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paraka ([personal profile] paraka) wrote in [community profile] podficmeta 2010-03-02 03:35 am (UTC)

I discovered podfic while working part time doing order entry. It was just me, my computer a pile of faxes and some earphones. Podfic turned a boring job into something where I could get paid to consume fanfic, it was awesome!

There were a few things that caught me off guard when I first started listening but I got over them pretty quickly.

When I got into podfic 3 years ago, well, the archive wasn't around. [community profile] amplificathon wasn't around. Sgapodfic was, as well as a podslash I believe but podfic wasn't all that plentiful and it wasn't always easy to find. I quickly found myself running out of things to listen to or relistening to things excessively. So I thought, hey I can do this and tried recording my first podfic. In retrospect, it maybe wasn't the best idea to start off with a fic more than 120,000 words long but my thoughts at the time was I should read something long so it'll take more time to listen to. Yeah.

I never did finish that podfic, and it wasn't until [community profile] amplificathon that I finally finished and posted my own podfic.

So for me, it was definitely about contributing to the community and filling a whole that I saw. Although I'll admit that's changed for me since. I now feel like podfic is my fandom more than any specific show. I find myself looking into more challenging projects. It would be nice if I could finish things, so they can actually be posted :)

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