New Podfic: Edge of Snow is up! +blather on writing

[arrow00]

Eee! nos4a2no9 has gone and done recorded Edge of Snow as a fantastic podfic.

Her voice is perfect for reading Fraser 1st person, and for that I am so grateful, because Fraser is a tough nut to crack and it's not an easy story. Be sure to visit her LJ and give her fb because we just don't have enough people willing to record podfics. It's a long and

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[t_verano]

not that I...even know what the heck I'm doingYou do so *too* know what the heck you're doing. Seriously. Wonderfully. And 's cool to get a little glimpse behind the Arrow writing curtain. (Not to mention the spiffy styling, setting up the transitions between the topics. ::appreciates

[arrow00]

Thank you kindly, T, but sadly I *often* haven't the first clue what I'm doing. I look down at the screen and shake my head and give up for a while.

And then, like a switch gets flipped or something, sometimes it seems so easy. And I haven't yet figured out how to flip that switch manually.

But really, personal cowardice aside, I love that using a single POV reads/feels maybe a little more like life, being lived through a single set of eyes and observations and thoughts.Yes! Right on the freakin' button, there. Also, I really do feel the flailing thing you mentioned when a story switches. My theory is: the reader, in reading the first POV, makes their own assumptions about the other character's mental processes, and it's so very hard to match--when the writer switches, I'm suddenly treated to thoughts I wasn't expecting, or an attitude that doesn't match my assumptions, and that's when I flail