Fire Juggler

So, I read these fics a couple months ago and it was just instant love. One of those times where I was just quivering to podfic them, and, to top it off, mwestbelle has blanket permission to podfic!!! I was lost. But then life happened. Guests, more guests, a few more guests, then trying to finish up the podfic for podficbigbang, and I just didn't have time. Then things settled down and I re-read them and I still loved them. I love Frank and Mikey's instant connection. I love Geeway's earnest, puppy-like enthusiasm and his awesome ability to just cut to the chase. I love Frank's angst and Ray's calm, zen attitude. I just… love everything about these fics. So… even though I was sidetracked once, I got myself back on the proper course of things and podficced them. Because They. Are. Love. ♥

Thanks, to mwestbelle for her blanket permission statement, and for writing these two fics that make me SO HAPPY!!!! Also, thanks to takola for the beta, and quintenttsy, who not only made the TOTALLY AWESOME COVER ART YOU SEE BELOW, but also gave it a pre-listen and helped me through a major crisis of confidence.

Note: The sequel also fills my "Incorporate Sound Effects" square for podfic_bingo. Yay, wedding bells!!!!!!


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So, for some reason, I've been reading all the depressing fic ever, recently. They're beautiful and wonderful, but I needed a pick-me-up. When I ran across this (not!)fic, I ended up with this giant smile on my face. Spencer and Ryan are bitchy and sarcastic with hearts of gold. Jon and Brendon are made of complete adorableness. There are kisses on the cheek, and hand-holding, and heart eyes, and cupcakes, and coffee, and cupcake coffee shops, and tinsel. The whole thing is wrapped up with this sparkly prose and extreme happiness. Ginormous thanks to sunsetmog for giving blanket permission to record her fics (and her not!fics). You're writing made me grin like a loon after reading a series of grief!sex fics that just destroyed me. All the ♥!!

This was recorded for the "Read Quickly (for you)" square on my podfic_bingo card. Many thanks to takola and teas_me for betaing and informing me that, yes, I did read more quickly and yes, it is still understandable. *glomps you both*



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This morning, the plan was to come home and record fun podfic. But then Wednesday happened: I inadvertently deleted (never to be seen again) half-a-day's work, I had a long meeting in which nothing was accomplished, a piece of my back tooth broke off (I kid you not), my train home was late, meaning that I then missed my connecting bus, and my refrigerator is empty. Suffice it to say, it's not to be. On days like today, I am saved by comfort podfic, and since I'm not up to recording, I thought I would rec a handful of my comfort pods to you.

I require very specific things from comfort podfic. They are the podfics that I dig out when I desperately need a smile and a hug. Therefore, they tend to fall into the following categories:

1) They are not epic. I love epic!podfic, but when I'm stressed or down, my attention span dwindles to that of a gnat. Generally, my comfort pods are 10 minutes to 1 hour (very rarely there may be one that is a couple of hours, but never a long, long, long one).
2) They have a degree of lightness to them. The angst, if there is any, is short-lived and easily remedied, and they always, always have a happy ending. NO TEARS HERE.
3) No slow build-ups. See above about attention span. These are quick to capture me and don't lag. No meandering tales here (much as I love them).

So...if you're in need of a bit of a pick-me-up...

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I was poking around AO3 looking for a fic that would be good for the Trans Character square on my podfic_bingo card. The original plan was to find a happy fic. I feel strongly about the LGBTQ community having positive, happy stories. And then I read this fic and I was catapulted back to college, to a late-night conversation with my trans friend where there were many tears and during which I have never felt so helpless, completely unable to help my friend whose body was betraying him every month. I could pretty much only listen. So…yeah. This fic, though short, hit me in the gut and captured something that I couldn't ignore, and it reminded me that sometimes, even when we feel like we can't help, a compassionate ear can make all the difference. Sometimes, just being there is enough.

Many thanks so much to gemmi999 for giving me permission to record and for writing a fic that hit me very close to home. You expressed so much in so few words and were wonderfully enthusiastic about the process. And as always, thanks as well to takola and teas_me for the beta jobs.

Note that this podfic is potentially triggery and deals with abortion. Please listen with care.



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Happy Day!!!! It's Valentine's Day today. But, the thing is, I don't celebrate V-day. I don't hate it. It doesn't make me ragey. I've just been single for so long that it's a null holiday for me. But, it's the middle of February, and if ever there was a month in which we needed to celebrate something to get us through, it's February. Therefore, I present the Not-Valentine's Itty-Bitty Podficlet Anthology. 23 podfics of ficlets and drabbles (no more than 1000 words each) from 11 fandoms. They range from angst to PWP to fluff to humor. There's femmeslash, gen, het, and slash. What they do have in common is that they are all brilliant little snippets that build a whole world in just a few words.

My very great thanks to all the authors for the permission to record these fics. I can't tell you how much I appreciate it, and how much fun I had recording! Blanket permission is a godsend for projects like these and everyone has been so wonderful! Also, as always, thanks to teas_me and takola for the uber-fast beta job.

You can download the entire anthology from the links below the cover art, but go under the cut and you'll find individual download links and live streaming for each podficlet. You can also find information on each podficlet and links back to the original text.

Happy Day everyone!!!



Length: 01:23:04
Full Anthology Download Links (right-click and "Save As"): mp3 | m4b
Alternative (Mediafire) Anthology Download Links: mp3 | m4b

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This is another chain of podfic recs. Like the last one, it mirrors how I drift around on my iPod (which is very, very, very full of podfic). It goes like this. I'm listening to podfic A that has some feature or theme of [ABC], which makes me think of podfic B, which has some feature of [XYZ], which then makes me think of podfic C, and so on. These tend to leap across fandoms and pairings, so, for a weird little look into the way FJ's mind works, and some completely, freaking awesome podfics, here we go. As always, I encourage you to branch out from your fandom/pairing ruts and give new things a try, I think that for this list, you don't actually have to be familiar with any of the fandoms to know what's going on. If you're not familiar with the fandom, just think of them as original fiction, you won't be disappointed. A CHAIN OF RECS…..

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