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[skygiants]

A confession: although I have several times received the delight of having someone podfic my fic, and am thrilled whenever it happens, I have always been too chicken to actually listen! I figured the experience would mostly be a constant agony of 'why did I put that word there, what was I thinking, is it too late for me to edit this?!' and have thus avoided it entirely.

However [I added optimistically, when first discussing this on Twitter] if someone I knew ever recorded a podfic for me I would valiantly try to see if the feeling of Friendship could break the block! and I am now pleased to report that it is indeed so; not only did I listen to sophia_sol's recording of on your way up to the light, my Eponine-lives canon divergence AU, ALL the way through, they did the impossible and in fact made me feel feelings about my own words.

Relevant factors:

- I wrote on your way up to the light many years ago and have mostly forgotten the specific words that were in it so it's been too long for me to constantly be wanting to edit it
- I do actually think it's one of the better things I've ever written
- as aforementioned the power of friendship
- sophia_sol is simply a very good reader!!!

Anyway this is really timely because I have yet another original audio short coming out in a few months (for the Lesbian Historic Motif podcast) and I am really hoping that this time I will be brave enough to listen to it when it goes up now that I have had this first and most delightful Listening to Audio Recordings Of My Own Work Experience.

Comments

[osprey_archer]

There is something terrifying about listening to someone read one's own work! "WHAT MORON WROTE THIS!" I cry, tragically aware that the moron is myself.

I hope that this podfic experience means that you can listen to your Lesbian Historic Motif story when it comes out!

[skygiants]

RIGHT this is the THING. 'did you HEAR how many times in a row you just used that word?' yes, I did hear it, unfortunately. :(((

But thank you, I hope so too!

[sophia_sol]

this is SO delightful and I'm enormously pleased that my reading of your excellent fic allowed you to actually enjoy listening to your writing being read aloud for the first time!!! It was really fun to do it for you, and I hope it is indeed the beginning of a new chapter where you'll be able to listen to more :)

[skygiants]

Thanks again, I am so glad you enjoyed doing it!!

[luzula]

Awww, I love the Lesbian Historic Motif podcast, delighted to hear that you'll be appearing on it! Although I am listening to it from the start and am still only on the 2019 episodes, so it'll take a while before I get to yours. : )

[skygiants]

Oh fantastic, I hope you enjoy it whenever you get there! :D