amplificathon

What do the numbers mean? I'm probably going to feel stupid for asking...

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Not at all, dear. Amplificathon is a contest of sorts that is run every year. All podfic posted to this comm within the period of the contest gets points, which are determined by these rules (http://community.livejournal.com/amplificathon/474286.html).

Those are just our individual points for this podfic. :)

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Those are some intense rules! What's the prize?

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Yeah, and it ends June 1 and there's no way I can actually win, but still, why not get the points while we can? :)

To answer your question, this is from the FAQ:

who will win and how? and what do they win?
the people with the top 3 scores, according to the scheme outlined here (not including the mods, even if they suddenly feel really energetic, natch) get a prize! the prize is worldwide acclaim! (seeing how the mods and participants are in at least a couple of countries, this is pretty easy.) the prizes also may include: a podbook anthology of each winner's works; custom read-to-order podfics; shmancy prize graphics. SO MANY PRIZES.

if you have other ideas for prizes that you think are awesome (and, you know: feasible), give us a holler! the only thing we love better than podfic is giving people prizes, seriously.

what is the end result of all of this?
more podfic for everyone! multifandom love! also, the first new-fandom file from the first twenty participants will be put together into a podbook anthology album, sampler-style.

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Great! We'd love to know what you think when you have a chance to listen. :)

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aphelant.livejournal.com

http://audiofic.jinjurly.com/building-jerusalem-directions-not-included-book-one

:)

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Thank you! It's actually 3:45:49, though. Are you sure you got all 4 parts?

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aphelant.livejournal.com

Ugh, sorry, it looks like Mediafire has been lying to me again and only giving me parts of files. :/ I'll re-download/upload.

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Thanks for checking! :)

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aphelant.livejournal.com

Fixed!

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Downloading. I'm not really into either fandom, and I've found out that listening to podfic is a good way of checking it out. Plus -- podfic! I've been trying to work out how to be better at giving feedback and it occurred to me that if I made a downloading comment, then I could go back on my comment page and find where I snagged it from a whole lot easier.

so thanks a bunch,

Laurie

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I shall not lie: this comment made my morning. Not only are you open to discovering new fandoms through podfic, but you are trying to come up with a way to ensure that you come back and comment after listening. Are you real? :)

&hearts

Also, not being familiar with the fandoms isn't such a huge deal with this fic. To quote from

amproof's original post:
Notes on the fandoms: You do not need to know NCIS to read this fic. This is what you should know about American Idol: Kris Allen won American Idol in 2009. He is married to Katy. Adam Lambert was the American Idol runner up. He is openly gay. The top 10 contestants on American Idol go on summer tour together.

Thanks again, and I really hope that you enjoy the podfic! The three of us worked very hard on it, and I'm proud of how it turned out.

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yukisherry.livejournal.com

wow this is really amazing! i didn't know the story beforehand, and it's a really beautifully wrtitten one! and i love the different voices for different perspectives. makes me want to listen to more! yre you going to do Book 2 also?

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Hi. Yes, the story is very well written and engrossing, isn't it? I couldn't stop reading it when

podklb first recommended it to me.

I'm really glad that you enjoy the multiple voices, too. I think that it works really well with the tone and flow of the story. :)

An yes, we are planning to do the whole story, which would be Books 2 and 3.

Thanks so much for the feedback!

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yukisherry.livejournal.com

Thanks so much for doing this awesome podfic! :D

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::pinches self:: Ow!

Yep, I'm a real girl.

I prefer to explore new fandoms with podfic. It's how I got hooked on Supernatural, and Due South, and Merlin, and became interested in Deep Space Nine's Doctor Bashir and Garak's epic love (sometime I'm going to watch the shows and see those hints of slash for myself), and Jeeves and Bertie, and bunches of other ones.

I really liked what you guys did with this story, and I'm thrilled to read that you're going to do the other parts because OMG, poor little Kris! Technical stuff was excellent, you all read very well and I was totally engrossed.

There were two things that I wondered about in the story itself (SPOILERS FOR BOOK ONE) But that's really for the author.

I wondered why they didn't do a test on Kris' hands to see if he'd fired the gun,not just picked it up, and I think the author was a little confused about the difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist. But a lot of people are. The emotions were well done in the story, and I thought the prison life was pretty true to real life. I liked the story a lot, and I want to know what happens to these guys.

You should be proud, all of you did an excellent job.

And my comment system worked pretty easily.

Laurie

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Author here. :)

Glad you're enjoying the story. As far as I know I'm not confused about the difference between a psychiatrist and a psychologist. I've been to enough of them, plus nearly minored in it in college. :) Did the doctor in this do something that made you think she was the other kind? From my understanding the only difference is that psychiatrists can prescribe medicine and the other can't.

As for the gun thing, I checked with some experts as I was writing the story and learned that if Kris had picked up the gun immediately after it was fired, there was a chance it would have residue on it that could get on him. I wrote this almost a year ago and I can't really remember why I chose not to include that in the text, but I always figured that all relevant tests had been done in the time between Kris getting picked up and Gibbs coming to talk to him.

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I am enjoying the story and I'm going to wait for the podfic crew to do the next arc because I really like listening to podfics.

What I remember is that the psychologist who did the competency assessment on Kris was referred to earlier as being a psychiatrist. I'm more familiar with psycholgists doing those. You are absolutely right about the difference between them.

So if there was residue on Kris' hands then it could have been from him firing the gun or leftover from somebody else doing it. I was thinking that it would show one way or the other, but the poor boy is screwed, isn't he? I hope Abby can come up with some whiz kid evidence or Gibbs and the rest of the guys find the other two sailors and get the truth. But then, maybe Kris did do it because you've got it beautifully vague and totally understandable if he did, traumatized as he was.

Man, you might have him in prison for years. I think I'm a little traumatized too, in a very engrossing and good angsty way.

Laurie

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I just checked the text. Looks like you caught a textual error. In the scene with Kris and Sarver, Kris says, "My lawyer wants me to see a psychologist." Then in the narrative for the next scene, it says "psychiatrist's office". I meant for it to be psychologist. :( But, since things can't be changed now, I'm going to say that the DC system is simply fortunate to have a psychiatrist on staff and Kris was unaware of her status! LOL

There may need to be a support group for people traumatized by this fic. I hear that a lot... :)

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I actually had to wait in my car after I heard the end and get myself back under composure before I met with one of the guys on my caseload.

Laurie

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Wow. That's amazing. Wow. I don't even know what to say to that. I'm sorry!!

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podklb.livejournal.com

This made me smile :)

(Not because I want you to be sad. But, you know, the thought that the reading conveyed the emotion of the story convincingly. If I managed that, I'm very pleased.)

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Be pleased, because you did. And I'm okay with being caught up in the emotions.

Laurie

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Don't be sorry, it means you did your job as an author.

Laurie

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whatthefuckbenj.livejournal.com

I think this is epic! It's a great project you guys have brought to life!

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