Podfic: Smoke And Lightning, Heavy Metal Thunder

[fartinminney.livejournal.com]

Title: Smoke And Lightning, Heavy Metal Thunder (Prologue/? +  1/? + 2/? + 3/?)
Authors: bloody_adorable and eviltwin
Reader: Fartinminney
Fandoms: Supernatural RPS
Pairing: Jensen Ackles / Jared Padalecki.
Rating: PG all the way to NC-17 in future chapters.
Summary: AU. Jared's a classic case of rich kid gone wrong, whose only sense of family comes from his motorbike, the guy he rents a garage from to live in and the precinct cops who know his face better than most already. Jensen's a hard-working student whose family are helping push him towards great things. What happens when their two worlds collide, and will Jared's troublesome nature be too much for Jensen to handle?
Disclaimer: None of the following is true in any way, and no profit is made from this work of fiction.

(All links to the downloads are on my journal)

The Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three

To read the amazing fics by the most amazing people on earth (Eviltwin & Bloody_Adorable) please go HERE to their little area of magic dreams!

As a side-note, this is my first ever attempt at anything that resembles fanfiction and or Podfics, even in the broadest sense of the term, and its also my first post to you ever so delightful people, so be gentle with me.

Also, i apologize upfront for my accent.

( I do hope i just tagged this correctly.. oh and hi! i was told that i should add my podfic here by the lovely txrabbit)

Comments

[yukisherry.livejournal.com]

omg! lol, i've been meaning to start reading this fic since people recced it to me a couple of weeks back, but it's epic so i kinda put it in my "save it for later" files. and now this! i'm so excited! now someone will read it to me! *dances*

[fartinminney.livejournal.com]

Yea, they should actually make it part of the mandatory reading list for all schools (ok.. maybe university... because you know.. hello porn! ;-)) Smoke & Lightning is just that good :-)

I should have a much better stream of them going up next week. I am super busy this week heading off down to London with a friend for the rest of the week, so not going to get a chance to record more! But soon! :-)

[yukisherry.livejournal.com]

i downloaded the files ok, medium quality stream or no.

have fun in london! and i'll be patiently lurking around here for further chapters. :D

[cybel]

Welcome! I've added a reader tag for you. :-)

[fartinminney.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much, and thank you very much once again! :-)

[cybel]

Hey, would you like me to compile a podbook when the time comes?

[fartinminney.livejournal.com]

If i pretend to know what that is and nod (like i do in most of my classes) will i get bonus points? lol.

There are about.. 70 or so more chapters to go before i finish the current chapters of the story, and the girls who write this are getting ready to begin book three (should be another 40 -/+ chapters) and alot of time stamps and one shots. I don't think there is a light at the end of this tunnel :-) (which is good, because this verse needs to never end! :-))

[cybel]

:-)

A podbook (fannish terminology for audiobook) is a sound file that adds more features to a basic mp3. It adds cover art, makes the mp3 automatically bookmarkable, and, for those with iTunes, moves it out of the Music folder and into a separate Audiobooks folder where it won't be seen or heard when browsing or listening to songs. It also then automatically shows up in an Audiobooks playlist on an iPod.

Some mp3 players are not able to play m4b files; others can. To get the added benefits of m4b's on your PC, even if you don't own an iPod or other m4b capable player, you can download Apple's free music software, iTunes, here. If you have a Mac, iTunes is already part of your system.

Not all podbooks that have been compiled by myself and others have been posted to the various LJ podficcing communities. If you wonder if a podbook version of your favorite podfic exists, check general_jinjur's Audiofic Archive under the reader or author tabs. A category for m4b files also exists and can be found here. If you don't find what you're looking for in the Archive, you can check with me; I've personally compiled almost 200 podbooks since last August and am working on more, both older podfics and newer ones, all the time.

Podbooks are not necessarily larger and may actually be smaller files than the original mp3s. The format is extremely compact (and, in fact, gains little from being zipped), and I normally compile at 64 kbps while many mp3s are recorded at 128 kbps and are therefore much larger files. Of course, if the 'book combines several parts into one whole, the file will necessarily be larger than the original bits downloaded separately.

