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[luke-naberrie]

fairy tail + text posts (4/?)

[scottgrady]

Of course! I would like the lockscreens to be on the minimalist side, just because the text on my home screen can be hard to read if I've got something too busy going on on the lockscreen picture. I really like how you make your icons with the hearts and different color gradients and things like that. I'm really just looking for a soft, simple buddie lockscreen for my phone, and there's only a few that I've been able to find. Something with soft warm colors like pinks, yellows, oranges, ya know that kind of vibe! And if you want to put a quote on it, you can and maybe just choose one that goes with the sweet and simple vibe of the lockscreen?

Hi! I made those lockscreens. I hope you'll like them, but if you want me to change anything don't hesitate. I have kept the psd, so I can add or delete elements, change the colors...

[burnthatbridge]

Hello! I know you've recorded podfics of your own in the past and was wondering if you have any tips on podficcing in general? I've listened to your podfics before and loved them a lot, so I figured you might have some pointers 😁

Hello 😊

Thank you so much for your kind words about my podfic! 💛

I’m not super experienced (I have only made a few) as the @dispatchpodcast basically took over my life at the time I started podficcing 😂

But I can give you some info on what helped me. This got kinda long so I’ll stick it below the cut:

Firstly, I would say, just give it a go. It can be hard when you listen to podfic and it’s so amazing and polished and you feel like you can’t achieve that, but you will learn and get better as you go. I was very intimidated but am so glad I did it anyway.

I picked a shortish fic that I really loved to get started, and that’s what I would recommend. Something that you love so you’re excited to read it, and something on the shorter side so it’s not so overwhelming. Make sure you get permission from the author of the fic. The author might have blanket permission given for podfics in their AO3 profile or on their Tumblr, but if they don’t you can reach out to them to ask.

I listened to lots of different samples of podfic by others to help me get an idea of what I wanted to do in my reading and editing. Different people have different styles, and you’ll figure out what works for you. For example, I love podfics where the reader does different accents, but I am personally rubbish at accents so I don’t do that. As another example, from a editing point of view, some people remove breathing sounds, some don’t - I do because I hate the sound of my own breathing (though I don’t mind other people’s).

I have an external mic, but you don’t need one. You can use your laptop mic or phone mic, or start that way and get an external mic later if you like.

I record directly into and also edit using Audacity. It’s a free program available for Windows and Mac. I had some previous experience of using it but had forgotten pretty much everything, and found it easy to pick back up. But there are other programs available, and you don’t have to record straight into the editing program.

There’s lots of tutorials and things online. I heavily used this one when I got started (and still refer to it now).

AO3 has some very useful guides too, such as this one which goes through the whole process from choosing what to podfic to posting the final product.

I also am in the podfichat discord, which is really helpful. And I cannot go without thanking @mistmarauder, who has been super kind and supportive of me, always willing to answer my questions, and is a huge inspiration!

Hope this helps and please let me know if you have any questions at all!

[monarchisms]

I just love coming to your blog and catching up on all the shit RT has pulled like I'm reading a fuckin newspaper over breakfast. It's not gonna happen, but you should be compensated by RT for at LEAST communicating their news to their audience, like jfc. Shits pathETIC, can't even communicate with their own fans.

lmao, thank you

that's the thing, though, right? almost everything i don't find myself is something i find from another community member, former or current, or a single comment or thread on reddit. it's only gotten harder since rt doesn't use their twitter account anymore to share quick, relevant updates. it gets increasingly frustrating especially because community interaction is what made rt popular in the first place, and arguably what makes them still relevant, period. there's only so much people collectively can put up with before quitting altogether. matt being fired was my personal breaking point, but even before then, mismanagement at the company was a common as the sky being blue. after all this time, i still miss site journals so much smh

...anyways, my paypal is-

[fishfingersandscarves]

Hello! I'm interested in buying your pdf of Sansukh on your Kofi, but I just wanted to make sure you got permission from the author to sell it? I hope my asking doesn't offend you, I just want to know for sure before I use my money :)) thank you!

Oh yes I do! Dets and I have been friends for almost a decade and talked about it when it first went up - that's also why it's set as $0 pay what you want, it's free bc I don't want anyone to think they have to pay for it if they don't want to

[luke-naberrie]

yet more still | part one/part two

[luke-naberrie]

have these been done yet | part two

[luke-naberrie]

fairy tail + text posts (5/?)