Authors who record their own podfic

[dodificus]

I'd be really interested in hearing people's opinions on author's who read their own work. Ever since the days when rageprufrock recorded some of her stories I've been a huge fan of hearing stories I love from the lips of the people who wrote them.

Listeners: Does this impact on your listening experience at all? Are you more forgiving of author's who have technical difficulties/verbal stumbles than other readers?

Authors who are also podfic readers: I know some of you prefer/like to have your stories recorded by other people, why is that? Are there some of you who prefer things the *other* way round, do you love recording your own stuff?

Authors: Do you listen to the podfic of your work or can you not bear to hear your words read out loud?

I'd just be really interested on any of your thoughts on this topic, it's not something I've seen discussed very much.

Comments

[zvi]

As a listener, I myself am fine with hearing stories from U.S. sources read with non-US accents. Most of the podfic I listen to is either SGA or CWRPF, and most of my favorite readers are Australian, French, British, or something not U.S. (I actually do prefer that Harry Potter and Merlin fic is read by people with accents that I perceive as English (so Cultivated Australian English or some varieties of Indian or African English pass my uncosmopolitan ears.)

So, do you yourself not like to hear stories from U.S. sources with non-US accents, or are you concerned about other people not liking it? I mean, if it's your personal preference you're accomodating, then, you know, you like what you like. But if it's because you think listeners won't accept it, I think you are quite mistaken on that point.

[pensnest]

When I read stories, I try to 'hear' them in the right accent, so I think I probably have my own preference for 'authentic American' to contend with. I think on the whole I'd prefer to listen to stories in the right kind of accent. So I think that's the biggest problem for me.

But I might just have a go at recording something that 'ought' to be in an American accent, and see what happens. :-)