow, but for today, I have a little housekeeping to do.

First: Ages ago, aneas made me a beautiful cover that I could use to combine two podfics I did last year in the same 'verse: As Mine See It and Beholder, by bexless. So here's a podbook of the whole Do As I Say, Not As I Do 'Verse!


cover by aneas

Direct Link to Do As I Say... 'Verse Podbook (right-click save)
Mediafire Link to Do As I Say... 'Verse Podbook

(aneas has also already made the cover for Anatomy of a Fall, and it is so good, you guys. Probably my favorite cover of all. I need to get Part 1 edited so I can show it off!)

Second: paraka mentioned that, for someone whose mp3 player can't use m4bs, Forever Now is really annoying to download. So for her and all others in her situation, I've made a zip of all the chapter mp3s for Forever Now and Tell Me to Stop. I'll add them to the download posts as well as here:

Direct Link to zip of Forever, Now mp3s
Direct Link to zip of Tell Me to Stop mp3s

This was recorded as part of the Awesome Ladies Podfic Anthology II, which I was so happy to be able to help organize again this year. This time I leaned heavily on the help of a number of awesome ladies from podfic fandom, without whom it wouldn't have been possible: bessyboo, cantarina, and sophinisba. And the Anthology turned out even more amazing than it did its first year!

I was only able to contribute one podfic this year, but it's from a show that OWNS MY HEART right now, so I was thrilled to be able to make it.


cover art by bessyboo

Title: This is Why
Author: smilingsoprano
Reader: klb
Fandom: The Good Wife
Pairing: Kalinda character study, hints of Kalicia
Rating: PG
Length: 0:05:05
Summary: Kalinda keeps her secrets, and this is why.

Mediafire link to This is Why mp3: Here
Link to zip of all Awesome Ladies Podfic Anthology II podficlets: Here (right-click save)
Link to podbook (m4b) of Awesome Ladies Podfic Anthology II: Here (right-click save)

Reader's Note: Believe it or not, I was going for quiet, restrained, emotionally in control in this piece. I think I may have lost that a bit by the end, but in my defense, it's probably one of the most emotional moments of Kalinda's adult life that's being narrated.

For Alicia's lines, I pulled from a clip of the show, since I couldn't hope to match Julianna Margulies's stunning performance of that scene. The transitional sound between scenes is pulled from the same clip—it's the sound of Alicia's footsteps as she walks towards her office to confront Kalinda.

So last year, I really wanted to create something podfic-related for halfamoon, and I sort of stumbled on the idea of creating an anthology of female-centered ficlets, and I threw the whole thing together in a little under two weeks and was so so pleased with the result.

This year, I knew I didn't really have time to run it myself, but I also knew that I had amazing twitter friends who might be able to help, and sure enough, people stepped up and there's a Round Two in progress! I'm really excited. I hope I'll be able to contribute something this week. Probably I will, because the pieces for this are short, which is a lot of the appeal of the project. Last year, several amazing people made their podfic debut through the Anthology, and I would love for that to happen again.

SO. If you're thinking about making podfic at all, please consider making a short piece for the Awesome Ladies Podfic Anthology II. All the details are at this post, and it will be fun and not too difficult and your voice will be contributing to this really cool amazing celebration of female fans and female characters. Basically, DO IT.

If you are on the fence and need convincing, please comment here and give me a shot at persuading you. Last year there were 73 ficlets and 19 readers, and this year I'd love to have even more. So here, this is my most imploring face. Awesome ladies of the world, please click here!

cover art by podcath

Title: When Fics Take on a Life of Their Own
Author: storiesfortravellers
Reader: cath (podcath) and klb
Fandom: Critical Theory RPF, Feminist Ryan Gosling
Pairing: Gen
Rating: PG-13
Length: 0:28:32
Summary: A fanfic writer and Feminist Ryan Gosling discuss celebrity culture, gender and theory, and the political perils of Fassavoy fic.

Mediafire link to When Fics... mp3: Here
Direct link to When Fics... mp3: Here (right-click save)

Mediafire link to When Fics... m4b: Here
Direct link to When Fics... mp3: Here (right-click save)

Reader's Note: This fic is so smart and so funny, and of all the wonderful fics I read from yuletide 2011, it was the one I found myself reccing and talking about the most. One of the people I recced it to was podcath. And then, since podfic is how I express my feelings about fannish things, I went back to podcath a couple days later and proposed a collaborative recording of it. I had an Artistic Vision of how I wanted the whole thing to go, tone-wise, and even though I'm not 100% happy with my reading, I am *really* happy with how the vision came together—the contrast of our two voices, the music, the way she incorporated actual Ryan Gosling's voice into the intro. All our choices had meta reasons that I could discuss in detail here, but I don't want to give too much away, so I'll just say: I hope you enjoy!

From sophinisba

( Questions and answers below the cut! )

Podfic plans or goals for the coming year

So, here is my official announcement: in 2012, I am going to do something I have repeatedly said I'd never do, but I've been having a hard year and I want to immerse myself in the most comforting story I can think of. It's longer than any fic I've ever recorded, and probably closer to my heart than any fic I've ever recorded. It has 12 parts, and I'm going to aim for a part a month so it gets done by the end of the year. It is, as you may have guessed, The Anatomy of a Fall by novembersmith.

And, because this is the best of all possible worlds, shiningartifact will still be making a podfic of the story as well, and we'll try to synchronize our releases of at least the first couple chapters, like crazybutsound and I did with Tell Me to Stop.

I'm so, so happy and excited about this project. Happy 2012.