Fire Juggler

This fic is one of the many reasons I love fandom. I absolutely adore that minor characters get taken out for a spin, given a backstory. I love the way their characters grow in fandom. And Missouri Moseley!!!!! Don't you just want to know about her??!??! And this lovely, short fic does that in a way that makes absolute sense to my brain, because of course The Watchers' Council would want Missouri in their ranks. And of course she would see right through them. I absolutely love the way her independence and strength is represented here, and I love the way Dawn is incorporated into the story. So…. yeah. All the love for this fic ♥

Thanks, to Emony for permission to record this fic and for writing such a lovely story! Also, thanks to takola for the speedy beta.

Note: This also fills my "Character of Colour" square for podfic_bingo.



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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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One more rec for the road, because there can never be too many podfic recs. So…. littleroo just asked on Twitter, what is your guaranteed smile? Let me take you back. I'm sitting at work. My work is your typical office workspace. I work in a cube, surrounded by other cubes. I have no door. I have no lid. If someone opens a bag of potato chips 3 cubes over, I hear it. I also hear them eating the potato chips. So… I start listening to this podfic, and within the first 5 minutes, there are these huge belly laughs… like guffaws… coming from my cube. This was because chemm80 has just read "Misha squawked mournfully." It was all over from there. Cue the IMs coming to my computer "what are you listening to??" That awkward moment when….

Title: Plays Well with Others (Link to Text | Link to Podfic Post mp3 | m4b)
Fandom: SPN RPF
Pairing: J2
Author: bertee (atimi)
Reader: chemm80
Cover Artist and podbook compiler: cybel
Summary: In which Jared runs team-building workshops, Jensen loathes team-building workshops, and Misha is indifferent to team-building workshops but quite likes livestock.



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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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This is the second podfic I did for the #informaltwitterpodficexchange, organized by bessyboo and vworpvworp. It is one of two gifts for nickelmountain.

I just loved reading this fic. There is something about Jess being made-of-win, that just totally gets me. And I just know that Dean was always checking up on Sam while he was at college. geckoholic does such a great job capturing the weird awkwardness of Dean when trying to deal with any of his emotions, and she writes Jess with this amazing personality that completely matches what I know of her.

To geckoholic, thanks so much for permission to record this fic. It was such a great experience and you were so awesome about getting back to me so quickly. Thank you also to ladydeth12 for the superfast beta job you did so that I could get this in before the deadline! ♥



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This is the first podfic I did for the #informaltwitterpodficexchange, organized by bessyboo and vworpvworp. It is one of two gifts for nickelmountain (who also got me as a recipient and made the most awesome podfic of awesomeness--see post below).

I found this little drabble as I was looking for really good SPN gen!fics, which I haven't read a lot of. It was incredibly fun to dive into a new genre! I read this drabble and I just fell in love with it. eighth_horizon does an incredible job of capturing the dysfunctional/functional family that is the Winchesters in so few words. I've really been appreciating drabbles recently in the way that the create such a huge world with so little when they are done well, and this is done well.

Thank you to eighth_horizon for that glorious Blanket Permission statement on your profile, and for the incredible fic that you wrote! Thank you to ladydeth12 for the superfast beta job you did so that I could get this in before the deadline! ♥



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Ok. So…as one of the mods for hp_podfic_fest, I feel like it's not my place, nor is it really appropriate for me to rec any of the podfics coming out of that fest (though I will say GO NOW and listen!!!! And if you rec, let me know so that I can point the podficcers in that direction). However, I'm in the mood to rec. I've been listening to podfic like crazy recently, so what you're going to get is recs in the way that I listen to the stuff on my iPod.

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 also has some feature of XYZ, which then makes me think of podfic C, and so on. These leaps tend to cross 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. 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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Today is Day 1 of Pod_Aware. Since work is insane and my lips are barely above the waterline, I haven't had time to make anything, but I figure that one thing I can do is "make" recommendations. My to-recommend list is insanely long, so this will be a chance to actually get those recs out there. Today's theme is Podfic 101/Why We Podfic. As an aside, I actually posted a wee meta on this shortly after I started podficcing (which wasn't actually that long ago). Some things have changed and so much could be added, but if you're interested, it's there. There are already some great things posted at Pod_Aware…a meta podcast, a podfic tutorial, a podfic tagging/organizational tutorial, and a podfic! I'm sure there is more to come, so head on over there and check out the real things people made (as opposed to the cop-out of a single recommendation--not even a full rec list! *hides in shame*) and learn a bit more about podfic!!! ♥

Podfic: it's an audio recording of a fanfic, like an audiobook, how awesome is that? Fans from all over put their voices out there so you can enjoy fanfic on the go or just in a different way. To find out more about podfic, why we do it and how to get started, check out pod_aware on LJ or DW.

Recommendation

Title: In From the Cold (Link to Text | Link to Podfic Post)
Fandom: Supernatural RPF (No, don't turn away because it's not your fandom.  Read on....)
Pairing: J2
Author: ladyjanelly
Reader: paraka, diurnal_lee, kronos999
Cover Artist: digitalwave
Summary: One thing about working in a free clinic, Jared thinks, is that work is never boring. You never know what’ll come in from the cold on a night like this. (Homeless!Jensen)



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Title: The Order of Things (Link to Text | Link to Podfic Post)
Fandom: Supernatural RPF (No, don't turn away because it's not your fandom. Read on....)
Pairing: J2
Author: anna_lei
Reader: takola
Cover Artist: paracaerouvoar
Summary: On the cusp of what could potentially be the most defining summer of his young life, budding artist Jared Padalecki has just made a decision that could send his carefully constructed world into tailspin. Five years after running away, he’s going back home. Back to Rhylee, Texas – back to everything and everyone he’s been steadfastly avoiding for the last half a decade. Except now, with his first solo art exhibit fast approaching, a newfound case of painter's block, and reminders of his past around every corner - Jared's beginning to realise that maybe, it isn’t Rhylee that he’s been avoiding all these years. Maybe it's the secrets he left there.

A story about love and friendship and growing up. About not only learning to find your place in the world, but realising exactly who should be standing beside you when you do.



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