Podfic Awareness Week

Today is the last day pod_aware 2014's themes, however, if you still have things to post but are afraid you won't get it out today, I'm declaring this weekend a free-for-all! You can post anything, for any of the themes, or something unrelated to the themes this weekend and it'll be included in pod_aware To post a work for pod_aware, please include the following in your post, somewhere easily visible to help spread awareness about podfic: Why does podfic take off in some fandoms more than others? How can we encourage it in fandoms? Get podfic included in more fannish challenges/exchanges? How is podfic perceived by those who aren't as familiar with it? Come join the conversation on DW, LJ or Tumblr. We didn't get a podcast turned in for this day, sorry! Feel free to talk about today's theme in the comments and if you post pod_aware stuff off the comm, make sure to drop us a link so we can add you to the masterlist!

Only 2 days left of pod_aware 2014! To post a work for pod_aware, please include the following in your post, somewhere easily visible to help spread awareness about podfic: Everyone has personal preferences when listening to or creating podfics: length, music, story telling style, rating, etc. Come talk about them at pod_aware on DW, LJ or Tumblr to find out. To make it easier for you, you can just copy and paste from here: To get us started, here's a podcast from dapatty and paraka. Downloads: MP3 Things mentioned or discussed in the podcast: dapatty's podfics klb's podfics Track This Thread, my podfic that I felt I matched the author's humour opalsong's podfics reena's podfics lianabob's podfics, and her Doctor Who one sisi_rambles' podfics, Flying Monkeys The Damages We Keep by dentalfloss Through the Glass by liannabob Out Damn'd Spot by 4nu815 If music be the food of love (I'll have the veggie burger) by pennyplainknits rave lantis by dodificus My first kink podfic The podfic with the bloopers I describe greedy_dancer's podfics Hamster!Ray podfic Pod_Together funny podfic The multivoiced Community Podfic mothlight's podfics, and Misfire specifically Crown of the Summer Court by fayjay 'In Which Tony Builds Himself Some Friends (But His Family Was Assigned by Nick Fury)' Series by hananobira (locked to AO3) Them Other Boys Don't Know How to Act by ponceflower Graduate Vulcan for Fun and Profit by templemarker Feel free to talk about today's theme in the comments and if you post pod_aware stuff off the comm, make sure to drop us a link so we can add you to the masterlist!

As the popularity of podfic grows, podficcers start spreading out and popping up all over the place. Where are those interested in podfic hanging out these days and how are they supporting each other We're now halfway through pod_aware 2014! To post a work for pod_aware, please include the following in your post, somewhere easily visible to help spread awareness about podfic: As the popularity of podfic grows, podficcers start spreading out and popping up all over the place. Where are those interested in podfic hanging out these days and how are they supporting each other, check out pod_aware on DW, LJ or Tumblr to find out. To get us started, here's a podcast from klb and finnagain. Downloads: MP3 Things mentioned or discussed in the podcast: Podfic_Tips on LJ Google search results for podfic tutorials the podfic tag on tumblr @podfic twitter account pod_together on dreamwidth (also on LJ, tumblr, twitter) pt_lightning on dreamwidth (also on LJ, tumblr, twitter) remopodmo on dreamwidth (also on LJ) WAGFAPE on AO3 (also on tumblr and twitter) Informal Twitter Podfic Exchange twitter account Podbang info on fanlore Multipodicity on dreamwidth (also on LJ) Amplificathon on dreamwidth (also on LJ) twitter account for Audio Snippers Club IRC chat Awesome Ladies Podfic Anthology info on fanlore Welovepodfic Feedback Challenge on dreamwidth (accidentally called "Weheartpodfic" on the podcast Podfic_love Reccing Comm on dreamwidth (also on LJ, twitter, and tumblr) Podficmeta on dreamwidth Mel_fabu’s tumblr meta on transformativity and podklb’s response Feel free to talk about today's theme in the comments and if you post pod_aware stuff off the comm, make sure to drop us a link so we can add you to the masterlist!

Welcome to day 2 of pod_aware! To post a work for pod_aware, please include the following in your post, somewhere easily visible to help spread awareness about podfic: Podfic isn't made in a vacuum and can be heavily influenced by or can rely upon other fanworks to exist. From the fic a podfic is of, to the coverart, to collaborations, podficcers often work with other fans to create their art. Check out pod_aware on DW, LJ or Tumblr to learn more. To make it easier for you, you can just copy and paste from here: To get us started, here's a podcast from dapatty and paraka Downloads: MP3 Things mentioned or discussed in the podcast: A Joyous Anthology of Bandom Podfic by pennyplainknits, a collection of stories that were recorded without text Open & Notorious by anotherslashfan, argentumlupine, bessyboo, cantarina, fleurrochard, jedusaur, knight_tracer, regonym, Rhea, Torra, Verbyna Since I mentioned it, What If We Loved Like Fools?, not that I think the coverart is amazing or anything pod_together bessyboo's coverarts davincis_girl's art My hand-drawn shirt cover Aversion Therapy Hold Your Heart Into This Darkness katekat on DW I... honestly don't remember the specific podfic with spliced in singing, sorry dudes!  The one where I sang as girl!Patrick Old Country podficbigbang growlery on AA reena_jenkins on AA bandombigbang theatripod "the crying podfic", User Since "the other crying podfic", like sick flowers need the sun podvids lunate8's podfic remix Feel free to talk about today's theme in the comments and if you post pod_aware stuff off the comm, make sure to drop us a link so we can add you to the masterlist!

