All about me!

[jadesfire]

I thought coming back to work today was going to be a bit of a shock after a week in bed, but it's actually quite good. There's so much stuff here that I can be properly busy for the rest of the week, which has to be good for my brain. I'm going to try to limit internet-ing to my breaks and lunch hour, so that I can get these piles of books to lower-than-my-head levels, so for now, just a few links to things I've been doing lately:

The Masterlist of stories is now up at sga_genficathon, and there are some real gems there. I haven't read nearly enough of them, so I'll get to a rec list when I can. My own offering is below, and I'm disappointed, disappointed I tell you that no-one spotted it was me - the whole 'Latin quotes and poetry epigraphs' thing wasn't a clue, hmmmm? You're slipping, guys.

Title: Bibula Harena (Part 1)
Author: jadesfire2808
Prompt: Slavery, captivity or hostages
Word Count: 17,000
Rating: M
Warnings/Spoilers: Violence/None
Author's notes: With HUGE thanks as ever to my betas, crystalshard and donutsweeper and particularly miss_zedem who put up with my increasingly panicked texts as the word count rose (and rose and rose). I can honestly say that the story would not have happened without them.
Summary: This is all there is, the stick in his hand, the knife in his belt, the crowd roaring around him, and the man he has to kill.

Link to story: Bibula Harena

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I've also been doing more than my fair share of podfic recording, although I'm going to have to wait for my throat to recover before doing more:


Title: Club Night by Me. [Sort of Discworld meets Torchwood by way of Doctor Who]
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Title: For the Love of Cheese by Me. [Same genre and character as 'Club Night']
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Title: Feeling Blue by miss_zedem [Torchwood; G]
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Title: Trial by Paperwork by szm [Torchwood; Jack/PC Andy]
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Title: Let it Snow by miss_zedem [Torchwood; Ianto/Gwen]
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Still to come: Weekend report and photographic evidence.

For now: The library of doooooom. More if I survive...

Comments

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*grin* Thanks! I'm fairly chuffed myself. Although I've only got a four point lead, so I've got some stories I want to record this week, if I can find time, and I fully intend to utterly cheat by picking crossovers :)

Oh dear...er...sorry? I'll make a point of recording things in happy/sad pairs to avoid future automobile accidents.

And thank you so much. I'm starting to tackle things that are a bit further out of my comfort zone, and that amount of dialogue was definitely 'out there'. I'm cautious about actually 'doing' voices/accents, but sometimes I think it's necessary, to tell the difference. We'll see how it goes...

I'm so glad you're enjoying them, and I really appreciate the specifics - I'm enjoying myself so much that it's hard to tell what I'm hitting and what I'm missing!

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Oh dear...er...sorry? I'll make a point of recording things in happy/sad pairs to avoid future automobile accidents.

Oh, no, I'm sorry! I chose a bad way to express how dark and affecting I thought the fics were. I'm very glad you recorded them! It doesn't matter how you combine them. :)

I'm cautious about actually 'doing' voices/accents, but sometimes I think it's necessary, to tell the difference.

Yeah, I think it's *really* risky, mainly with accents. If you fail, it's glaring, but if you don't try it doesn't really stand out. And even professional actors don't always do a good job. There seems to be a way to get the stress and rhythm of a voice, though, without jumping all the way on board with the accent, and I agree that that can be very valuable. (And you have achieved it.) I don't know why I can *hear* it all so easily but am unable to do it myself. Maybe with more practice!

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*grin* don't worry, I got it :)

I know exactly what you mean about being able to *hear* it without being able to reproduce it. I'm tempted by a wonderful House/Firefly crossover, but there's so much Mal dialogue that I'm not sure I can really pull it off. Which is sad. I might have a run at it, just to see.

I am, however, probably going to record one of my Rodney fics, and maybe ask greyias if I can record one of hers, just because his speech patterns are so distinctive. And worryingly close to mine... :D