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Podficcing a book
Monday, July 23rd, 2012 03:37 pmSo. For kicks and giggles, as the idea struck me and sounded fun, incredibly stupid, perhaps, this grand undertaking, but fun nonetheless, and quite frankly, I'd rather not think about the laws I'm probably breaking in the process, but watch as I proceed without care and then play vastly dumb if I get caught.
I am recording myself reading a published book. It won't get an actual audio book, this I know, and hey think of the visually impaired fans of your favorite TV show (yes, blind people can 'watch' TV, Jo does all the time, though sometimes you have to explain what's happening visually). Point being, I have these tie-in novels for Supernatural that I just got and all are suppose to be really good, and I figured for kicks and giggles that I might record the first, say, chapter or two, you know, to get people interested in reading them and get fans to go buy them, thus ensuring that they continue writing books, right? it was strictly an idea to pique the interest of other fans and get them to buy the books. A teaser trailer, if you will. Wet your pallet. Give you a taste.
I'm thinking I may end up doing the whole book. Something must be wrong with me, I know. I did the first 50 pages already (five chapters), which actually, isn't much. 14% according to Goodreads.It's an hour long unedited. I may do it in five chapter sections, since there are forty chapters. Btw, it's Witch's Canyon, by Jeff Mariotte, a Supernatural tie-in that takes place during season two as far as I can tell. WHY AM I DOING THIS?!?!?! I have no explanation other than it's fun. Or I'm a masochist. I never took myself for a masochist, but the signs are there if I willingly subject myself to projects like this when I already don't have time.
I am recording myself reading a published book. It won't get an actual audio book, this I know, and hey think of the visually impaired fans of your favorite TV show (yes, blind people can 'watch' TV, Jo does all the time, though sometimes you have to explain what's happening visually). Point being, I have these tie-in novels for Supernatural that I just got and all are suppose to be really good, and I figured for kicks and giggles that I might record the first, say, chapter or two, you know, to get people interested in reading them and get fans to go buy them, thus ensuring that they continue writing books, right? it was strictly an idea to pique the interest of other fans and get them to buy the books. A teaser trailer, if you will. Wet your pallet. Give you a taste.
I'm thinking I may end up doing the whole book. Something must be wrong with me, I know. I did the first 50 pages already (five chapters), which actually, isn't much. 14% according to Goodreads.It's an hour long unedited. I may do it in five chapter sections, since there are forty chapters. Btw, it's Witch's Canyon, by Jeff Mariotte, a Supernatural tie-in that takes place during season two as far as I can tell. WHY AM I DOING THIS?!?!?! I have no explanation other than it's fun. Or I'm a masochist. I never took myself for a masochist, but the signs are there if I willingly subject myself to projects like this when I already don't have time.