Welcome to pod_aware! To post a work for pod_aware, please include the following in your post, somewhere easily visible to help spread awareness about podfic: Podfic has a long and varied history, check out pod_aware on DW, LJ or Tumblr to hear some personal accounts of podfic history. To get us started, here's a podcast from anatsuno, general_jinjur and paraka Downloads: MP3 Things mentioned or discussed in the podcast: Sabotage by Calico rageprufrock's podfics The Audiofic Archive amplificathon The 1st Podbang I wish I still had a link to that '60 Star Trek radio play /o\ Carol's Xena Fan Fiction Tape Consortium on Fanlore Under Your Spell, the Willow/Tara podcast mentioned. I do not remember or have links to the YouTube person I referred to. This is possibly the YT series anatsuno refers to podficmeta the post on music in podfic podficmeta's statement of purpose fandomfan asking what's so great about podfic and the comment thread pointing out it's not a very politic question bjewelled has since locked their post, however here's a post pointing to it with some discussion in the comments My (really long) response to bjewelled podslash on LJ The Podfic Critical Feedback Exchange announcement post podfic_tips on LJ sgapodfic on LJ house_podfic on LJ ai_podfic on LJ Clint Barton/Phil Coulson Podfic Archive Bucky/Steve Podfic Archive Podfic Platypus Teen Wolf Podfics on twitter Feel free to talk about today's theme in the comments and if you post pod_aware stuff off the comm, make sure to drop us a link so we can add you to the masterlist!

Tomorrow is the first day of pod_aware, is everyone ready? Don't forget, if you want something you did or made linked to in the daily round up post, to post it to the community or to drop a link in the daily post. If you have a podcast that you'd like to be one of the offical ones, please try and get a link to me of it the day before (you can email it to me at parakaproductions at gmail dot com). If you were one of the people who volunteered to do a round up post, please grab a day

During the week of posting, each morning in the official post for the day a podcast on the day's topic is included. If you are interested in organizing/being on one of the official podcasts, please leave a comment (there are also posts on DW and LJ). If there are more people than is feasible for a single podcast, we can organize multiple podcasts for that day, so don't be shy about signing up, the more voices and opinions, the better!

Thank you to everyone who made suggestions about what the topics for this year should be; I couldn't have done this without all the great input I got. Because pod_aware is for anyone interested in podfic, I've merged some of the ideas together, or put them under a broader heading so that non-podficcers can participate as well. Without further ado, here are the topics: November 10: The History of Podfic This can be the overall history of podfic or your personal history with it. November 11: Podfic and Other (Fan)Works It's pretty rare for a podfic to not be related to another fanwork, the most obvious being the fic it's a recording of, but it also other works like cover art, fanart, or fanmixes. What is podfic's relation to other fan audio works? Or non-fannish works like audiobooks? November 12: Podfic Community and Beyond As the popularity of podfic grows, podficcers start spreading out and popping up all over the place. Where are those interested in podfic hanging out these days and how are they supporting each other? November 13: Personal Preferences Everyone has personal preferences when listening to or creating podfics: length, music, story telling style, rating, etc. This is a chance to talk about some of your favourites, or about various stylistic choices. November 14: Podfic in the Broader Fannish Context Why does podfic take off in some fandoms more than others? How can we encourage it in fandoms? Get podfic included in more fannish challenges/exchanges? How is podfic perceived by those who aren't as familiar with it?

Podfic is this awesome fanwork where dedicated fans create audiobooks of fanfic. The podfic community is still small enough that many in fandom have never heard of this fun fanwork. Those of us that love podfic love it a lot and sometimes we don't take the time to talk about that enough. So pod_aware is here to help with both of those things! How are we going to do this? For one week (November 10-14) every day there will be a topic about podfic, which participants can talk about and/or spread the word about. For each day's topic, we're going to have a little blurb explaining a bit about the daily topic with a link back to the conversation happening. Those of us who already know about podfic can give our thoughts on the subject, creating a resource for those who don't know about podfic and want to learn more. And we're going to spread awareness by making stuff! What kind of stuff? Anything! It doesn't have to be related to podfic at all! You can write fic, you can give recs, you can bake cookies, or post a gif set, whatever! All we ask is that you include that little blurb wherever you post your fanwork (and we encourage you to post it anywhere/everywhere). That way fans that have never heard of podfic before can find out what it's all about! We're still sharing ideas for what the official themes of the year will be. Please check out those posts to chime in (DW | LJ | tumblr). If you'd like to help spread the word about this comm, please reblog.

*I initially listed the 13-17 as the days, but that's because I fail and was looking at the month of October instead of November.

pod_aware is officially over for 2012! We had lots of great submissions and discussions. I know some of us got caught up in discussions/RL/ran out of time and weren't able to participate during the week like they wanted, so for the next week, if you still want to do something for pod_aware you can! Just drop me a link and I'll have your work added to the masterlists.

Here are all the links for Day 7: Feedback. Please drop me a comment if I missed anything of if something needs to be fixed. Encouragement Day 7 - Feedback by vassalady Meta Pod-Aware meta: by greedy_dancer Podcasts Pod Aware 2012 Day 7: Feedback by lunchee and revolutionaryjo Pod-Aware Podcast: Accents by letsgofriday, paraka, sylvaine, waterspodfic Podmeta Podfic Feedback Toolbox:5 ways to give great podfic feedback by knight_tracer