#podfic blather

[nyquildriver]

so I’ve spent the last couple of weeks revisiting some of my podfics and generally kind of cringing because I just don’t enjoy my own voice so much and have been kind of down about it (and this whole year I’ve been almost completely unmotivated to do anything other than occasionally record. oh god I’ve got so much stuff to edit????) and basically I’ve just felt really grim and everything feels pointless

and then in the last few days I got a couple of really glowing podfic comments praising me for my delivery and telling me that my voice is soothing and that listening to my podfics helps with anxiety and man, just.

I’m generally a skeptic, but occasionally I sort of believe that the universe is communicating with me

[fulldaysdrive]

fyi

throat coat/comfort + a large spoonful of korean plum tea syrup = freaking amazing, especially to have on hand while recording a podfic.

[nyquildriver]

okay I put all my completed podfics in a playlist and I’ve so far got 26 hours, 7 minutes, and 36 seconds of podfic posted on ao3. (add like 45 seconds if we’re gonna count the football rpf)  (and also 22 hours, 50 minutes, and 2 seconds are les mis. I overestimated because I always overestimate and also am just generally bad at math.)

I’ve also got eight and a half hours of an unfinished project I never released, which had eight completed chapters. :’)

[nyquildriver]

lol tfw when your entire wordcount on ao3 doubles because of a podfic you’ve contributed only about a minute of dialogue to

[nyquildriver]

whenever I feel incredibly insecure about voicing a line in a different language, I think about Christina Moore and how, though she is basically my biggest inspiration and the type of narrator I strive to be in my podfics, she also once completely mangled a sentence in Japanese. knowing that I can’t do much worse than that actually kind of makes me feel better.

[nyquildriver]

#OMIGODS IT'S FINISHED#THIS THING IS SO GOOD#INSERT ALL THE MY SKIN IS CLEAR MY CROPS ARE THRIVING THINGS HERE#but seriously#this podfic is the only thing permantly on my phone#it got me through my bachelor#it's calmed so many anxieties#it was literally my bedtime story last night#everytime things are weird and I can't handle I listen to a bit#it is simply the best

#oh fuck this is happening isn't it#the last chapter#world ain't ready more like i'm not ready#i"ve been listening to this for literally years#i cried at the end of the fanfic and shall cry at the end of the audio#ahhhhh when i'll listen to it then everything will be over#time to suffer i guess

just............ oh my god

[nyquildriver]

ALL NARRATION IS EDITED

ALL DIALOGUE IS RECORDED

THE END IS IN SIGHT

[nyquildriver]

...wow my voice is suuuuper super rough and scratchy in this last section and I guess that means I’m going to have to re-record it.

merry christmas to me more work yay 8D