I only read, never listen.

(The one time I listened to an audiobook during a road trip I got so involved in the story that I missed 3 exits...and it was of a book I'd already read!)

Believe me, that is something I understand! Funny in someone trying to break into audiobook voiceover, but - I am most definitely a printed work kind of girl. I don't typically listen to audiobooks, even though I HAVE to research them as part of my career training; I prefer to take in my stories in print. At the same time, however, I have ALWAYS performed the books I read, reading parts aloud when the language particularly resonated with me. In high school, I competed in dramatic reading, and did pretty well. Can't help but thing that was good training for my voiceover future!

Thanks for reading my stuff! I appreciate that more than I can say. :)

Hey Mary! I just saw your post on FB so I am currently downloading all three! I don't read fic NEARLY enough anymore! Stupid school...lol. But these I can put on my iPod and will definitely be doing! I will let you know how they sound! :D

~Marie

Thank you! I will REALLY appreciate the feedback; I need to get very, very good at this if I'm going to be able to make a living doing it! :)

Hope I sound good and you enjoy listening!

I love your voice, Mary, and I really like your lively dialogue reading. The thing is that I so have the original voices of Sam and Dean in my head (like anybody else, I guess) that it feels so off to hear them talk with somebody else´s voice and expression. It confounds me to no end that they don´t sound like in "real life", like I "hear" them when I read for myself. So that´s why I can´t listen to podfics. And I find it hard for a woman to do men´s voices (and vice versa), so your "Amy" is even more of a joy. But that´s all me here and probably not the feedback that is helpful in any way :-)
Keep it up, this change of career is just awesome!!

Thanks for listening despite not being a podfic listener! I understand the problem of not hearing voices we all know so well; I share it. :)

I am happy to hear you like my voice and the way my character dialogue delivery comes across, despite not being comfortable with Dean and Sam not sounding like Jensen and Jared doing Dean and Sam. That is valuable for me to hear!

Very nice, Thanks!

Thank you VERY much for listening, and for leaving feedback!

I just read your note on podfics and how no one listens to them or leaves notes. I don't really like to listen to them (because if there was a story being told, I rather hear it in Jensen and Jared's voices, not someone else reading the story lines, sorry)...i'd rather read the story and imagine the voices. Hope this helps some....

Elaine

Hi there! *waves*

So, I don't actually know you (is that weird? I promise I don't bite...) but I was linked over here via my Twitter feed, and pretty much my first reaction to seeing your post was, "Oooh, casefic!" (It's been a while since I've read OR listened to straight-up Supernatural casefic...I've been in a bit of a porn-rut lately...) So, yes, I'm in-process of downloading your podfic right now ;-)

Have you considered that maybe you're not reaching a wide enough audience with your podfics? I know that amplificathon.livejournal.com (or amplificathon.dreamwidth.org, if you're over there) is an all-purpose multi-fandom podfic community - you might want to crosspost your podfics over there, to meet some fellow podfic enthusiasts. Or there's spn-gen-podfics.livejournal.com, for Supernatural gen-only podfics...

I'll be sure to come back with feedback when I'm done listening, but it might be in a day or two. In the meantime, keep up the good work! It can feel an awful lot like you're shouting into a vaccuum, when you put podfic out into the world and no-one shouts back at you, but don't give up! Podfic is awesome, and I'm sure you are too ^___^

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I am here to offer support! I'm behind on keeping up with podfic, but I love that you're recording in my fav fandom, Supernatural. Don't give up! *downloading now*

I haven't been in Supernatural fandom for a long time, but I gave it a listen all the same. Your voice is so clear, as is your audio quality! It sounds professional level, which probably makes sense since you mention professional audiobook work. But anyway, it sounds great, especially during the yelling lines. I always have a tough time with those myself because they blowout on the waveform, so I often have to pull the performance back to compensate. If you have access to professional equipment, I'm entirely jealous!

I also love how you really deliver your dialogue. It's so impassioned and your character voices are so distinct as well.

If you're planning on doing more podfic, have you considered crossposting to amplificathon or a SPN specific podfic comm? (I assume there must be one somewhere out there.) I know for a fact there are a lot of SPN fans out there that enjoy podfic and I'm sure they would really enjoy your work. :)