[fartinminney.livejournal.com]

Ahh! See now i just saw pages and a fancy cover for some reason! :-)

I think that would be a great idea. The story itself is actually set into books (around 40ish chapters each book) so when i finish book one, i will give you a holler and see about getting them turned into podbooks, so that its easy for people to listen to them on the go!

That sounds like a super dooper idea! Thanks!

[cybel]

Great! Podbooks are the way to go with really long podfics. :-)

Do you have a preference in cover art? I noticed a lot exists for this 'verse; I can ask the artist for permission to use the one you choose.

Coincidentally, I'm also the archive elf in charge of Supernatural, so I'll be uploading the files to the Archive as you go (as a WIP). I'll get you the archive URLs when they're ready.

[fartinminney.livejournal.com]

I have to bitch at Eviltwin later on about some stuff anyway, so i will ask her what she things and about the art etc then, i tend to not make any choices on this as i don't personally know the other author (bloody_Adorable) so i just go through Evil :-)

I don't see it being any problem tho :-) They are both super cool!

[cybel]

Sounds good.

[twasadark.livejournal.com]

I'm looking forward to listening! Thanks for posting here.

[fartinminney.livejournal.com]

I hope you enjoy, i am glad i found this place aswell! Much to listen to myself! :-)

[cybel]

http://audiofic.jinjurly.com/smoke-lightning-verse

:-)

[fartinminney.livejournal.com]

Wohoo!! :-) Roll on next week! feel like i should be mass producing them now lol.

[cybel]

Well, I wouldn't want to discourage you. :-)

[crinklysolution.livejournal.com]

Hey, just wanted to say that I've really been enjoying this story, you read it very well, and it's not easy to do! I'm so looking forward to hearing what happens next. Thank you so much for recording this!

[fartinminney.livejournal.com]

I am sooo sorry! I got this notice when i was in London, but can't access LJ on my blackberry (Evil orange!) and somehow it totally slipped my mind!! I can't say sorry enough!

I am glad you enjoyed it though! :-)

[pattyposh.livejournal.com]

just got through listening and:
i can't wait to hear the rest!
partially because i'm too lazy to read,lol.

don't apologize for your accent, its awesome!
=D

[fartinminney.livejournal.com]

Being lazy is a fun pass time :-) And yea, this is a monster of a fic, so save your eyes! (unless you get impatient, or have the desire to have your mind blown away by Evil and Adorables work :-))

More is inc soon!!

[crinklysolution.livejournal.com]

Enjoyed chapters 4 and 5 as well, I can hear it getting better and better as it goes along...also, if anything, I think your accent adds to the reading...makes it more interesting!

[fartinminney.livejournal.com]

Why thank you very much :-)

I am prolly going to do a "What should i do to improve" thread on my page soon, as i still think i have a long way to go before i am happy with what i am turning out! So if you can think of anything, just lemme know!! :-)

[crinklysolution.livejournal.com]

I had a bit of a comment kerfuffle, but what I wanted to say was that I just listened to Ch 21, and your reading just keeps getting better and better. I think it is all about practice, myself, at least that has been my experience with podfic. I get better and better about hearing where it sounds false, or too quiet, or too loud, or whatever. Truthfully, I can't think of anything specific to improve upon, your pace is nicely relaxed and I can understand everything, but if you want me to keep an ear out, I will. I know how hard it is to get feedback on podfic!

[fartinminney.livejournal.com]

Its gonna be a weewhile before chapter 22 i think, my mic is being a very naughty boy right now, and keeps not working (just when i get addicted to Skype-insulting my american friends!) but fingers crossed i can fix it tomorrow!.

And yea, feedback on podding is rather scarce, i think most people would rather read than listen, but i enjoy it none the less, and the ones who do listen all seem to be full of sheer amazingness! :-)

WONDERFUL.

[bewitchedjc.livejournal.com]

I love your reading it is very good with so much humor in your voice. I love how you voice Jared and Jensen's emotion in fic. Hope you finish. I listened to chapter up to prologue to 16 hope for more soon.