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semperfiona has made two podfics of my stories! I'm really honoured and excited.

The Way of the Axe [podfic] (7 words) by semperfiona
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Chronicles of Amber - Roger Zelazny
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Deirdre (Chronicles of Amber), Benedict (Chronicles of Amber), Corwin (Chronicles of Amber), Llewella (Chronicles of Amber), Fiona (Chronicles of Amber), Flora | Florimel (Chronicles of Amber)
Additional Tags: Awesome Ladies Podfic Anthology VIII, Podfic Length: 0-10 Minutes, Podfic
Summary: Podfic of "The Way of the Axe" by Serenade
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Author's original summary:
Deirdre chooses her battles.

Not That Kind of Song (7 words) by semperfiona
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Discworld - Terry Pratchett
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Maladict/Polly Perks
Additional Tags: Awesome Ladies Podfic Anthology VIII, Podfic, Podfic Length: 0-10 Minutes, Post-Canon, trapped together, Kissing, Love Confessions
Summary: Podfic of "Not That Kind of Song", by Serenade
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Author's original summary:
The problem with songs, Polly thought, is that they always left out the most important bits.

Borrowed the audiobook of Terry Pratchett's Going Postal from my local library recently. I haven't listened to an audiobook since Hitchhiker's back in high school, but I think I'll have to do so more often now. Not only does it bring the words of the story to life, but it lets you roam around doing other things at the same time.

I loved Going Postal when I first read it last year, and Stephen Briggs does a brilliant job of this narration. He's the guy behind the Discworld play adaptations, and he seems to be a pretty good actor too, at least where the Discworld characters are concerned. Then again, Pratchett dialogue translates very well to live performance - which I guess all good dialogue ought to.

Moist von Lipwig sounds exactly how I imagined him, and so do Groat and Stanley. Mr Pump the golem sounds amusingly like a certain Austrian ex-bodybuilder. Reacher Gilt is interesting, having a sort of hoarse, knavish, Bill Sikes type voice which I never imagined before but fits well. And Briggs nails Vetinari perfectly. Vetinari always has wonderful lines, and to hear them delivered with such expertise and flair would have made the audiobook worth it for that alone.

The only voice I did have an issue with was Adora Belle Dearheart's. For some reason, Briggs gives her what sounds like a Scottish accent, which I found very jarring. I'd imagined her having the default Ankh-Morpork accent, since there's nothing in her character or background to suggest otherwise. Though it's possible that to people in the UK, her accent isn't anything out of the ordinary because they hear Scottish accents all the time, whereas to someone from Australia it stands out a lot more.

Word count:

Today - 253
Total - 253

Yeah, I suck. I fell asleep last night before getting anywhere near quota. In my defence, I plead the fact that I only got three hours sleep the night before. Also, I scored Going Postal from the library (insert dance of joy here) and I think I showed impressive restraint in reading only four chapters before locking the book away. It already looks like it's building up to be one of the big ones - maybe not a Night Watch, but at least up there with The Truth and Monstrous Regiment. And Terry Pratchett himself is going to be here in a week - though I probably can't get to the signing myself.

Okay, I should probably stop procrastinating now and get back to NaNo...

Word count:

Today - 2492
Total - 35169

If you're a Terry Pratchett fan and you live in Sydney, then this week is your chance to catch a live performance of the play Guards! Guards!. All the details are on the website.

I'll definitely be going - the only other Pratchett play I've ever seen is Mort. It's frustrating when I see a Pratchett play being advertised, and it turns out to be in Canberra or Melbourne or even London. Heh, not this time.