ACD Holmesfest: [podfic] So Keen a Sympathy

Mar 22, 2020 11:48

I got my gift for ACD Holmesfest this morning -- it's a podfic of "So Keen a Sympathy", my very first ACD story, which features Mary Morstan/Kate Whitney, Mary Morstan/John Watson, and John Watson/Sherlock Holmes. (It was also one of my very first forays into romance, too: I remember I almost died of embarassment while writing the hair-brushing scene!)

The podficcer did a lovely job. I put it on my headphones and went for a walk, and it was such a pleasure to hear what they did with the story. My words on the page always seems a poor substitute for the story in my head, but getting to hear someone else's take on it... The story the podficcer told is so much realer than my words on the page ever were, and the story they told was very much the story I meant to tell.

(And it's so interesting to hear all the interpretive choices they made! Because a podfic is very much an adaptation, and there are a slew of artistic choices that a podficcer makes -- how do they choose to give a moment its due weight? And which moments do they think are worthy of that treatment?)

I am very pleased.

Anyway, @acdholmesfest has been posting a work or two a day, and will continue to do so for another week or so. If you're looking for some excellent ACD Canon stories, art, and podfic, do check it out.

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