Podfic: The Sword and the Faith (Merlin) by Novembersmith

[regonym.livejournal.com]

Title: The Sword and the Faith
Author: novembersmith 
Reader:regonym 
Fandom: Merlin
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin pre-slash; basically gen
Rating: PG-13 for implied violence
Warnings: Implications of torture and general slaughter; nothing on-screen, though.
Length: 5:36 (1.91 MB, m4b; 1.92 MB, mp3)
Archive Links: m4b format, MP3 format


















Cover created by regonym 

Summary: A group of insurgents kidnap Arthur’s pet sorcerer; Arthur takes this very poorly.

Feedback would be hugely appreciated!

Cross-posted to merlinpodfic.

Comments

[cat-lover-4113.livejournal.com]

I leave you feedback as a thank you for a wonderful podfic! Your voice was clear, I could hear you perfectly once I'd turned up the volume fully on my player, the main volume on computer, and the headset (didn't help that my mum is watching tv is on the same room).

I have put this on my phone so I can listen to it again. Yay for podfics!

There were one part where the sentence cut off, so it sounded like two different sentences, and I have put an | where it sounded split.

* "There's no one to hear, Merlin | he said evenly, and slid an arm around Merlin's back.

Would like to know how you kept a 5:36 file down to only 1.92MB, much appreciated, as I am on dialup, so really got a good fic for less MB than minutes. Would also help when I do podfics :)

[regonym.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for leaving feedback! <3 I'm glad you liked it. It's good to learn that my recordings are a bit quiet - I'll try to make sure I make the next one louder.

The bit where it sounded like the sentence was cut off was actually just the phrasing of the original sentence, but I'm glad you mentioned it - it'll help me refine my reading style for future podfics! :)

As for the file size, I read in some of the podficcing tutorials linked from here (http://audiofic.jinjurly.com/creating-and-submitting-podfic-recordings) that if you adjust the bit rate that your audio recording software exports mp3s with to be lower than the default setting, you can maintain a perfectly decent sound quality for a smaller file size (I use Audacity, and set my bit rate to 48). Hope that helps!

[winkingstar.livejournal.com]

http://audiofic.jinjurly.com/sword-and-faith
http://audiofic.jinjurly.com/sword-and-faith-audiobook

:)

(Also, if you don't know about it, there is merlinpodfic, and you are welcome to cross-post.)

[regonym.livejournal.com]

Thanks! And I've never actually cross-posted anything before, so I was wondering if I could ask if there was an automatic way to do that in the future? Or if it's just that people copy-paste their posts to all the various communities on the same day? *curious*

[winkingstar.livejournal.com]

Yeah, copy-paste (and alter anything that's needed to fit each comm's posting rules). I usually just do amplificathon and a fandom-specific comm, if I know of one. There are some people who only follow fandom-specific comms, so it can broaden your audience a bit.

[regonym.livejournal.com]

Cool, thanks!

[crinklysolution.livejournal.com]

Nice job with this story, I really liked the calm way you read it, makes me interested in hearing what else you have recorded...plus, good production values, which is always helpful...

[regonym.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for the feedback! ♥ I'm so glad you liked it enough to let me know~ It's the first podfic I've recorded in Merlin fandom, but I've done a few other recordings of fics by novembersmith - her writing and characterization are amazing, so I'd recommend checking her livejournal out if you liked this fic. :D